The full fake historian list from the C-Span survey:
01 — Lincoln (score: 907)
02 — Washington (score: 868)
03 — Roosevelt, F. D. (score: 855)
04 — Roosevelt, T. (score: 807)
05 — Eisenhower (score: 745)
06 — Truman (score: 737)
07 — Jefferson (score: 727)
08 — Kennedy (score: 722)
09 — Reagan (score: 691)
10 — Johnson, L. B. (score: 687)
11 — Wilson (score: 683)
12 — Obama (score: 669)
13 — Monroe (score: 646)
14 — Polk (score: 637)
15 — Clinton (score: 634)
16 — McKinley (score: 627)
17 — Madison (score: 610)
18 — Jackson (score: 609)
19 — Adams, J. (score: 604)
20 — Bush, George H. W. (score: 596)
21 — Adams, J. Q. (score: 590)
22 — Grant (score: 557)
23 — Cleveland (score: 540)
24 — Taft (score: 528)
25 — Ford (score: 509)
26 — Carter (score: 506)
27 — Coolidge (score: 506)
28 — Nixon (score: 486)
29 — Garfield (score: 481)
30 — Harrison, B. (score: 462)
31 — Taylor (score: 458)
32 — Hayes (score: 458)
33 — Bush, George W. (score: 456)
34 — Van Buren (score: 450)
35 — Arthur (score: 446)
36 — Hoover (score: 416)
37 — Fillmore (score: 394)
38 — Harrison, W. H. (score: 383)
39 — Tyler (score: 372)
40 — Harding (score: 360)
41 — Pierce (score: 315)
42 — Johnson, A. (score: 275)
43 — Buchanan (score: 245)
Score (out of 100) |
Rank (out of 44) |
Category |
83.2 | 3 | Pursued Equal Justice For All |
77.5 | 7 | Moral Authority |
69.6 | 8 | Economic Management |
77.9 | 10 | Public Persuasion |
73.3 | 12 | Vision / Setting an Agenda |
65.4 | 15 | Crisis Leadership |
67.5 | 15 | Performance Within Context of Times |
61.3 | 19 | Administrative Skills |
55.1 | 24 | International Relations |
37.8 | 39 | Relations with Congress |