FACTOID # 14: If you like kids, then Uganda might be the place for you. Half the population is under 15!
 
 Home   Encyclopedia   Statistics   Countries A-Z   Flags   Maps   Education   Forum   FAQ   About 
 
WHAT'S NEW
RECENT ARTICLES
More Recent Articles »
 

FACTS & STATISTICS    Simple view

  1. Select countries to view: (hold down Control key and click to select several)

     

     

    Compare:

     

     
  1. Select fact or statistic: (* = graphable)

     

     

     

  2. (OPTIONAL) Compare to statistic: (both need to be graphable)

     

     

     

  3. View result as:

     

       
(OR) SEARCH ALL encyclopedia, stats & forums:   

Encyclopedia > Historical rankings of U.S. Presidents

Many surveys have been conducted in order to construct rankings of the success of individuals who have served as President of the United States. Ranking systems are usually based on surveys of academic historians and political scientists. The President of the United States (unofficially abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... A historian is a person who studies history. ... See also: Political Science Notable political scientists Kenneth Arrow - Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist who published influential paper on his widely cited Arrows Impossibility Theorem Robert Axelrod Duncan Black - Responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including Charles Dodgson Jean-Charles de Borda - 18th century mathematician...


These standings vary, though three Presidents—in chronological order, George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and Franklin D. Roosevelt—usually are ranked at or near the top of the lists. Frequently ranking just below those three are Presidents Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson. The remaining "top 10" ranks are often filled by Andrew Jackson, Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower. George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American planter, political figure, the highest ranking military leader in U.S. history and first President of the United States. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), the longest-serving holder of the office and the only person to be elected President more than twice (he was elected four times, and served just over 12 years), was one of the... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th (1901–09) President of the United States. ... Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913–1921). ... Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845), one of the founders of the Democratic Party, was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. ... Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-fourth Vice President (1945) and the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–53), succeeding to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician. ...


In these polls, the highest ranking president who served only one term is usually James K. Polk. The highest ranking president who served less than one full term is usually John F. Kennedy. James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795–June 15, 1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), often referred to as John F Kennedy, JFK, or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ...


Frequently ranking at the bottom of most polls are Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson, and Warren G. Harding. Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was an American politician and the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. ... James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). ... Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ...

Contents


Surveys of scholars

For a description of each of the polls, see the survey details section below.


Because Grover Cleveland served two non-consecutive terms and is counted as both the 22nd and 24th President, the total number of Presidents in each poll is at least one less than the number of the most recently-serving President in the poll. Because of their short time in office, Presidents William Henry Harrison and James Garfield are sometimes omitted from these polls. Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837–June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ... William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. ... James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 - September 19, 1881) was the 20th (1881) President of the United States, the first left-handed President, and the second U.S. President to be assassinated. ...

