THE BEST & THE WORST PRESIDENTS

THE WORST U.S. PRESIDENT EVER IS . . . JAMES BUCHANAN???

Today is President's Day. So, to mark the occasion, C-SPAN had a group of historians rank the presidents (--minus BARACK OBAMA) from best to worst.
Here's what they came up with . . .

--The ten BEST presidents are:

#10.) Ronald Reagan: 40th president; served from 1981 to 1989

#9.) Woodrow Wilson: 28th president; served from 1913 to 1921

#8.) Dwight D. Eisenhower: 34th president; served from 1953 to 1961

#7.) Thomas Jefferson: 3rd president; served from 1801 to 1809

#6.) John F. Kennedy: 35th president; served from 1961 to 1963

#5.) Harry S. Truman: 33rd president; served from 1945 to 1953

#4.) Theodore Roosevelt: 26th president; served from 1901 to 1909

#3.) Franklin D. Roosevelt: 32nd president; served from 1933 to 1945

#2.) George Washington: 1st president; served from 1789 to 1797

#1.) Abraham Lincoln: 16th president; served from 1861 to 1865

--And the ten WORST presidents are:

#10.) Rutherford B. Hayes: 19th president; served from 1877 to 1881

#9.) Herbert Hoover: 31st president; served from 1929 to 1933

#8.) John Tyler: 10th president; served from 1841 to 1845

#7.) George W. Bush: 43rd president; served from 2001 to 2009

#6.) Millard Fillmore: 13th president; served from 1850 to 1853

#5.) Warren G. Harding: 29th president; served from 1921 to 1923

#4.) William Henry Harrison: 9th president; served from March 4th, 1841 to April 4th 1841 (--Harrison's ranking isn't very fair . . . considering he died after just 32 days in office.)

#3.) Franklin Pierce: 14th president; served from 1853 to 1857

#2.) Andrew Johnson: 17th president; served from 1865 to 1869

#1.) James Buchanan: 15th president; served from 1857 to 1861

(--Notice that the best president ever, Lincoln, was sandwiched between Johnson and Buchanan . . . the two worst presidents ever.)

Also, if you're wondering why Buchanan is considered the worst president, it's because he wasn't able to prevent the Civil War. Also, he's thought to have influenced the Dred Scott decision . . . which essentially legalized slavery. Nice guy.(ABC News)

(--You can check out the full rankings here . . .)http://www.c-span.org/PresidentialSurvey/Overall-Ranking.aspxspan.org/PresidentialSurvey/Overall-Ranking.aspx