In political studies, surveys have been conducted in order to construct historical rankings of the success of the presidents of the United States. Ranking systems are usually based on … See more

20th century
A 1948 poll was conducted by historian Arthur M. Schlesinger Sr. of Harvard University. A 1962 survey was also conducted by … See more

Within each column Blue backgrounds indicate rankings in the first quartile. Green backgrounds indicate rankings in the second quartile. … See more

1982 Murray–Blessing
The Murray–Blessing 1982 survey asked historians whether they were liberal or conservative on … See more

2010 Gallup poll
A Gallup poll taken on November 19–21, 2010, asked 1,037 Americans to say, based on what they … See more

In November 2014, Henry L. Roediger III and K. Andrew DeSoto published a study in the journal Science asking research subjects to name as many presidents as possible. They … See more

Gerard Baker, US editor for The Times, writes, "the 42 American presidents fall into a well-established, bell-curve or normal distribution on a chart – a handful of outstanding ones, a … See more