US Presidents Study Historical Rankings – Siena College Research Institute

Since 1982, the SCRI Survey of U.S. Presidents has been conducted during the second year of the first term of a new president. Previous SCRI surveys of U.S. Presidents have been reported in Presidential Studies Quarterly, The New York Times, Washington Post, recent scholarly reviews of the presidents, and national news networks.

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President	Year	Overall Rank	Background (Family, Education, Experience)	Party Leadership	Communication Ability (Speak, Write)	Relationship with Congress	Court Appointments	Handlingof U.S. Economy	Luck	Ability to Compromise	Willing to take Risks	Executive Appointments	Overall Ability	Imagination	Domestic Accomplishments	Integrity	Executive Ability	Foreign Policy Accomplishments	Leadership Ability	Intelligence	Avoid Crucial Mistakes	Present Overall View
Franklin D. Roosevelt	2022	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	14	2	1	1	10	4	2
Franklin D. Roosevelt	2018	2	6	1	2	3	2	2	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	16	3	1	3	12	4	3
Franklin D. Roosevelt	2010	1	5	1	1	2	2	1	5	2	3	3	2	4	3	16	3	1	3	10	4	2
Franklin D. Roosevelt	2002	1	5	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	2	2	1	2	2	16	3	1	1	8	3	2
Franklin D. Roosevelt	1994	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	2	2	1	2	1	16	1	1	1	9	3	2
Franklin D. Roosevelt	1990	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	2	2	3	2	16	2	1	2	8	3	3
Franklin D. Roosevelt	1982	1	4	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	4	4	1	17	1	1	1	9	5	2
Abraham Lincoln	2022	2	29	2	1	4	3	2	21	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	4	2	1	2	1
Abraham Lincoln	2018	3	28	2	1	4	3	4	18	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	6	2	2	2	1
Abraham Lincoln	2010	3	28	6	2	6	4	5	13	1	2	2	1	2	1	1	1	5	2	3	2	1
Abraham Lincoln	2002	2	29	6	2	6	6	5	14	2	1	3	1	1	1	2	1	4	3	5	2	1
Abraham Lincoln	1994	2	32	5	2	6	9	4	12	2	1	3	2	1	2	2	2	6	2	2	2	1
Abraham Lincoln	1990	2	31	4	2	6	7	4	13	2	2	4	1	2	1	2	1	3	3	3	2	1
Abraham Lincoln	1982	3	35	5	2	7	10	9	11	2	1	3	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	2	1
George Washington	2022	3	6	18	11	3	1	4	1	3	5	1	3	6	4	3	3	2	3	12	1	3
George Washington	2018	1	7	18	11	1	1	1	1	2	6	1	2	7	2	1	2	2	1	10	1	2
George Washington	2010	4	7	18	12	3	3	4	1	3	4	1	4	9	4	2	2	3	1	12	1	3
George Washington	2002	4	7	21	12	3	2	3	2	3	9	1	3	9	3	1	1	2	1	13	1	3
George Washington	1994	4	9	18	12	4	4	2	3	6	9	1	3	14	4	1	3	3	3	14	1	3
George Washington	1990	4	8	16	11	4	2	2	2	3	8	1	4	9	3	1	3	2	1	12	1	2
George Washington	1982	4	7	15	12	6	6	2	2	4	13	1	3	10	3	1	2	2	2	13	1	4
Theodore Roosevelt	2022	4	3	7	4	7	6	3	2	18	3	5	4	3	5	10	4	5	4	6	5	4
Theodore Roosevelt	2018	4	5	7	5	7	9	3	2	15	2	5	5	4	4	8	4	3	4	6	5	4
Theodore Roosevelt	2010	2	6	7	3	5	1	2	2	12	1	4	3	1	2	6	4	4	4	6	3	4
Theodore Roosevelt	2002	3	6	7	3	5	4	4	1	10	3	5	4	4	4	8	4	3	4	7	4	4
Theodore Roosevelt	1994	3	6	7	4	5	6	3	4	12	3	6	5	4	5	12	4	4	4	7	5	5
Theodore Roosevelt	1990	5	6	5	4	5	4	3	4	12	3	5	5	4	6	12	4	6	4	7	5	5
Theodore Roosevelt	1982	5	6	7	4	5	5	4	4	14	3	4	5	23	6	11	5	9	4	7	6	5
Thomas Jefferson	2022	5	7	4	5	5	11	20	5	14	8	7	5	4	6	20	7	10	6	2	8	7
Thomas Jefferson	2018	5	2	5	4	5	7	20	8	14	5	4	4	2	6	14	6	9	6	1	7	5