# President Schlesinger 1948 poll rank Schlesinger 1962 poll rank Chicago Tribune 1982 poll rank Siena 1982 poll rank Siena 1990 poll rank Siena 1994 poll rank Ridings- McIver 1996 poll rank CSPAN 1999 poll rank Wall Street Journal 2000 poll rank Siena 2002 poll rank Wall Street Journal 2005 poll rank
Total Presidents in survey 29 31 38 39 40 41 41 41 39 42 40
1 George Washington 2 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 1 4 1
2 John Adams 9 10 14 (tie) 10 14 12 14 16 13 12 13
3 Thomas Jefferson 5 5 5 2 3 5 4 7 4 5 4
4 James Madison 14 12 17 9 8 9 10 18 15 9 17
5 James Monroe 12 18 16 15 11 15 13 14 16 8 16
6 John Quincy Adams 11 13 19 17 16 12 18 19 20 17 24
7 Andrew Jackson 6 6 6 13 9 11 8 13 6 13 10
8 Martin Van Buren 15 17 18 21 21 22 21 30 23 24 27
9 William Henry Harrison — — 38 26 35 28 35 37 — 36 —
10 John Tyler 22 25 29 34 33 34 34 36 34 37 35
11 James K. Polk 10 8 11 12 13 14 11 12 10 11 9
12 Zachary Taylor 25 24 28 29 34 33 29 28 31 34 33
13 Millard Fillmore 24 26 31 32 32 35 36 35 35 38 36
14 Franklin Pierce 27 28 35 35 36 37 37 39 37 39 38
15 James Buchanan 26 29 36 37 38 39 40 41 39 41 40
16 Abraham Lincoln 1 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2
17 Andrew Johnson 19 23 32 38 39 40 38 40 36 42 37
18 Ulysses S. Grant 28 30 30 36 37 38 38 33 32 35 29
19 Rutherford B. Hayes 13 14 22 22 23 24 26 25 22 27 24
20 James Garfield — — 33 25 30 27 30 29 — 33 —
21 Chester A. Arthur 17 21 24 24 26 26 32 28 26 30 26
22, 24 Grover Cleveland 8 11 13 18 17 19 17 16 12 20 12
23 Benjamin Harrison 21 20 25 31 29 28 31 31 27 32 30
25 William McKinley 18 15 10 19 19 18 17 15 14 19 14
26 Theodore Roosevelt 7 7 4 5 5 3 5 4 5 3 5
27 William Howard Taft 16 16 20 20 20 21 24 20 19 21 20
28 Woodrow Wilson 4 4 7 6 6 6 6 6 11 6 11
29 Warren G. Harding 29 31 37 39 40 41 38 41 37 40 39
30 Calvin Coolidge 23 27 27 30 31 36 33 27 25 29 23
31 Herbert Hoover 20 19 21 27 28 29 24 34 29 31 31
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 3 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 3
33 Harry S. Truman — 9 8 7 7 7 7 5 7 7 7
34 Dwight D. Eisenhower — 22 9 11 12 8 9 9 9 10 8
35 John F. Kennedy — — 14 (tie) 8 10 10 15 8 18 14 15
36 Lyndon B. Johnson — — 12 14 15 13 12 10 17 15 18
37 Richard Nixon — — 34 28 25 23 32 25 33 26 32
38 Gerald R. Ford — — 23 23 27 32 27 23 28 28 28
39 Jimmy Carter — — 26 33 24 25 19 22 30 25 34
40 Ronald Reagan — — — 16 22 20 26 11 8 16 6
41 George H. W. Bush — — — — 18 31 22 20 21 22 21
42 Bill Clinton — — — — — 16 23 21 24 18 22
43 George W. Bush — — — — — — — — — 23 19

