Great Trivia Question

College Search & Selection
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<p>Only two of the U.S. Presidents who initially entered the office by being elected received their undergraduate degrees from a non-military, public college.</p>

<p>Name them, and their alma maters.</p>

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<p>Woodrow Wilson, Princeton
William Taft, Fat Camp</p>

3

<p>James K. Polk - UNC
Benjamin Harrison - Miami of Ohio</p>

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<p>Let’s see. That “by being elected” eliminates the most obvious choices, Truman, Johnson, and Ford.</p>

<p>James K. Polk – UNC
Benjamin Harrison – Miami University</p>

<p>(I admit I cheated)</p>

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<p>^^Truman is also eliminated simply because he never went to college.</p>

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<p>Coreur</p>

<p>You are absolutely correct!</p>

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<p>Gerald Ford went to U of Michigan- so that would make 3</p>

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<p>Ford wasn’t elected.</p>

<p>Truman didn’t graduate from college, but he did attend Kansas City Law School (now UMissouri-KC).</p>

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<p>So when someone says, “I’m going to graduate UCLA, then I’m going to become President, then I’m going to change the world,” you should advise them to do the last task first.</p>

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<p>Thanks for the great trivia question!</p>

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<p>Next trivia question - Did George W. Bush initially enter the office of President by being elected?</p>

<p>(Definition #1 below-Webster’s)</p>

<p>Main Entry: elect
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin electus
Date: 15th century
transitive verb
1 : to select by vote for an office, position, or membership <elected her=“” class=“” president=“”>
2 : to make a selection of <will elect=“” an=“” academic=“” program=“”>
3 : to choose (as a course of action) especially by preference <might elect=“” to=“” sell=“” the=“” business=“”>
intransitive verb
: to make a selection</might></will></elected></p>

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<p>George W. Bush was elected President of the United States the old-fashioned way. He was elected by the majority vote of the Electoral College as provided in Article Two, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution.</p>

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<p>well i don’t think you’d be asking if the answer was yes. so i’m gonna guess that no, george w. bush was not elected because he did not win the popular vote.</p>

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<p>Trivia question #2 is different from trivia question #1, in that I am not going to give the answer at the end.</p>

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<p>Okay. George W. Bush initially entered the office of President by the door.</p>

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<p>He entered office because the Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 to suspend the recounts and give the disputed electoral votes to Bush, pushing him over the threshold.</p>

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<p>The OP asked about undergraduate education. Truman never attended any undergrad college or university.</p>

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<p>“Nine Presidents never attended college: Washington, Jackson, Van Buren, Taylor, Fillmore, Lincoln, A. Johnson, Cleveland, and Truman.”</p>

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<p>To err is Truman.</p>