Thomas Jefferson	2010	5	1	4	6	4	6	16	6	11	8	5	5	3	6	14	5	7	6	1	6	5
Thomas Jefferson	2002	5	2	3	4	4	9	14	6	9	7	4	5	3	6	15	5	8	6	1	7	5
Thomas Jefferson	1994	5	3	3	3	3	10	11	7	7	6	4	4	3	6	9	5	10	6	1	6	4
Thomas Jefferson	1990	3	1	3	3	3	8	8	9	4	5	3	3	1	4	3	5	5	5	1	4	4
Thomas Jefferson	1982	2	1	2	3	2	7	10	8	3	7	5	1	1	7	4	4	5	5	1	3	3
Dwight Eisenhower	2022	6	11	9	18	6	5	6	4	5	18	12	7	20	7	4	5	7	5	16	3	6
Dwight Eisenhower	2018	6	11	15	20	9	5	6	7	5	21	11	7	18	8	5	5	7	5	17	3	6
Dwight Eisenhower	2010	10	12	17	21	10	9	11	8	5	20	17	11	20	13	9	7	9	7	19	5	7
Dwight Eisenhower	2002	10	14	19	21	8	5	9	9	4	20	13	13	20	14	9	9	9	7	18	6	9
Dwight Eisenhower	1994	8	16	20	24	7	2	8	6	4	21	11	12	21	11	11	8	6	8	18	4	9
Dwight Eisenhower	1990	12	15	20	24	7	5	7	7	5	21	12	15	19	12	10	10	12	10	20	6	9
Dwight Eisenhower	1982	11	19	19	25	9	4	7	6	6	27	15	17	20	12	14	13	10	11	21	4	10
Harry Truman	2022	7	28	12	14	15	12	7	11	13	9	9	10	13	8	8	8	3	8	19	7	5
Harry Truman	2018	9	31	14	14	15	17	8	12	12	8	10	10	16	7	9	8	4	10	21	9	7
Harry Truman	2010	9	35	15	14	20	15	6	11	15	6	7	7	15	7	8	8	6	9	17	8	6
Harry Truman	2002	7	33	14	14	18	12	7	13	15	5	8	7	14	8	7	7	5	8	17	9	6
Harry Truman	1994	7	28	9	13	16	15	6	10	10	4	7	7	13	8	8	7	2	10	17	9	6
Harry Truman	1990	7	30	9	13	16	9	6	12	13	6	9	8	11	8	11	7	4	9	19	10	7
Harry Truman	1982	7	24	11	11	16	13	5	10	16	5	8	12	9	8	12	8	4	9	18	9	7
Lyndon Johnson	2022	8	16	3	16	1	4	8	18	6	6	6	6	10	3	31	6	39	9	18	35	9
Lyndon Johnson	2018	16	15	3	17	2	8	12	25	9	10	8	9	11	5	34	9	40	13	22	35	17
Lyndon Johnson	2010	16	15	3	16	1	5	10	28	9	12	12	9	12	5	34	12	43	15	21	37	16
Lyndon Johnson	2002	15	16	4	13	2	10	18	26	8	10	9	12	15	5	38	11	41	14	19	34	16
Lyndon Johnson	1994	13	14	2	18	1	8	14	29	6	7	9	8	10	3	39	10	41	11	16	38	14
Lyndon Johnson	1990	15	16	6	21	2	10	17	25	11	10	11	12	13	5	38	11	40	12	18	34	16
Lyndon Johnson	1982	14	13	3	16	3	11	30	21	5	10	12	11	12	5	37	7	39	10	12	34	14
John Kennedy	2022	9	12	16	3	12	13	9	27	8	10	4	12	5	14	27	14	12	7	12	15	10
John Kennedy	2018	10	14	17	3	13	12	7	31	8	9	6	11	5	15	31	12	17	8	11	18	12
John Kennedy	2010	11	13	19	4	13	12	7	27	6	10	6	14	7	15	35	13	17	11	11	16	14
John Kennedy	2002	14	11	16	5	16	11	8	22	11	11	7	16	6	15	36	15	17	9	11	19	15
John Kennedy	1994	10	10	13	5	17	12	8	24	8	12	5	12	6	18	35	12	16	7	12	19	14
John Kennedy	1990	10	11	14	5	18	12	9	21	7	11	6	11	6	15	34	12	14	8	9	18	14
John Kennedy	1982	8	9	14	6	18	9	6	20	7	8	7	10	6	14	32	14	14	8	10	17	13
James Madison	2022	10	4	10	8	10	14	19	13	11	15	11	9	7	13	9	12	20	18	3	11	11
James Madison	2018	7	4	9	10	10	6	14	16	6	15	7	6	6	11	7	13	19	17	3	11	8
James Madison	2010	6	3	10	11	9	7	12	17	7	15	9	6	8	12	5	14	20	17	2	10	8
James Madison	2002	9	4	9	9	12	8	15	16	7	14	11	9	7	13	6	14	21	16	2	17	12
James Madison	1994	9	5	13	8	13	12	17	19	10	16	12	10	8	13	6	13	20	15	4	13	11
James Madison	1990	8	5	11	7	14	11	15	23	10	13	10	9	7	13	6	13	21	14	4	17	10
James Madison	1982	9	5	10	7	13	12	21	19	10	17	9	7	7	11	5	17	23	14	5	18	12
Barack Obama	2022	11	18	19	6	27	9	10	14	10	21	8	8	7	10	6	11	19	15	7	9	8
Barack Obama	2018	17	24	23	9	31	14	10	15	16	23	13	15	11	13	13	18	20	16	9	10	11
Barack Obama	2010	15	32	21	7	18	13	17	16	10	13	14	18	6	16	12	16	22	16	8	21	18
James Monroe	2022	12	13	17	15	9	15	12	8	7	14	13	16	15	9	16	13	6	14	21	6	12