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American planter, political figure, the highest ranking military leader in U.S. history and first President of the United States. ... John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was the first (1789–1797) Vice President of the United States, and the second (1797–1801) President of the United States. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836) was the fourth (1809–1817) President of the United States. ... James Monroe (April 28, 1758 – July 4, 1831) was the fifth (1817–1825) President of the United States. ... John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 – February 23, 1848) was the sixth (1825-1829) President of the United States. ... Andrew Jackson (March 15, 1767 – June 8, 1845), one of the founders of the Democratic Party, was the seventh President of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. ... Martin Van Buren (December 5, 1782 – July 24, 1862), nicknamed Old Kinderhook, was the eighth President of the United States. ... William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. ... John Tyler (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the tenth (1841) Vice President of the United States, and the tenth (1841-1845) President of the United States. ... James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795–June 15, 1849) was the eleventh President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1845 to March 3, 1849. ... Zachary Taylor (November 24, 1784 – July 9, 1850), also known as Old Rough and Ready, was the twelfth President of the United States, serving from 1849 to 1850. ... Millard Fillmore (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold the nations highest office. ... Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was an American politician and the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. ... James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... Ulysses S. Grant (April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). ... Rutherford Birchard Hayes (October 4, 1822 – January 17, 1893) was the 19th President of the United States (1877 – 1881). ... James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 - September 19, 1881) was the 20th (1881) President of the United States, the first left-handed President, and the second U.S. President to be assassinated. ... Chester Alan Arthur (October 5, 1829 – November 18, 1886) was an American politician who served as 21st President of the United States. ... Stephen Grover Cleveland (March 18, 1837–June 24, 1908) was the 22nd (1885–1889) and 24th (1893–1897) President of the United States, and the only President to serve two non-consecutive terms. ... Benjamin Harrison (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States (1889-1893). ... The name Mckinley redirects here. ... Theodore Roosevelt (October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919) was the 26th (1901–09) President of the United States. ... William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was an American politician, the 27th President of the United States, and the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. ... Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th President of the United States (1913–1921). ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ... John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. ... Herbert Clark Hoover (August 10, 1874 – October 20, 1964) the 31st President of the United States (1929-1933). ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), the longest-serving holder of the office and the only person to be elected President more than twice (he was elected four times, and served just over 12 years), was one of the... Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-fourth Vice President (1945) and the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–53), succeeding to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician. ... John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), often referred to as John F Kennedy, JFK, or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. ... Lyndon Baines Johnson (August 27, 1908 – January 22, 1973), often referred to as LBJ, was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963–1969). ... Richard Milhous Nixon (January 9, 1913 – April 22, 1994) was the thirty-seventh President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. ... Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. ... James Earl Jimmy Carter, Jr. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... George Herbert Walker Bush (born June 12, 1924) was the 41st President of the United States (1989–1993). ... William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe, III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ...

Survey details

The 1948 poll was conducted by historian Arthur M. Schlesinger, Sr. of Harvard University ([1]). The 1962 survey was also conducted by Schlesinger, who surveyed 75 historians; the results of this survey are given in the book The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents by William A. Degregorio. Schlesinger's son Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. conducted another poll in 1996, not currently on the above chart. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... This article is about the elder Arthur M. Schlesinger (1888-1965). ... Harvard University is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, and a member of the Ivy League. ... 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. ... 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...


The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents also gives the results of the 1982 survey, a poll of 49 historians conducted by the Chicago Tribune. A notable difference from the 1962 Schlesinger poll was the ranking of President Eisenhower, who was ranked #22 in 1962, but was ranked #9 in the 1982 survey. 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Chicago Tribune, formerly self-styled as the Worlds Greatest Newspaper, remains the leading daily newspaper of the Midwestern United States. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American soldier and politician. ...


The Siena Research Institute of Siena College conducted surveys in 1982, 1990, 1994, and 2002. The 1994 survey placed only two Presidents, Franklin Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln, above 80 points, and placed two Presidents, Andrew Johnson and Warren G. Harding, below 50 points. ( [2], [3]) Siena College is a nationally recognized Catholic liberal arts college situated in the suburban community of Loudonville, New York, two miles north of Albany. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... For the Temptations album, see 1990 (Temptations album) MCMXC redirects here; for the Enigma album, see MCMXC a. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882–April 12, 1945), often referred to as FDR, was the 32nd (1933–1945) President of the United States. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was an American politician and the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 to 1923, when he became the sixth president to die in office. ...


The 1996 column shows the results from a poll conducted from 1989 to 1996 by William J. Ridings, Jr. and Stuart B. McIver, and published in the book Rating the Presidents: A Ranking of U.S. leaders, from the Great and Honorable to the Dishonest and Incompetent. More than 719 people took part in the poll, primarily academic historians and political scientists, although some politicians and celebrities also took part. Participants from every state were included, and emphasis was placed upon getting input from female historians and "specialists in African-American studies", as well as a few non-American historians. Poll respondents rated the Presidents in five categories (leadership qualities, accomplishments & crisis management, political skill, appointments, character & integrity), and the results were tabulated to create the overall ranking. 1996 (MCMXCVI) is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... Female symbol Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. ... African American studies, or Black studies, is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture, and politics of African Americans. ...


