Years ago before this white house occupant I did research of all presidents for a history book I did for my grandchildren, that took about four and a half years.. One of the interesting things I found was many ranking polls of each president. Adding all the numbersl together, then dividing by 9 [number of different polls used], here are the rankings, some surprised me and some I disagree with; again sorry for long post. {Guess where this occupant of 1600 Pennslyvania Ave. will rank}
1. Abraham Lincoln [ranked without finishing 2nd term]
2. George Washington [both were less than .01% difference]
3. Franklin Roosevelt
4. Thomas Jefferson
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. Ronald Reagan
7. Harry S. Truman
8. Andrew Jackson
9. Dwight D. Eisenhower
10. James K. Polk
11. John Adams
12. John F. Kennedy [ranked without finishing term]
13. James Madison
14. Woodrow Wilson
15. James Monroe
16. Grover Cleveland [non-consecutive term, ranked together]
17. William McKinley [ranked not finishing 2nd term]
18. John Quincy Adams
19. William Howard Taft
20. George W. Bush [ ranked after only 1 term]
21. Martin VanBuren
22. Rutherford B. Hayes
23. George H.W. Bush
24. Lyndon Baines Johnson
25. Chester Arthur
26. Gerald R. Ford [ranked not having full term]
27. Herbert Hoover
28. Benjamin Harrison
29. Calvin Coolidge
30. Richard Nixon [ranked even though resigning 2nd term]
31. Zachery Taylor
32. James E. Carter
33. William J. Clinton
34. John Tyler
35. Millard Fillmore
36. Ulysses S. Grant
37. James Garfield [ranked but did not serve full term]
38. Andrew Johnson
39. Franklin Pierce
40. James Buchanan
41. William Henry Harrison [ranked but only served 30 days]
42. Warren G. Harding