James Monroe	2018	8	9	12	15	8	11	9	6	7	16	9	17	14	10	11	10	5	12	18	6	9
James Monroe	2010	7	9	12	15	8	14	9	9	8	17	8	16	16	8	10	11	2	13	15	7	9
James Monroe	2002	8	9	15	16	7	13	10	8	6	16	6	17	16	10	11	12	6	13	14	5	13
James Monroe	1994	15	12	16	15	10	17	12	9	12	20	10	18	18	12	14	17	8	14	19	7	16
James Monroe	1990	11	12	17	14	8	17	10	10	6	15	8	16	15	11	13	14	7	16	14	7	13
James Monroe	1982	15	11	17	13	12	19	15	12	12	21	10	15	14	17	15	16	6	16	17	7	16
Woodrow Wilson	2022	13	9	8	10	13	16	11	15	37	11	15	13	9	11	21	9	13	17	8	30	15
Woodrow Wilson	2018	11	8	8	7	14	13	11	14	35	11	14	14	8	14	19	14	11	14	7	25	15
Woodrow Wilson	2010	8	8	8	9	16	8	8	15	37	9	10	8	5	9	11	10	10	12	4	29	10
Woodrow Wilson	2002	6	8	8	6	13	7	6	15	40	8	10	6	5	7	10	6	9	11	4	28	7
Woodrow Wilson	1994	6	7	8	6	14	3	5	15	40	8	8	6	5	7	8	9	11	9	3	29	7
Woodrow Wilson	1990	6	7	8	6	12	6	5	16	39	9	7	6	5	7	8	8	10	7	2	28	6
Woodrow Wilson	1982	6	8	6	5	8	3	3	13	37	6	6	6	3	4	6	6	8	7	2	29	6
Bill Clinton	2022	14	19	13	9	18	7	5	10	4	17	14	11	12	12	40	16	18	16	9	33	13
Bill Clinton	2018	15	21	13	8	18	10	5	11	3	17	12	13	12	9	39	16	18	15	8	30	14
Bill Clinton	2010	13	22	11	8	25	11	3	10	4	18	11	10	10	10	41	15	18	14	9	34	15
Bill Clinton	2002	18	31	13	8	29	15	2	12	5	17	19	14	11	12	41	18	22	15	9	38	20
Bill Clinton	1994	16	18	17	9	15	8	9	13	3	13	32	16	7	14	38	21	39	17	8	32	17
James Polk	2022	15	26	14	17	11	32	18	9	22	7	21	14	14	15	28	10	9	12	23	10	17
James Polk	2018	12	19	10	16	11	22	15	9	18	7	16	12	10	12	23	7	8	11	23	8	13
James Polk	2010	12	17	9	13	12	21	15	7	23	7	16	17	14	11	24	9	8	10	20	9	11
James Polk	2002	11	25	10	17	9	23	12	7	22	5	15	15	10	10	19	10	7	12	22	8	11
James Polk	1994	14	22	15	16	10	22	14	8	18	10	16	15	13	10	23	11	9	13	22	8	10
James Polk	1990	13	21	12	15	9	23	13	8	18	7	16	14	10	10	25	9	8	11	21	8	11
James Polk	1982	12	23	12	17	10	27	11	7	19	9	17	16	13	10	22	11	7	13	20	8	11
John Adams	2022	16	5	31	12	33	8	15	26	35	20	17	15	16	18	5	23	17	23	4	20	14
John Adams	2018	14	3	28	13	17	4	13	24	31	14	15	8	13	19	4	21	13	21	4	16	10
John Adams	2010	17	4	29	18	26	10	13	23	32	16	15	13	17	22	3	19	12	20	7	15	12
John Adams	2002	12	3	31	10	21	3	11	30	35	13	14	8	12	19	3	13	12	18	6	16	9
John Adams	1994	12	4	29	10	24	5	10	28	36	15	13	13	16	20	4	17	12	19	5	12	12
John Adams	1990	14	3	29	9	24	3	11	28	33	14	13	10	14	18	4	16	11	17	5	15	12
John Adams	1982	10	3	29	9	24	2	8	27	34	18	16	9	11	19	2	9	12	17	3	16	8
John Q. Adams	2022	17	2	29	13	35	17	13	25	28	19	18	17	11	20	7	24	15	21	5	13	18
John Q. Adams	2018	18	1	29	12	29	15	17	29	24	19	18	16	9	21	6	22	15	23	5	14	18
John Q. Adams	2010	19	2	34	20	35	16	14	30	29	23	13	15	11	18	4	21	16	26	5	20	21
John Q. Adams	2002	17	1	34	11	34	14	15	31	34	17	12	10	8	21	4	20	16	22	3	23	17
John Q. Adams	1994	17	2	31	11	36	18	16	32	35	18	14	15	11	21	6	19	14	25	6	24	19
John Q. Adams	1990	16	2	30	10	35	18	16	33	34	20	15	13	12	20	5	22	15	22	6	24	17
John Q. Adams	1982	17	2	33	10	35	16	14	32	33	16	13	8	8	24	7	18	13	24	6	25	17
Ronald Reagan	2022	18	36	6	7	8	21	21	3	17	13	28	21	18	21	24	19	16	10	35	17	19
Ronald Reagan	2018	13	27	4	6	6	18	18	3	10	13	20	18	17	16	24	15	12	7	31	12	16
Ronald Reagan	2010	18	34	5	5	7	31	21	3	14	11	31	19	18	23	26	20	13	8	36	13	17
Ronald Reagan	2002	16	37	5	7	9	25	20	3	15	15	28	23	19	17	23	17	14	9	36	10	14
Ronald Reagan	1994	20	39	6	7	10	40	33	1	17	14	39	30	28	27	37	36	17	12	40	18	21
