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Ten Worst Presidents

Basically all of the ones easy to forget
Soure: US News
*1=worst
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1.
James Buchanan
2.
Warren G. Harding
3.
Andrew Johnson
4.
Franklin Pierce
5.
Millard Filmore
6.
John Tyler
7.
Ulysses S. Grant
8.
William Henry Harrison
9 a)
Richard Nixon
9 b)
Herbert Hoover
10.
Zachary Taylor
Baltimorean
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Level 67
Jan 2, 2013
Seems a little harsh to rate William Henry Harrison in the top ten, since he died about a month after being inaugurated.
KiwiTyke
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Level 60
Apr 6, 2013
And he should have worn a proper coat.
Walacama
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Level 81
Jun 13, 2017
I know you're only joking around, but you don't get pneumonia from cold air. It is cause by bacteria or virus. It is a common misconception. "Don't go out in the cold without a jacket, you'll catch a cold"
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Feb 24, 2013
If you go to Wikipedia and look up historical rankings of presidents, then sort them by aggregate ranking, you come up with almost the same ten except the order is slightly different, Nixon is off the list, and George W Bush is on. Barack Obama is currently 14th best (or 30th worst).
FentonsDad
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Level 86
Aug 17, 2013
Typed "George W. Bush" over and over. It really should have worked! ;-)
TheLetter5
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Level 20
Apr 3, 2016
Lol same
thecoolestdude2
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Level 68
Nov 24, 2013
James Buchanan? He couldn't have done anything about slavery except war himself. It's not like the president himself can stop a revolution. Bush should definitely be included, though. I was quite surprised. I guess Clinton can slip through. And, W.H. Harrison didn't exactly do anything wrong except catch a disease. And, Grant's term was riddled by conspiracies from his Cabinet, not himself.

Just because nothing significant happens during a term doesn't mean he was bad or not important. In fact, the less significant term, the better off the nation was; nothing bad was happening.

Okay, spiel done, now let the hordes of correcting comments and arguments come. :-)

YamatoFans
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Level 69
Jan 22, 2015
Grant should have gotten control of his cabinet. There was rampant corruption that he did not reign in. As for Buchanan, it was more his muddied response to the confederacy that ranks him so low - that there was no definitive response (one way or the other) and he let events control him rather than the other way around. Harrison, agreed, is usually just left off such lists because he didn't have any time to show what kind of president he would be.
Etanna
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Level 70
Jun 9, 2014
I thought it was about the ten worst presidents in the world, not of the American history
DaisyGeekyTGirl
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Level 52
May 27, 2015
It should be the Ten Worst AMERICAN Presidents.
Ryanboss
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Level 54
Jun 23, 2016
That's strange. I thought for sure Obama would be on here
Walacama
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Level 81
Jun 13, 2017
It's Obama's fault he's not on this list. Thanks Obama.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Nov 10, 2017
Obama will never be on this list. Trump definitely will be in the future.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
May 30, 2018
See my comment below. Obama is now ranked 11th best of all time, Trump is 44th (dead last). This includes polling data taken from historians that identify as Republican, Democrat, and independent.
JackintheBox
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Level 79
Jun 1, 2019
@Shade9099 In what way?
kalbahamut
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Level 82
Jul 7, 2020
He wrecked a lot of terrorists with predator drones and Navy SEALs. But, yeah, other than that... how?
Apprentice03
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Level 61
Oct 31, 2020
I do not agree with a lot of what Trump does but Obama is worse than Trump.
Jacktheguy
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Level 89
Nov 16, 2020
Would you care to justify that claim?
pastorjamesriddle
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Level 67
Sep 9, 2016
Tyler, Pierce, and Harding have been given hatchet jobs by the establishment historians; Tyler and Pierce mainly because of their support of secession. Big War power monger presidents like Lincoln, Wilson, and FDR are idolized.
Maladroit
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Level 51
Nov 14, 2017
No Clinton. Still. I mean, sure, maybe he was a good president (that's up for debate), but he cheated on his wife! While he was president! Does everybody just think that's fine?!
divantilya
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Level 37
Apr 25, 2018
Whether or not we think that it's fine, it really is none of our business, is it? FDR, Eisenhower and JFK also cheated on their wives, but we don't seem to condemn their presidencies because of it, why should we do so with Bill Clinton?.
kalbahamut
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Level 82
May 30, 2018
There is evidence, in some cases stronger than in others, that every US president in history excluding Obama, Bush Jr, and Carter had extramarital affairs while in office.
springb
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Level 55
Mar 24, 2021
I doubt Truman ever cheated on Bess.
Nickelz
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Level 65
Aug 23, 2022
Good person ≠ good president
kalbahamut
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Level 82
May 30, 2018
Donald Trump has just unseated James Buchanan to become the worst president in US history. It's more or less unanimous. Even Republican historians rank him in the bottom 5.
bezz
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Level 69
Feb 20, 2019
I don't know why Jackson doesn't make the list. He was the "trail of tears" president that kicked all the Cherokee out of Georgia despite the Supreme Court telling him not to do so. He is remembered for winning an irrelevant battle during the War of 1812 - after the war was over.
JesseFromThe6
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Level 69
Sep 17, 2020
Presiding over the deaths of other people does not seem to be a concern for many historians.
hucksfieigjef
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Level 44
Jan 3, 2020
Trump should be number 1 to be honest.
hellomynameisyou
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Level 20
Mar 1, 2021
I think Henry S Truman should be
Daveillll2444444
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Level 22
May 3, 2020
Harding should be number one considering he was in the ku klux klan
NV1
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Level 51
Jul 20, 2020
Show me proof!
Carter2
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Level 58
Mar 26, 2021
That makes no sense considering he was one of the most progressive presidents of his time since there were rumors when he was a kid that he had black ancestry (he did not) which followed him through out his life, and he did a lot more at the time for black Americans than he is given credit for. So I don't see how he would be a member of the kkk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_G._Harding#Civil_rights_and_immigration

BrandonL04
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Level 45
Aug 25, 2021
I think Biden is about to be added to this list...
Jacktheguy
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Level 89
Nov 16, 2021
At this point I highly doubt that
Nickelz
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Level 65
Aug 23, 2022
why? lmao
BrandonL04
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Level 45
Aug 25, 2021
Which would you rather have? A president who makes mean tweets or a president who causes inflation with massive spending. Not to mention what he has done in Afghanistan.

Trump stood up for our freedoms, while Biden is trying to suppress them.

ItzIngenious
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Level 60
Dec 1, 2021
no
marjobro
+1
Level 66
Mar 7, 2023
Plese note that this quiz was made in 2013.

Trump would be top o' the heap if it were updated. IMHO. Stephen King said it best and most succinctly.. that he was a terrible president, and a terrible person.

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