The C-SPAN Survey of Presidential Leadership was a 1999 survey of academic historians. It found that historians consider Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and Franklin D. Roosevelt the three best presidents by a wide margin and William Henry Harrison, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan the worst. ([4]) C-SPAN (the Cable-Satellite Public Affairs Network) is an American cable television network dedicated to airing non-stop coverage of government proceedings and public affairs programming. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) is a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American planter, political figure, the highest ranking military leader in U.S. history and first President of the United States. ... Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), 32nd President of the United States (1933-1945), the longest-serving holder of the office and the only person to be elected President more than twice (he was elected four times, and served just over 12 years), was one of the... William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. ... Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... Franklin Pierce (November 23, 1804 – October 8, 1869) was an American politician and the 14th President of the United States, serving from 1853 to 1857. ... James Buchanan (April 23, 1791 – June 1, 1868) was the 15th President of the United States (1857-1861). ...


A 2000 survey by The Wall Street Journal was published in Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and Worst in the White House, and is also available online. The participants consisted of an "ideologically balanced group of 132 prominent professors of history, law, and political science". This poll sought to include an equal number of liberals and conservatives in the survey, as the editors argued that previous polls were dominated by either one group or the other, but never balanced. The editors noted that the results of their poll were "remarkably similar" to the "mostly liberal" 1996 Schlesinger poll, with the main difference being the much higher ranking of President Ronald Reagan in the 2000 poll. According to the editors, this poll also included responses from more women, minorities, and young professors than the 1996 Schlesinger poll. The Wall Street Journal is an influential international daily newspaper published in New York City, New York with a worldwide average daily circulation of more than 2. ... Liberalism is a political current embracing several historical and present-day ideologies that claim defense of individual liberty as the purpose of government. ... Conservatism or political conservatism is any of several historically related political philosophies or political ideologies. ... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ...


Another presidential poll was conducted by The Wall Street Journal in 2005, with James Lindgren of Northwestern University Law School for the Federalist Society. ([5]) As in the 2000 survey, the editors sought to balance the opinions of liberals and conservatives, adjusting the results "to give Democratic- and Republican-leaning scholars equal weight." Editor James Taranto noted that Democratic-leaning scholars rated George W. Bush the sixth-worst president of all time, while Republican scholars rated him the sixth-best, giving President Bush an overall rating of "average". ([6]) James Lindgren is a professor of law at Northwestern University. ... Northwestern University is a private, coeducational, non-sectarian university, located in Evanston, Illinois and Chicago, Illinois. ... The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies, most frequently called simply the Federalist Society, began at Harvard Law School, University of Chicago Law School and Yale Law School in 1982 as a student organization that challenged what it saw as the orthodox liberal ideology found in most law... James Taranto is a columnist for The Wall Street Journal and editor of its online editorial page, OpinionJournal. ... George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is the 43rd and current President of the United States. ...


Popular opinion

"Thinking about all the presidents of the United States throughout history to the present, who would you say was America's greatest president?" [7] Washington College is a private, selective, independent liberal arts college located on a 112 acre (453,000 m²) campus in Chestertown, Maryland on the Delmarva Peninsula. ...

  1. Abraham Lincoln (20%)
  2. Ronald Reagan (15%)
  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt (12%)
  4. John F. Kennedy (11%)
  5. Bill Clinton (10%)
  6. George W. Bush (8%)
  7. George Washington (6%)
  8. Theodore Roosevelt (3%)
  9. Dwight Eisenhower (3%)
  10. Jimmy Carter (2%)
  11. Thomas Jefferson (2%)
  12. Richard Nixon (1%)
  13. John Adams (<1%)
  14. Andrew Jackson (<1%)
  15. Lyndon Johnson (<1%)

Other/Don't know: 9%

  • Gallup poll, 7-10 February 2005, 1008 adults nationwide, +/- 3% margin of error:

"Who do you regard as the greatest United States president?" [8] A Gallup Poll is an opinion poll frequently used by the mass media for representing public opinion. ...