Ronald Reagan	1990	22	37	7	8	13	34	30	1	21	16	37	31	28	22	37	33	18	13	39	12	29
Ronald Reagan	1982	16	31	8	8	4	15	29	5	23	11	34	20	22	18	21	19	38	12	30	14	20
Joseph Biden	2022	19	15	25	30	31	10	14	34	9	24	10	23	22	19	12	21	21	25	27	16	20
George H. W. Bush	2022	20	8	24	28	17	36	26	24	12	27	20	19	27	27	17	17	8	22	22	12	22
George H. W. Bush	2018	21	10	21	28	20	29	28	20	13	27	19	21	27	26	18	20	10	22	19	17	21
George H. W. Bush	2010	22	11	27	33	23	34	32	26	16	29	27	27	31	28	20	22	14	22	24	18	22
George H. W. Bush	2002	22	10	23	28	22	31	36	21	13	25	21	24	25	27	19	21	13	21	23	22	21
George H. W. Bush	1994	31	8	26	37	37	41	40	26	21	30	28	29	38	37	30	26	13	26	24	31	29
George H. W. Bush	1990	18	9	18	23	15	26	24	6	9	29	24	22	27	30	23	17	17	19	22	9	20
Ulysses Grant	2022	21	31	22	19	16	20	23	19	16	16	38	20	23	17	18	22	22	13	24	31	16
Ulysses Grant	2018	24	20	24	26	19	24	26	26	17	18	38	26	24	24	25	27	24	18	24	31	24
Ulysses Grant	2010	26	26	28	24	22	25	29	21	22	22	40	28	26	26	27	34	24	21	29	31	31
Ulysses Grant	2002	35	38	30	27	27	28	39	24	25	31	42	36	31	35	34	38	29	25	27	35	36
Ulysses Grant	1994	38	38	35	34	29	36	36	21	22	31	41	37	36	36	34	40	33	30	28	35	38
Ulysses Grant	1990	37	38	38	35	28	31	38	20	25	28	40	39	37	36	36	39	32	32	33	35	39
Ulysses Grant	1982	36	39	36	34	30	32	35	28	25	31	39	38	37	35	28	38	29	34	36	33	37
William McKinley	2022	22	23	11	22	14	24	16	33	26	25	19	18	26	23	26	15	11	19	28	14	21
William McKinley	2018	20	29	11	22	12	23	16	32	21	22	17	20	20	20	20	17	14	19	26	13	20
William McKinley	2010	21	21	14	19	11	23	18	24	20	21	20	21	23	19	22	18	15	18	27	11	20
William McKinley	2002	19	21	12	22	11	27	12	20	14	22	22	21	23	18	24	19	15	19	25	13	17
William McKinley	1994	18	20	11	22	13	28	15	17	14	23	17	21	22	15	20	18	15	18	26	11	18
William McKinley	1990	19	19	13	20	11	21	12	18	15	22	14	21	21	16	24	19	13	18	25	14	18
William McKinley	1982	19	17	16	23	11	23	12	14	11	20	20	23	5	16	23	21	15	18	25	10	18
Andrew Jackson	2022	23	38	5	20	21	35	30	6	41	4	26	22	17	22	37	18	29	11	32	27	26
Andrew Jackson	2018	19	37	6	18	16	30	25	4	38	4	25	19	15	17	29	11	23	9	28	20	19
Andrew Jackson	2010	14	30	2	10	14	27	28	4	38	5	19	12	13	14	23	6	19	5	23	12	13
Andrew Jackson	2002	13	35	2	15	14	18	21	5	38	4	17	11	12	9	22	8	19	5	21	12	8
Andrew Jackson	1994	11	37	4	14	8	19	23	5	38	5	15	9	10	9	19	6	18	5	20	10	8
Andrew Jackson	1990	9	36	2	12	10	19	21	5	35	4	17	7	8	9	18	6	16	6	17	11	8
Andrew Jackson	1982	13	26	4	14	19	20	31	1	36	4	26	13	15	9	20	10	16	6	19	12	9
Jimmy Carter	2022	24	21	37	24	37	18	34	40	24	26	16	26	19	25	2	31	23	29	11	32	23
Jimmy Carter	2018	26	25	37	24	36	19	38	38	29	27	22	28	19	28	3	32	25	32	15	34	26
Jimmy Carter	2010	32	31	39	27	39	20	40	38	31	25	21	29	21	29	7	36	29	35	13	36	30
Jimmy Carter	2002	25	28	36	24	36	17	17	37	28	22	23	26	17	25	5	32	25	31	10	32	24
Jimmy Carter	1994	25	23	37	27	40	14	39	39	33	17	21	24	15	31	3	29	19	32	11	34	24
Jimmy Carter	1990	24	28	37	27	38	15	36	36	27	19	22	24	16	23	7	29	20	33	11	32	22
Jimmy Carter	1982	33	22	38	36	38	18	38	34	29	24	24	26	21	32	13	31	22	33	14	31	30
William Taft	2022	25	10	34	25	24	19	17	30	19	38	25	28	30	24	11	27	28	33	14	26	25
William Taft	2018	22	12	30	21	21	16	19	27	19	31	21	23	28	18	12	23	22	26	14	19	23
William Taft	2010	24	14	36	29	30	18	20	32	24	36	22	23	30	21	18	25	23	31	18	28	23
