Preliminary Attempt at Presidential Rankings

42. James Buchanan
41. Andrew Johnson
40. Franklin Pierce
39. William Howard Taft
38. Herbert Hoover
37. Jimmy Carter
36. William Henry Harrison
35. Millard Fillmore
34. Warren Harding
33. Zachary Taylor
32. Ulysses S. Grant
31. Rutherford B. Hayes (Despite his most excellent facial hair)
30. John Adams
29. George W. Bush
28. Richard Nixon
27. John Quincy Adams
26. Benjamin Harrison
25. Gerald Ford
24. John Tyler
23. Grover Cleveland
22. James Garfield
21. Calvin Coolidge
20. George H. W. Bush
19. James Madison
18. Martin Van Buren
17. Bill Clinton
16. Chester Arthur (though I'm probably biased)
15. William McKinley
14. James Polk
13. James Monroe
12. John Kennedy
11. Dwight Eisenhower
10. Ronald Reagan
9. Woodrow Wilson
8. Lyndon Johnson
7. Harry Truman
6. Andrew Jackson
5. Franklin Roosevelt
4. Thomas Jefferson
3. Theodore Roosevelt
2. George Washington
1. Abraham Lincoln


Very preliminary. I'll update the list next Saturday, and the Saturday after that, and the Saturday after that, until I'm satisfied with the listing.

Barack Obama is unrankable because he hasn't even finished his term.