  1. Ronald Reagan (20%)
  2. Bill Clinton (15%)
  3. Abraham Lincoln (14%)
  4. Franklin D. Roosevelt (12%)
  5. John F. Kennedy (12%)
  6. George W. Bush (5%)
  7. George Washington (5%)
  8. Jimmy Carter (3%)
  9. Harry Truman (2%)
  10. Theodore Roosevelt (2%)
  11. Thomas Jefferson (2%)
  12. George H.W. Bush (1%)
  13. Dwight Eisenhower (1%)
  14. Richard Nixon (1%)

Other/None/No opinion: 5%

  • ABC News poll, 16-20 February 2000, 1012 adults nationwide, +/- 3% margin of error:

"Who do you think was the greatest American president?" [9] The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. ...

  1. Abraham Lincoln (19%)
  2. John Kennedy (17%)
  3. Franklin Roosevelt (11%)
  4. Ronald Reagan (9%)
  5. George Washington (8%)
  6. Bill Clinton (7%)
  7. Theodore Roosevelt (4%)
  8. George H.W. Bush (4%)
  9. Thomas Jefferson (3%)
  10. Harry Truman (2%)
  11. Richard Nixon (2%)
  12. Jimmy Carter (1%)
  13. Dwight Eisenhower (1%)

No opinion: 10%


References

  • Degregorio, William A. The Complete Book of U.S. Presidents. 4th ed. New York: Avenel, 1993. Contains the results of the 1962 and 1982 surveys.
  • Ridings William J., Jr. and Stuart B. McIver. Rating the Presidents: A Ranking of U.S. leaders, from the Great and Honorable to the Dishonest and Incompetent. Secaucus, NJ: Carol Publishing, 1997. ISBN 0806517999.
  • Taranto, James and Leonard Leo, eds. Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and Worst in the White House. New York: Wall Street Journal Books, 2004. ISBN 0743254333.

Leonard Leo (1965 - ) is director of the Lawyers Division and executive vice president of the Federalist Society, and head of Catholic Outreach at the Republican National Committee. ...

External link

  Lists of Presidents and Vice Presidents of the United States [edit]

Presidential lists of order: Order of service | Order of birth | Order of death | Age when becoming president | Rank of longevity | Military rank | Rank of post-presidency length | Rank of term length | Height order | Historical rankings John Dean, May 7, 1972. ... The President of the United States (unofficially abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest executive official of the United States government, the person who, in the words of Adlai Stevenson, is a heartbeat from the presidency. ... The complete list of Presidents of the United States consists of the 43 heads of state in the history of the United States. ... This is a list of current and former U.S. Presidents by date of birth. ... This is a list of U.S. Presidents by date of death. ... The following list is based upon the persons age at the time of ascension to the office, not election to the Presidency. ... This is a list of U.S. Presidents by longevity. ... The United States Constitution names the President of the United States the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces. ... * as of October 1, 2005 ** Cleveland was a former president for 4 years after his first term plus another 15 years after his second term. ... This is a list of U.S. Presidents by time in office. ... This is a list of U.S. Presidents by height order. ...