William Taft	2002	21	12	29	22	22	16	19	25	29	35	16	20	24	16	14	23	23	28	14	26	23
William Taft	1994	21	11	29	21	28	13	18	27	28	36	19	22	27	16	14	22	24	29	15	27	20
William Taft	1990	20	10	27	18	25	13	14	26	24	32	19	18	22	14	14	21	22	23	13	23	19
William Taft	1982	20	10	27	19	17	8	13	29	27	33	11	22	28	15	9	20	18	27	11	24	19
Grover Cleveland	2022	26	34	20	23	23	25	32	22	27	29	23	27	28	26	23	20	24	20	26	24	24
Grover Cleveland	2018	23	26	20	19	27	20	21	19	22	27	23	22	23	23	26	19	21	20	27	15	22
Grover Cleveland	2010	20	19	16	17	15	17	22	20	19	24	18	20	22	17	19	17	21	19	25	14	19
Grover Cleveland	2002	20	23	17	19	19	20	29	19	24	19	18	18	22	20	17	16	20	17	24	14	19
Grover Cleveland	1994	19	20	19	19	19	20	29	18	27	22	18	20	20	17	17	15	21	16	23	16	15
Grover Cleveland	1990	17	18	15	16	21	14	20	17	23	17	18	17	18	17	17	15	19	15	23	16	15
Grover Cleveland	1982	18	18	13	15	15	22	20	18	30	14	14	14	17	13	10	15	17	15	23	13	15
James Garfield	2022	27	25	26	21	19	31	24	41	25	30	29	24	25	29	22	26	30	24	20	21	27
James Garfield	2018	28	22	27	23	26	34	29	41	25	30	27	24	25	34	21	25	34	24	20	27	25
James Garfield	2010	27	20	22	22	24	32	23	41	27	31	29	25	28	25	25	26	31	23	26	22	27
James Garfield	2002	33	25	24	25	26	31	31	39	26	34	36	27	25	34	28	30	38	28	26	30	30
James Garfield	1994	26	25	23	25	21	29	21	37	23	30	26	25	24	26	26	28	28	24	25	20	26
James Garfield	1990	30	23	23	25	29	33	29	38	26	30	27	27	24	31	28	26	35	24	24	29	27
James Garfield	1982	25	28	21	20	22	26	16	37	20	29	22	24	19	22	34	24	26	20	22	23	23
Richard Nixon	2022	28	17	23	26	32	26	22	36	21	12	30	25	21	16	44	25	14	27	17	41	36
Richard Nixon	2018	29	16	22	27	34	32	23	36	30	12	28	25	21	22	43	24	16	28	16	42	38
Richard Nixon	2010	30	18	20	26	36	38	25	34	33	14	37	22	19	24	43	24	11	29	16	43	37
Richard Nixon	2002	26	17	20	19	35	29	21	34	31	11	34	19	18	22	42	24	11	26	16	41	34
Richard Nixon	1994	23	15	14	20	35	34	20	33	32	11	36	18	17	23	41	21	7	20	13	41	34
Richard Nixon	1990	25	17	19	22	31	35	19	32	32	12	30	19	17	24	40	18	9	20	16	40	31
Richard Nixon	1982	28	15	18	21	34	39	27	33	26	12	37	21	18	27	39	22	11	21	16	39	35
Martin Van Buren	2022	29	22	15	27	30	27	36	37	20	28	27	29	24	30	30	29	25	26	25	25	29
Martin Van Buren	2018	25	23	16	25	23	25	31	34	20	28	26	27	22	29	27	28	27	27	25	24	28
Martin Van Buren	2010	23	16	13	23	19	24	38	33	13	32	25	24	24	27	29	23	25	27	22	27	24
Martin Van Buren	2002	24	15	11	18	20	26	41	36	20	29	25	24	21	25	30	25	26	23	20	25	25
Martin Van Buren	1994	22	17	10	18	19	24	36	35	15	25	21	23	19	24	25	23	26	22	21	22	24
Martin Van Buren	1990	21	14	10	17	22	25	35	34	16	24	26	23	20	25	21	23	24	21	15	26	21
Martin Van Buren	1982	21	14	9	18	21	25	37	30	8	23	27	19	16	30	31	23	24	19	15	28	21
Gerald Ford	2022	30	24	28	35	20	23	38	32	15	32	22	30	33	33	13	30	26	30	30	29	28
Gerald Ford	2018	27	18	25	33	25	21	33	30	11	29	24	30	32	31	10	31	28	30	30	21	27
Gerald Ford	2010	28	27	25	35	17	22	36	31	17	35	23	31	33	30	15	32	27	30	34	26	25
Gerald Ford	2002	28	19	27	37	24	21	38	27	17	32	24	31	32	31	13	28	28	33	33	24	26
Gerald Ford	1994	32	21	22	39	23	26	34	23	13	33	23	33	37	33	15	32	35	34	38	28	31
Gerald Ford	1990	27	22	21	32	17	20	26	24	8	31	21	29	33	26	15	27	27	31	35	22	25
Gerald Ford	1982	23	16	20	35	14	17	28	17	9	30	25	28	33	28	18	27	36	30	38	20	24
