Phi Beta Kappa U.S. Presidents
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Bill Clinton
42nd President of the United States, 1993-2001
Georgetown University
George H.W. Bush
41st President of the United States, 1989-1993
Yale University
Jimmy Carter
39th President of the United States, 1977-1981
Kansas State University
Dwight D. Eisenhower
34th President of the United States, 1953-1961
Columbia University
Harry S. Truman
33rd President of the United States, 1945-1953
University of Missouri
Franklin D. Roosevelt
32nd President of the United States, 1933-1945
Harvard University
Calvin Coolidge
30th President of the United States, 1923-1929
Amherst College
Woodrow Wilson
28th President of the United States, 1913-1921
Wesleyan University
William Howard Taft
27th President of the United States, 1909-1913
Yale University
Theodore Roosevelt
26th President of the United States, 1901-1909
Harvard University
Grover Cleveland
22nd President of the United States, 1885-1889; 24th President of the United States, 1893-1897
Princeton University
Chester A. Arthur
21st President of the United States, 1881-1885
Union College
James A. Garfield
20th President of the United States, 1881
Williams College
Rutherford B. Hayes
19th President of the United States, 1877-1881
Kenyon College
Franklin Pierce
14th President of the United States, 1843-1847
Bowdoin College
Martin Van Buren
8th President of the United States, 1837-1841
Union College
