A recent survey of 78 historians, political scholars, and law scholars gave the following results for presidential greatness
1. Washington
2. Lincoln
3. Roosevelt
4. Jefferson
5. Teddy Roosevelt
6. Andrew Jackson
7. Harry Truman
8. Ronald Reagan
9. Eisenhower
10. James Polk
11. Woodrow Wilson
The worst were
39 James Buchanan
38 Warren Harding
37 Franklin Pierce
36 Andrew Johnson
35 JR's favorite Millard Fillmore
34 Richard Nixon
Bush I and Clinton both were in the average category.
Most controversial presidents were Clinton, Wilson, Reagan, Nixon, and LBJ.
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