Rutherford Hayes	2022	31	29	30	31	26	22	28	20	23	37	23	31	31	32	32	32	33	32	29	19	30
Rutherford Hayes	2018	32	35	33	30	30	27	22	23	23	35	30	31	30	35	32	33	31	33	29	28	29
Rutherford Hayes	2010	31	29	33	30	29	29	26	19	18	33	33	33	32	33	28	30	30	32	30	24	29
Rutherford Hayes	2002	27	29	26	28	31	23	23	17	12	33	31	29	29	24	26	28	33	32	29	21	28
Rutherford Hayes	1994	24	27	24	26	21	24	25	15	16	33	31	26	29	26	21	24	30	23	27	16	24
Rutherford Hayes	1990	23	26	24	26	23	22	18	14	14	27	23	25	23	21	22	24	29	25	26	19	23
Rutherford Hayes	1982	22	29	22	24	25	28	17	16	13	25	18	25	26	25	25	29	33	26	26	19	26
Calvin Coolidge	2022	32	33	27	41	25	29	25	12	30	42	35	35	40	38	19	33	36	38	31	18	33
Calvin Coolidge	2018	31	32	26	37	24	31	24	13	27	39	32	33	36	33	17	32	35	38	33	22	32
Calvin Coolidge	2010	29	25	24	38	21	26	30	12	28	41	30	32	37	31	17	28	32	33	28	19	28
Calvin Coolidge	2002	29	32	25	36	17	22	25	11	30	41	29	33	37	30	17	31	32	36	28	14	31
Calvin Coolidge	1994	36	31	29	38	21	27	38	11	29	40	34	36	40	35	18	35	36	38	33	18	36
Calvin Coolidge	1990	31	25	26	37	20	24	37	11	28	39	33	35	39	33	19	34	37	36	37	20	34
Calvin Coolidge	1982	30	27	23	37	20	29	34	9	21	39	31	34	38	33	16	33	35	36	37	11	33
Chester Arthur	2022	33	39	35	34	28	32	27	16	29	34	33	36	34	28	36	34	34	36	37	22	34
Chester Arthur	2018	34	41	34	36	33	33	30	17	22	33	31	35	31	25	37	30	32	34	36	23	31
Chester Arthur	2010	25	41	31	32	27	28	19	14	21	27	26	30	25	20	32	27	26	28	32	17	26
Chester Arthur	2002	30	40	31	33	27	33	26	18	18	28	31	30	25	23	35	27	36	30	32	18	27
Chester Arthur	1994	27	35	27	28	26	34	24	16	20	27	25	27	25	20	32	26	31	28	29	14	22
Chester Arthur	1990	26	34	28	28	26	29	22	15	19	26	25	26	25	19	32	25	30	26	28	13	24
Chester Arthur	1982	24	36	25	28	26	21	18	15	17	26	19	27	25	23	33	26	27	23	29	15	22
Benjamin Harrison	2022	34	27	36	32	29	28	33	29	33	35	31	34	32	35	33	36	32	34	33	28	31
Benjamin Harrison	2018	35	33	31	35	28	35	32	28	33	36	34	34	34	32	30	35	29	35	35	29	33
Benjamin Harrison	2010	34	39	32	34	28	30	35	29	30	39	36	36	34	32	31	35	28	34	35	23	32
Benjamin Harrison	2002	32	20	28	31	25	33	33	23	27	37	30	32	36	29	28	34	27	34	30	20	31
Benjamin Harrison	1994	30	25	25	29	27	32	30	20	26	34	29	31	32	29	30	30	25	31	31	22	28
Benjamin Harrison	1990	29	20	25	29	19	27	32	19	22	34	28	28	29	28	30	28	25	29	29	21	26
Benjamin Harrison	1982	31	20	26	30	27	33	32	25	24	34	32	32	31	26	29	34	30	31	35	27	28
George W. Bush	2022	35	20	21	37	22	34	39	23	32	22	37	37	35	34	34	37	41	35	41	38	35
George W. Bush	2018	33	17	19	38	22	28	36	21	28	20	29	38	29	30	33	34	38	31	41	36	34
George W. Bush	2010	39	36	23	42	32	41	42	18	42	19	41	40	40	38	39	39	42	38	42	38	39
George W. Bush	2002	23	18	18	30	15	38	34	10	21	21	20	28	30	28	27	25	18	20	40	11	22
Zachary Taylor	2022	36	40	39	39	36	37	29	38	33	30	34	33	29	31	25	35	35	28	38	23	32
Zachary Taylor	2018	30	30	35	32	32	37	27	37	26	24	33	32	26	27	22	26	30	25	32	26	30
Zachary Taylor	2010	33	37	35	28	37	37	24	36	34	28	28	34	27	37	21	31	34	25	37	25	33
Zachary Taylor	2002	34	34	37	35	37	30	24	34	37	26	35	34	34	33	19	33	30	27	34	26	33
Zachary Taylor	1994	33	33	32	35	39	26	23	30	34	24	27	32	27	28	24	31	32	28	34	25	32
Zachary Taylor	1990	34	35	35	38	34	30	23	31	37	25	31	33	32	32	27	30	34	28	32	27	30
Zachary Taylor	1982	29	34	30	29	33	31	19	26	32	22	29	30	27	29	26	30	25	25	28	26	31