Other presidential lists: Assassination attempts | College education | Control of Congress | Doctrines | Fictional | First names | Genealogical relationship | Libraries | Military service | Nicknames | Pardons | Pets | Place of birth | Place of primary affiliation | Political affiliation | Political occupation | Previous occupation | Religious affiliation | Residences | Served one term | Served two or more terms This is a list of U.S. Presidential assassination attempts. ... This is a list of U.S. Presidents by college education: List by institutions Undergraduate (Some Presidents attended more than one institution. ... In United States history, the degree to which the President has the same party alignment as the House and Senate determines his power (e. ... This is a list of U.S. Presidential doctrines. ... Since the office of President of the United States is somewhat hallowed, fiction writers often choose to invent a president in their stories to prevent a real one from being possibly insulted, to avoid having their stories become dated over time, for dramatic license, or to provide literary flexibility. ... James James Madison James Monroe James Knox Polk James Buchanan James A. Garfield James Earl Carter John John Adams John Quincy Adams John Tyler John F. Kennedy William William Henry Harrison William Howard Taft William McKinley William Jefferson Clinton George George Washington George H. W. Bush George W. Bush Andrew... This is a list of United States Presidents who are related to each other by (more or less) direct descent. ... This is an existing list of United States Presidential libraries. ... The United States Constitution names the President of the United States the commander in chief of the U.S. armed forces. ... This is a list of nicknames of each President of the United States. ... This is an incomplete list of people who have been pardoned by a United States President. ... This is a list of pets belonging to various US Presidents and their families, while serving their term(s) in office. ... This is a list of Presidents of the United States by place of birth. ... This is a list of U.S. Presidents by place of primary affiliation. ... This article is intended to be a comprehensive list of all presidents, grouped by political party. ... This is a list of U.S. Presidents by political occupation, i. ... This is a list of the occupations of Presidents before they entered politics. ... This is a list of the religious affiliations of Presidents of the United States. ... This is a list of U.S. presidential residences, those which are not the official residences (the White House or Camp David). ... This is intended to be a list of all presidents, starting with the most recent, who have completed exactly one term of office. ... Since George Washington, Presidents have traditionally served for only two terms of office. ...


Vice Presidency: Order of service | Order by birth | Fictional This is a list of U.S. Vice Presidents by time in office. ... This is a list of U.S. Vice Presidents by date of birth. ... This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ...

Elections: Order by Electoral College margin The following table is a list of U.S. presidential elections ordered by the closeness of the result in the Electoral College. ...


Candidates: Heights | Who lost their home state | Fictional | Republican nominees | Democratic nominees Elections in boldface are those in which the shorter candidate won. ... The following is a list of major party U.S. presidential candidates who lost their home state. ... This is a list of fictional candidates who ran for the office of President of the United States. ... See also Republican Party List of Presidents of the United States List of Vice Presidents of the United States ... See also Democratic Party List of Presidents of the United States List of Vice Presidents of the United States ...


Unsuccessful candidates: Military service | Who received at least one electoral vote List of major-party U.S. presidential candidates who lost their home state List of U.S. Presidents by college education List of U.S. Presidents by genealogical relationship List of U.S. Presidents by height order List of U.S. Presidents by military service List of U.S. Presidents... This is a list of unsuccessful candidates for the office of President of the United States. ...


Presidential succession: Line of succession | Designated survivor | Fictional presidential succession The presidential line of succession defines who may become or act as President of the United States upon the incapacity, death, resignation, or removal from office (by impeachment and subsequent conviction) of a sitting President or a President-elect. ... Because of the remote possibility of a catastrophic attack which could wipe out large portions of the U.S. federal government, the entire United States Cabinet is rarely gathered in one place at the same time, in order to maintain continuity of government with regard to presidential succession. ... Several novels, films, and television series have speculated regarding the United States presidential line of succession and in what ways it would be implemented in unusual circumstances. ...



 

COMMENTARY     


Share your thoughts, questions and commentary here
Your name
Your comments
Please enter the 5-letter protection code

Want to know more?
Search encyclopedia, statistics and forums:
 


Lesson Plans | Student Area | Student FAQ | Reviews | Press Releases |  Feeds | Contact
The Wikipedia article included on this page is licensed under the GFDL.
Images may be subject to relevant owners' copyright.
All other elements are (c) copyright NationMaster.com 2003-5. All Rights Reserved.
Usage implies agreement with terms.