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Q: How many Columbians have been president of the United States?

Three Columbians have become the nation's chief executive: Theodore Roosevelt (1901–09), Law 1880-82; Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933–45), Law 1905–07; and Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–61), University president from 1948 to 1953.


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Theodore Roosevelt
Author, conservationist, reformer, president.

Franklin D. Roosevelt
Four-term president led the country out of the Great Depression and through World War II.

Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military hero, Columbia president, and U.S. president.

Ahead of their time
The people and ideas associated with Columbia who have shaped the world and how we see it.
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