Who is the only U.S. president to have founded an institution of higher learning?

Correct answer: Thomas Jefferson

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Player #4122280
Player #4122280
Amazing place of history Monticello !!
Player #9495659
Player #9495659
Dog Lover, Was it hate or a very misguided show of ignorance. Once anyone dehumanized another race, they will find it so much easier to abuse that race. As a professor told me, to compare a novel, history from 200 years ago by today's understanding, will provide an inadequate comprehension of a situation.
Spow
Spow
After the Library of Congress was burned by the British in the war of 1812, Jefferson sold his personal library to them for around $24000...approximately 6500 books. A later fire burned two-thirds of those. The remaining books from Jefferson's collection are on display at the LOC. I was a librarian at LOC.
gorgon
gorgon
intelligence is not inborn, we learn from books, tapes , teachers, he was ahead of his time. new country new universities.
Mathias IV
Mathias IV
Outstanding University, especially if you're going to medical school.
joey
joey
Not to put myself in the same realm as He but I also could not live without books
SexyEaglesGurl
SexyEaglesGurl
missing getting my knowledge from books, is the main reason that this game is my favorite..I love the descriptions, very in depth & informative.
Beadles
Beadles
gorgon, knowledge is learned; intelligence is inborn. My opinion anyway.
Anya
Anya
Spow, that’s really cool, I’ve always wanted to visit the Library of Congress, the largest library in the world. I recently learned about the Jefferson Collection. It would be amazing to see it in person one day. I take pride in my own book collection. Books and the written word are so important. You were lucky to get to work there.
Lionessa
Lionessa
John F. Kennedy, while hosting a special dinner at the White House for American Nobel Laureates, said this, "This is the greatest gathering of talent and intelligence ever to be in this room. Except when Thomas Jefferson dined alone."
Debbie
Debbie
Mathias IV, I worked there for 36 yrs in pediatrics!
Lionessa
Lionessa
Alongside the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence is one of the most important documents ever conceived by man. Part of maturity is seeing other people where they stand (18th century British America), not expecting them to conform to your 21st century ideas. All they taught you was about the slaves he owned, while ignoring his greatest achievement--our Founding Documents. That's Indoctrination.
Mel
Mel
I LOVE TO READ!I used to have a large bookcase filled with books. I kept my college books too, but my daughter, who hates to read threw them out. It rained and they all got ruined.
Player #119692461
Player #119692461
I believe Millard filmore was a founder at university of Buffalo and became its first president
Player #75734355
Player #75734355
George Washington founded Washington College in Chestertown,MD about the same time that TJ did UVA.
Player #48865757
Player #48865757
He personally enslaved 609 African Americans over time, and also said “All men are created equal.” 🙄
Player #34880566
Player #34880566
Gilmer Hall at UVA is named after one of my relatives.
wormwood
wormwood
I believe he also thought universities and learning should be free...
Player #22062317
Player #22062317
rough frontier.books was a way of escape for the wealthier.poor couldn't afford any like Dolly Parton sings it.
Player #18478257
Player #18478257
unicorn 54, so did I in Council Bluffs, IA
Player #6723658
Player #6723658
2gameORnot2game4mE, Your scope is limited. People all over the planet disenjoy the same ignorance that you see the world through.
Player #6723658
Player #6723658
Mugan, Again. Clueless.
Player #6723658
Player #6723658
1Sunnie1, Or, imagine if we directed a fraction of that "welfare" away from corporations and their CEOs. I know, Right?
Player #6723658
Player #6723658
2gameORnot2game4mE, You tell 'em, Mr. Breitbart.
Centenarian
Centenarian
johnwintergreen, but he's definitely an open book. That's for sure
Player #9495659
Player #9495659
2gameORnot2game4mE, Who are you referring to, in the lifeboat? Donald would not even recognize that he is in a life boat.
Galaxywolf416
Galaxywolf416
johnwintergreen, oh so true!! Sad
RedFork2012
RedFork2012
rlb12344, After Kennedy died, a lot of schools changed their names to J F Kennedy High School. But Kennedy had no part in the building or founding. Most schools are named by place or by honoring a person. I live down the street from an elementary school named for an astronaut. My family and friends ate Thanksgiving Dinner with the so honoured astronauts' cousin. It's a small world after all.!
RedFork2012
RedFork2012
Dog Lover, It's ignorance. I adopted a child of 2 from Fiji. Having been kept in a crib for all that time, she was just learning to toddle. Another child that we were adopting at the same time spoke English very well. The child babbled a good deal, but it wasn't until I returned to my own country and met a friend's new Indian wife, that I discovered my child spoke fluent Hindustani
1Sunnie1
1Sunnie1
Dragon.jon, who says that the government is responsible for charity? if people would go back to dedicating 10% of their income to charity organizations on their OWN, we wouldn't need government installed welfare programs. time to step up your game America and tithe!
Player #4951439
Player #4951439
Dragon.jon, The president that the person is referring to here is Obama!