Feb 19, 2024 - Politics & Policy

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Sam Baker

A screenshot showing images of the top-ranked U.S. presidents, ranging from Lincoln at no.1 to Trump at 45. — Screenshot: MSNBC

Presidential historians in a new survey rank President Biden as the 14th best president in U.S. history — and put former President Trump last.

The big picture: The tally came from 154 presidential specialists who are current and recent members of the American Political Science Association. They were asked to give every president a score, from 0 to 100.

Zoom in: Abraham Lincoln topped the list with an average score of 95, while Biden scored an average of 62.66. That put him two spots above Ronald Reagan.

Representatives for Trump, who averaged just under 11 points, did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.

Top 10:

Lincoln.
F.D. Roosevelt.
Washington.
T. Roosevelt.
Jefferson.
Truman.
Obama.
Eisenhower.
L.B. Johnson.
Kennedy.

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