| Overall Ranking | U.S. President | Average Rank | Democratic Scholars | Independent/Other Scholars | Republican Scholars | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abraham Lincoln | 1.33 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100%
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| 2 | George Washington | 2.00 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 98%
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| 3 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 2.67 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 96%
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| 4 | Theodore Roosevelt | 4.00 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 88%
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| 5 | Thomas Jefferson | 5.33 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 78%
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| 6 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 7.33 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 74%
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| 8 | Ronald Reagan | 8.67 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 72%
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| 9 | Barack Obama | 11.33 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 70%
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| 7 | Harry Truman | 7.67 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 68%
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| 44 | James Buchanan | 43.33 | 43 | 43 | 44 | 64%
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| 43 | Donald Trump | 42.67 | 44 | 44 | 40 | 60%
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| 10 | Woodrow Wilson | 12.33 | 10 | 15 | 12 | 60%
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| 11 | Lyndon Johnson | 13.33 | 8 | 13 | 19 | 56%
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| 13 | James Madison | 14.00 | 11 | 9 | 22 | 52%
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| 12 | George H.W. Bush | 13.33 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 50%
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| 16 | Andrew Jackson | 14.67 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 46%
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| 40 | Andrew Johnson | 40.00 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 46%
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| 14 | Bill Clinton | 14.00 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 44%
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| 15 | John Adams | 14.00 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 42%
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| 19 | John F. Kennedy | 18.33 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 42%
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| 42 | William Henry Harrison | 42.33 | 42 | 42 | 43 | 42%
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| 18 | James Monroe | 17.33 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 38%
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| 17 | William McKinley | 15.67 | 22 | 16 | 9 | 38%
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| 41 | Franklin Pierce | 40.67 | 40 | 40 | 42 | 36%
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| 35 | Herbert Hoover | 34.00 | 37 | 35 | 30 | 36%
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| 37 | John Tyler | 36.67 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 36%
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| 36 | Zachary Taylor | 35.00 | 35 | 34 | 36 | 36%
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| 38 | Millard Fillmore | 38.67 | 39 | 38 | 39 | 34%
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| 22 | Ulysses S. Grant | 22.00 | 19 | 22 | 25 | 34%
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| 28 | George W. Bush | 28.00 | 30 | 31 | 23 | 32%
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| 20 | James K. Polk | 18.33 | 21 | 21 | 13 | 32%
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| 30 | Jimmy Carter | 29.33 | 24 | 32 | 32 | 32%
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| 34 | James Garfield | 33.00 | 34 | 30 | 35 | 30%
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| 32 | Richard M. Nixon | 32.00 | 31 | 36 | 29 | 30%
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| 39 | Warren G. Harding | 39.33 | 41 | 39 | 38 | 30%
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| 27 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 28.00 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 28%
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| 21 | William Howard Taft | 19.67 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 28%
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| 31 | Chester A. Arthur | 30.67 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 26%
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| 26 | Cavlvin Coolidge | 26.33 | 33 | 25 | 21 | 24%
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| 25 | Gerald Ford | 26.00 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 24%
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| 23 | Grover Cleveland | 22.00 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 24%
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| 24 | John Quincy Adams | 23.67 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 24%
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| 29 | Martin Van Buren | 29.00 | 27 | 27 | 33 | 24%
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| 33 | Benjamin Harrison | 32.00 | 32 | 33 | 31 | 22%
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