# What President had the least prior experience?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2008, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-had-the-least-prior-experience/439034 "2008-02-25T02:32:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-had-the-least-prior-experience/439034/21 "2008-02-26T11:57:34Z")

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[QUOTE=Billdo]  
:smack: Chester A. Arthur, Chester A. Arthur, how could I forget Chester A. Arthur.  
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I trust that you are not a Psi Upsilon brother.

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**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-president-had-the-least-prior-experience/439034/22 "2008-02-26T16:17:51Z")

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> Chester A. Arthur, Chester A. Arthur, how could I forget Chester A. Arthur.

He’s so forgotten he gets left off the lists of forgotten presidents.

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