Herbert Hoover	2022	37	14	33	29	38	30	45	44	40	44	32	32	36	42	15	28	31	37	15	42	38
Herbert Hoover	2018	36	13	32	29	33	26	44	43	36	37	35	29	35	39	15	29	33	36	13	40	35
Herbert Hoover	2010	36	10	26	31	33	19	43	43	40	42	32	26	38	41	13	29	36	37	14	40	38
Herbert Hoover	2002	31	13	22	26	33	18	42	42	38	38	27	22	28	39	12	22	30	35	12	39	29
Herbert Hoover	1994	29	13	21	24	30	17	41	41	39	37	23	19	30	38	11	14	27	33	10	37	28
Herbert Hoover	1990	28	13	22	19	30	16	40	40	36	36	20	20	30	37	9	20	26	30	10	37	28
Herbert Hoover	1982	27	12	24	22	32	14	39	39	38	38	23	18	32	39	8	12	28	29	8	36	27
Millard Fillmore	2022	38	42	41	38	39	39	31	28	31	36	36	39	38	37	35	39	37	39	39	34	40
Millard Fillmore	2018	38	40	40	40	39	39	37	35	32	38	37	39	37	37	36	37	37	39	38	33	37
Millard Fillmore	2010	38	40	41	40	38	35	33	25	25	37	35	38	36	35	36	38	33	39	39	30	35
Millard Fillmore	2002	38	39	38	40	32	36	26	28	18	36	37	37	38	32	33	36	33	38	38	29	37
Millard Fillmore	1994	35	36	33	36	31	34	26	22	24	35	33	35	33	30	33	33	34	36	36	26	36
Millard Fillmore	1990	32	33	34	34	32	32	28	22	20	35	32	34	31	27	29	32	33	34	31	25	33
Millard Fillmore	1982	32	33	34	26	31	34	25	24	18	32	33	33	30	21	30	32	32	32	32	22	29
John Tyler	2022	39	35	43	33	43	40	37	31	42	33	39	40	37	36	39	40	27	40	36	36	37
John Tyler	2018	37	34	41	34	40	38	34	22	37	26	36	36	33	36	35	36	26	37	34	32	36
John Tyler	2010	37	33	42	39	42	39	31	22	39	26	34	35	29	34	33	37	35	36	33	32	36
John Tyler	2002	37	24	41	37	41	40	30	28	41	24	31	35	33	35	30	37	24	37	31	31	35
John Tyler	1994	34	26	39	31	34	30	27	25	37	28	31	34	31	32	27	34	22	35	32	31	33
John Tyler	1990	33	29	39	31	39	36	25	27	38	23	29	30	26	29	26	31	23	35	27	30	32
John Tyler	1982	34	25	37	32	37	35	24	22	35	19	28	29	29	31	24	28	19	28	24	30	32
William Harrison	2022	40	32	38	36	41	42	42	45	38	40	41	38	39	41	29	38	42	31	34	37	39
William Harrison	2018	39	22	36	31	37	42	41	44	41	32	40	37	38	42	28	38	44	29	37	37	39
William Harrison	2010	35	24	30	25	31	33	27	42	35	30	24	37	35	36	30	33	39	24	31	33	34
William Harrison	2002	36	22	33	32	38	38	35	40	33	30	26	37	34	38	24	35	39	24	35	33	38
William Harrison	1994	28	30	40	31	26	21	19	38	25	27	23	29	23	22	28	27	24	21	31	23	30
William Harrison	1990	35	27	32	36	36	39	34	37	29	33	34	32	35	34	31	35	39	27	30	31	35
William Harrison	1982	26	30	28	31	23	30	22	36	22	28	21	31	24	20	27	25	21	22	27	21	25
Franklin Pierce	2022	41	41	42	40	40	41	40	39	39	41	40	41	41	40	38	41	38	41	40	39	41
Franklin Pierce	2018	40	38	39	41	38	41	40	39	39	38	39	40	39	41	38	39	39	40	40	38	40
Franklin Pierce	2010	40	38	37	37	41	40	34	35	36	38	38	39	39	39	38	40	40	40	38	35	40
Franklin Pierce	2002	39	36	39	39	39	37	32	33	32	40	38	39	40	40	37	39	40	40	36	35	39
Franklin Pierce	1994	37	34	34	33	33	38	28	31	30	38	35	40	35	34	32	37	37	37	37	33	37
Franklin Pierce	1990	36	32	33	33	33	37	27	29	31	37	36	38	36	35	33	36	36	37	38	33	37
Franklin Pierce	1982	35	32	32	27	29	36	23	23	28	35	30	35	34	34	35	35	34	35	33	32	34
Warren Harding	2022	42	43	40	42	34	38	35	35	36	43	43	42	42	39	43	42	40	42	43	40	42
Warren Harding	2018	41	39	38	39	35	36	35	33	34	40	41	41	41	38	42	40	36	41	43	39	41
Warren Harding	2010	41	43	38	36	34	36	39	37	26	40	43	43	43	40	42	43	37	41	43	39	41
Warren Harding	2002	40	41	35	34	30	33	28	32	23	39	41	42	41	37	40	42	35	39	42	37	41
