Historical rankings of Presidents of the United States
Siena College Research Institute survey
Columns: Seq. | Name | Background | Party Leadership | Communication Ability | Relations with Congress | Court Appointments | Handling of 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 | Expert's View | Overall
1 | George Washington | 7 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | John Adams | 4 | 29 | 18 | 26 | 10 | 13 | 23 | 32 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 17 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 3 | Thomas Jefferson | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 4 | James Madison | 3 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 5 | James Monroe | 9 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 6 | John Quincy Adams | 2 | 34 | 20 | 35 | 16 | 14 | 30 | 29 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 26 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 19 | 7 | Andrew Jackson | 30 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 27 | 28 | 4 | 38 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 23 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 8 | Martin Van Buren | 16 | 13 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 38 | 33 | 13 | 32 | 25 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 27 | 22 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 9 | William Henry Harrison | 24 | 30 | 25 | 31 | 33 | 27 | 42 | 35 | 30 | 24 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 30 | 33 | 39 | 24 | 31 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 10 | John Tyler | 33 | 42 | 39 | 42 | 39 | 31 | 22 | 39 | 26 | 34 | 35 | 29 | 34 | 33 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 33 | 32 | 36 | 37 | 11 | James K. Polk | 17 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 15 | 7 | 23 | 7 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 20 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 12 | Zachary Taylor | 37 | 35 | 28 | 37 | 37 | 24 | 36 | 34 | 28 | 28 | 34 | 27 | 37 | 21 | 31 | 34 | 25 | 37 | 25 | 33 | 33 | 13 | Millard Fillmore | 40 | 41 | 40 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 25 | 25 | 37 | 35 | 38 | 36 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 33 | 39 | 39 | 30 | 35 | 38 | 14 | Franklin Pierce | 38 | 37 | 37 | 41 | 40 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 38 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 35 | 40 | 40 | 15 | James Buchanan | 23 | 40 | 41 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 39 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 40 | 42 | 41 | 43 | 40 | 41 | 43 | 42 | 16 | Abraham Lincoln | 28 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 17 | Andrew Johnson | 42 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 37 | 39 | 43 | 34 | 42 | 41 | 41 | 42 | 37 | 41 | 38 | 42 | 41 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 18 | Ulysses S. Grant | 26 | 28 | 24 | 22 | 25 | 29 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 40 | 28 | 26 | 26 | 27 | 34 | 24 | 21 | 29 | 31 | 31 | 26 | 19 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 29 | 33 | 30 | 29 | 29 | 26 | 19 | 18 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 28 | 30 | 30 | 32 | 30 | 24 | 29 | 31 | 20 | James A. Garfield | 20 | 22 | 22 | 24 | 32 | 23 | 41 | 27 | 31 | 29 | 25 | 28 | 25 | 25 | 26 | 31 | 23 | 26 | 22 | 27 | 27 | 21 | Chester A. Arthur | 41 | 31 | 32 | 27 | 28 | 19 | 14 | 21 | 27 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 32 | 27 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 17 | 26 | 25 | 22/24 | Grover Cleveland | 19 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 17 | 21 | 19 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 20 | 23 | Benjamin Harrison | 39 | 32 | 34 | 28 | 30 | 35 | 29 | 30 | 39 | 36 | 36 | 34 | 32 | 31 | 35 | 28 | 34 | 35 | 23 | 32 | 34 | 25 | William McKinley | 21 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 23 | 18 | 24 | 20 | 21 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 15 | 18 | 27 | 11 | 20 | 21 | 26 | Theodore Roosevelt | 6 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 27 | William Howard Taft | 14 | 36 | 29 | 30 | 18 | 20 | 32 | 24 | 36 | 22 | 23 | 30 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 31 | 18 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 28 | Woodrow Wilson | 8 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 15 | 37 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 29 | 10 | 8 | 29 | Warren G. Harding | 43 | 38 | 36 | 34 | 36 | 39 | 37 | 26 | 40 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 40 | 42 | 43 | 37 | 41 | 43 | 39 | 41 | 41 | 30 | Calvin Coolidge | 25 | 24 | 38 | 21 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 28 | 41 | 30 | 32 | 37 | 31 | 17 | 28 | 32 | 33 | 28 | 19 | 28 | 29 | 31 | Herbert Hoover | 10 | 26 | 31 | 33 | 19 | 43 | 43 | 40 | 42 | 32 | 26 | 38 | 41 | 13 | 29 | 36 | 37 | 14 | 40 | 38 | 36 | 32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 33 | Harry Truman | 35 | 15 | 14 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 12 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 35 | John F. Kennedy | 13 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 27 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 35 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 36 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 15 | 3 | 16 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 34 | 12 | 43 | 15 | 21 | 37 | 16 | 16 | 37 | Richard Nixon | 18 | 20 | 26 | 36 | 38 | 25 | 34 | 33 | 14 | 37 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 43 | 24 | 11 | 29 | 16 | 43 | 37 | 30 | 38 | Gerald Ford | 27 | 25 | 35 | 17 | 22 | 36 | 31 | 17 | 35 | 23 | 31 | 33 | 30 | 15 | 32 | 27 | 30 | 34 | 26 | 25 | 28 | 39 | Jimmy Carter | 31 | 39 | 27 | 39 | 20 | 40 | 38 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 29 | 21 | 29 | 7 | 36 | 29 | 35 | 13 | 36 | 30 | 32 | 40 | Ronald Reagan | 34 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 21 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 31 | 19 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 36 | 13 | 17 | 18 | 41 | George H. W. Bush | 11 | 27 | 33 | 23 | 34 | 32 | 26 | 16 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 31 | 28 | 20 | 22 | 14 | 22 | 24 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 42 | Bill Clinton | 22 | 11 | 8 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 18 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 41 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 34 | 15 | 13 | 43 | George W. Bush | 36 | 23 | 42 | 32 | 41 | 42 | 18 | 42 | 19 | 41 | 40 | 40 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 42 | 38 | 42 | 38 | 39 | 39 | 44 | Barack Obama | 32 | 21 | 7 | 18 | 13 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 21 | 18 | 15