In a poll
conducted by Newsweek/The Beast, likely voters said Barack Obama is the second
worst president in American history, coming in behind Richard Nixon and Jimmy
Carter. George W. Bush came in last place, the Weekly Standard reported
Tuesday.
Likely voters
were asked to list the two best and the two worst presidents in American
history.
Abraham Lincoln
came in first place, while Ronald Reagan placed second.
Franklin D.
Roosevelt came in third, followed by John F. Kennedy and George Washington, who
tied with Bill Clinton for fifth place.
Thomas
Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower finished
the list of the top ten.
The ten worst
presidents included Andrew Johnson, who was impeached in 1868 when he breached
the Tenure of Office Act by removing Secretary of War Edwin Stanton from the
cabinet. Johnson became President after Lincoln was
assassinated.
Warren G.
Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford and Herbert Hoover also
fell in the list of the ten worst presidents.
George H.W.
Bush, father of George W. Bush, came in at number 39, followed by Jimmy Carter
and Richard Nixon.
Barack Obama was
listed as the 42nd worst President, beating only George W. Bush, who came in
last place.
Jeffrey H.
Anderson noted that "there are only 43 (rather than 44) presidents because
Grover Cleveland (who tied for 25th) was both our 22nd and 24th president." The
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