Warren Harding	1994	41	40	38	41	32	32	37	34	19	39	40	41	41	41	40	41	40	41	41	39	41
Warren Harding	1990	40	39	36	39	27	28	39	30	17	38	39	40	40	40	39	40	31	40	40	38	40
Warren Harding	1982	39	37	31	38	28	24	36	31	15	36	38	39	39	36	38	39	31	39	39	37	39
Donald Trump	2022	43	44	32	43	42	42	41	16	43	23	44	43	42	43	45	44	45	43	44	43	44
Donald Trump	2018	43	45	32	43	42	43	41	17	44	23	45	43	43	43	45	44	45	43	45	43	44
James Buchanan	2022	44	37	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	45	42	45	45	45	41	43	44	44	42	45	45
James Buchanan	2018	43	36	42	42	41	43	42	42	40	41	43	43	43	44	40	42	43	44	39	44	44
James Buchanan	2010	42	23	40	41	40	42	41	40	41	43	39	42	42	43	40	42	41	43	40	41	43
James Buchanan	2002	41	27	40	41	40	41	40	38	36	42	40	41	42	42	39	41	42	42	39	40	42
James Buchanan	1994	39	29	36	33	38	39	31	36	31	41	38	40	39	40	36	38	39	39	36	36	40
James Buchanan	1990	38	24	31	30	37	38	31	35	30	40	38	37	38	38	35	38	38	38	34	36	38
James Buchanan	1982	37	21	35	33	36	37	33	35	31	37	36	36	36	38	36	36	37	37	31	35	38
Andrew Johnson	2022	45	44	45	45	45	45	44	42	45	39	44	44	44	44	42	45	43	45	44	44	43
Andrew Johnson	2018	44	42	44	44	43	44	43	40	43	34	42	42	42	43	41	43	41	43	42	43	43
Andrew Johnson	2010	43	42	43	43	43	43	37	39	43	34	42	41	41	42	37	41	38	42	41	42	42
Andrew Johnson	2002	42	42	42	42	42	42	36	40	42	27	39	40	39	41	32	40	36	41	41	41	40
Andrew Johnson	1994	40	41	41	40	41	38	32	40	41	19	37	38	34	39	22	39	30	40	39	40	39
Andrew Johnson	1990	39	40	40	40	40	40	33	39	40	18	35	36	34	39	20	37	28	39	36	39	36
Andrew Johnson	1982	38	38	39	39	39	38	26	38	39	15	35	37	35	39	19	37	20	38	34	38	36

2022 Rankings

The 2022 study found that Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the top president based on the survey responses of historians and experts.

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2018 Rankings

The 2018 study found that George Washington was rated as the top president based on the survey responses of historians and experts.

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2010 Rankings

The 2010 study found that Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Teddy Roosevelt were the top two presidents ranked by historians and experts.

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2002 Rankings

At the start of George W. Bush’s presidency, the SCRI US Presidents Study found that Bill Clinton ranked 18th among presidents and ranked 2nd only to FDR in his handling of the economy.

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1994 Rankings

Bill Clinton was ranked favorably in the early days of his presidency while George H.W. Bush did poorly. Bush fell from 18th to 31ist overall.

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1990 Rankings

The second iteration of the US Presidents study found that FDR was still ranked number one by experts and historians while Washington, Lincoln, Jefferson and Teddy Roosevelt rounded out the top five.

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1982 Rankings

The very first US Presidents study found Lincoln to be ranked first and FDR was ranked second. One of the original stated goals of this study was to find how expert rankings of presidents change over time.

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