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C-SPAN released a survey Friday that asked historians to rank past presidents and former-President Obama was voted the country's 12th best, right behind Woodrow Wilson and in front of James Monroe.
Historians were asked to essentially grade the presidents on items like “public persuasion” and “moral authority.” Politico reported that Obama rated high in the category of “equal justice for all,” but received low marks for his relationship with Congress.
Of course, it is difficult to determine the effectiveness of a presidency so soon after the president left office.
"Although 12th is a respectable overall ranking, one would have thought that former President Obama’s favorable rating when he left office would have translated into a higher ranking in this presidential survey," Edna Greene Medford, a Howard University professor and member of C-SPAN's historical advisory board, told Politico.
Abraham Lincoln retained the top position, and George Washington came in a close second.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-obama-12th-best-president-in-new-survey.html
Here's the complete rankings:
TOTAL SCORES/OVERALL RANKINGS
President's Name 2017 Final Scores Overall Rankings
2017 2009 2000
Abraham Lincoln 906 1 1 1
George Washington 867 2 2 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt 854 3 3 2
Theodore Roosevelt 807 4 4 4
Dwight D. Eisenhower 744 5 8 9
Harry S. Truman 737 6 5 5
Thomas Jefferson 727 7 7 7
John F. Kennedy 722 8 6 8
Ronald Reagan 691 9 10 11
Lyndon Baines Johnson 686 10 11 10
Woodrow Wilson 683 11 9 6
Barack Obama 668 12 NA NA
James Monroe 645 13 14 14
James K. Polk 637 14 12 12
Bill Clinton 633 15 15 21
William McKinley Jr. 626 16 16 15
James Madison 610 17 20 18
Andrew Jackson 609 18 13 13
John Adams 603 19 17 16
George H. W. Bush 596 20 18 20
John Quincy Adams 589 21 19 19
Ulysses S. Grant 556 22 23 33
Grover Cleveland 540 23 21 17
William H. Taft 528 24 24 24
Gerald R. Ford Jr. 509 25 22 23
Jimmy Carter 506 26 25 22
Calvin Coolidge 505 27 26 27
Richard M. Nixon 486 28 27 25
James A. Garfield 481 29 28 29
Benjamin Harrison 461 30 30 31
Zachary Taylor 458 31 29 28
Rutherford B. Hayes 458 32 33 26
George W. Bush 455 33 36 NA
Martin Van Buren 450 34 31 30
Chester Arthur 446 35 32 32
Herbert Hoover 416 36 34 34
Millard Fillmore 393 37 37 35
William Henry Harrison 383 38 39 37
John Tyler 372 39 35 36
Warren G. Harding 360 40 38 38
Franklin Pierce 315 41 40 39
Andrew Johnson 275 42 41 40
James Buchanan 245 43 42 41
Historians were asked to essentially grade the presidents on items like “public persuasion” and “moral authority.” Politico reported that Obama rated high in the category of “equal justice for all,” but received low marks for his relationship with Congress.
Of course, it is difficult to determine the effectiveness of a presidency so soon after the president left office.
"Although 12th is a respectable overall ranking, one would have thought that former President Obama’s favorable rating when he left office would have translated into a higher ranking in this presidential survey," Edna Greene Medford, a Howard University professor and member of C-SPAN's historical advisory board, told Politico.
Abraham Lincoln retained the top position, and George Washington came in a close second.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/201...-obama-12th-best-president-in-new-survey.html
Here's the complete rankings:
TOTAL SCORES/OVERALL RANKINGS
President's Name 2017 Final Scores Overall Rankings
2017 2009 2000
Abraham Lincoln 906 1 1 1
George Washington 867 2 2 3
Franklin D. Roosevelt 854 3 3 2
Theodore Roosevelt 807 4 4 4
Dwight D. Eisenhower 744 5 8 9
Harry S. Truman 737 6 5 5
Thomas Jefferson 727 7 7 7
John F. Kennedy 722 8 6 8
Ronald Reagan 691 9 10 11
Lyndon Baines Johnson 686 10 11 10
Woodrow Wilson 683 11 9 6
Barack Obama 668 12 NA NA
James Monroe 645 13 14 14
James K. Polk 637 14 12 12
Bill Clinton 633 15 15 21
William McKinley Jr. 626 16 16 15
James Madison 610 17 20 18
Andrew Jackson 609 18 13 13
John Adams 603 19 17 16
George H. W. Bush 596 20 18 20
John Quincy Adams 589 21 19 19
Ulysses S. Grant 556 22 23 33
Grover Cleveland 540 23 21 17
William H. Taft 528 24 24 24
Gerald R. Ford Jr. 509 25 22 23
Jimmy Carter 506 26 25 22
Calvin Coolidge 505 27 26 27
Richard M. Nixon 486 28 27 25
James A. Garfield 481 29 28 29
Benjamin Harrison 461 30 30 31
Zachary Taylor 458 31 29 28
Rutherford B. Hayes 458 32 33 26
George W. Bush 455 33 36 NA
Martin Van Buren 450 34 31 30
Chester Arthur 446 35 32 32
Herbert Hoover 416 36 34 34
Millard Fillmore 393 37 37 35
William Henry Harrison 383 38 39 37
John Tyler 372 39 35 36
Warren G. Harding 360 40 38 38
Franklin Pierce 315 41 40 39
Andrew Johnson 275 42 41 40
James Buchanan 245 43 42 41
