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- George Washington. School: Never attended college. George Washington's education is a bit contested. Some sources say he never went to college, while others say he enrolled for a time at the College of William and Mary.
- John Adams. School: Harvard College (undergraduate) John Adams started the legacy of Harvard alumni-turned-presidents, which still continues today. He attended from 1751 to 1755.
- Thomas Jefferson. School: College of William and Mary (undergraduate) Thomas Jefferson enrolled at the College of William and Mary when he was 17. He graduated after two years and went on to study law with his legal mentor George Wythe.
- James Madison. School: Princeton University (undergraduate) Due to poor health, James Madison had to wait two years before heading to college. When he did eventually attend in 1769, he enrolled at what was then the College of New Jersey—now Princeton—and studied a full range of subjects.
May 25, 2023 · John Beilein coached in 13 NCAA tournaments and two national championship games during his 37 years as a men's college hoops coach. He coached at WVU from 2002-07. (AP photo)
- Massachusetts Elementary School Years
- JFK’s New York Education
- JFK at Choate: A Member of The “Muckers Club”
- Choate’s Influence on JFK
- JFK’s Academic Record and Harvard Application
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Born in Brookline, Massachusetts, on May 29, 1917, JFK attended the local public school, the Edward Devotion School, from his kindergarten year in 1922 until the beginning of third grade. Some historical records state he left earlier, though school records show that he studied there until third grade. He suffered from occasional poor health, partly...
After moving to New York, the Kennedys set up their house in Riverdale, an upscale section of the Bronx, where Kennedy attended Riverdale Country School from 5th through 7th grade. In 8th grade, in 1930, he was sent to Canterbury School, a Catholic boarding schoolfounded in 1915 in New Milford, Connecticut. There, JFK assembled a mixed academic rec...
For his high school years, starting in 1931, JFK eventually enrolled at Choate, a boarding and day school in Wallingford, Connecticut. His older brother, Joe, Jr., was also at Choate for JFK’s freshman and sophomore years. JFK tried to get out of Joe’s shadow, sometimes by carrying out pranks. While at Choate, JFK blew up a toilet seat with a firec...
There is no doubt that Choate left a significant impression on Kennedy, and the release of recent archival documents shows that this impression may have been greater than previously understood. Kennedy’s famous speech that includes the line “Ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country” may have reflected a Choate h...
Kennedy’s academic record at Choate was unimpressive and placed him in the third quarter of his class. Kennedy’s application to Harvard and his transcript from Choate were less than spectacular. His transcript, released by the Kennedy Library, shows that JFK struggled in certain classes. He earned a mark of 62 in physics, though Kennedy earned a re...
Finnegan, Leah. “Would JFK Get Into Harvard Today?” HuffPost News, 15 Jan. 2011.“JFK's Iconic Speech Inspired by Ex-Headmaster?” CBS News, 3 Nov. 2011.- Blythe Grossberg
The 117 th Congress of the United States convened on January 3, 2021. In addition to electing a new President, the 2020 national election produced ten new senators and 60 new members in the House ...
May 31, 2024 · John Fetterman is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2022 and began representing Pennsylvania in that body the following year. He had previously served as the state’s lieutenant governor (2019–23). Fetterman was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, to Karl.
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John Karl Fetterman (/ ˈ f ɛ t ə r m ə n / FEH-tər-mən; born August 15, 1969) is an American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Pennsylvania since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the mayor of Braddock, Pennsylvania, from 2006 to 2019 and as the 34th lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania from 2019 to 2023.
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Jun 30, 2013 · John Lewis (February 21, 1940—July 17, 2020) was an American politician and civil rights leader who served as a United States Representative for the Fifth Congressional District in Georgia from 1987 until he died in 2020. During the 1960s, Lewis was a college student and served as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
