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macross1984 t1_j1ct0uz wrote

Reply to comment by IvetRockbottom in The 17 findings in the January 6 committee’s final report by totallyclips

The last presidential ranking Trump surprisingly was not dead last. That "honor" went to James Buchanan though Trump was ranked 41 out of 44.

https://worldnewsera.com/news/politics/presidents-ranked-from-worst-to-best/

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TheThebanProphet t1_j1d0s4d wrote

Hard to beat the guy that let the union faulter but he's getting there

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Rickshmitt t1_j1d3fcp wrote

Oh he tried overthrowing it. Sounds kinda worse

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EmotionalSuportPenis t1_j1e29gy wrote

Buchanan's leadership, or more correctly his near total lack of leadership, is generally cited as one of the primary contributing factors to the outbreak of the Civil War. He refused to take a stance either way or undertake any action on the question of slavery at a critical moment in American history, deliberately kicking the can down the road to whoever was president after him, which turned out to be Lincoln. By the time Lincoln took office, years of inaction had allowed tensions to spiral out of control and effectively guaranteed the occurrence of the Civil War, when careful statesmanship years earlier may have prevented the worst.

Nobody's taking Buchanan's spot at the bottom until they manage to split the country in half and get 2% of the American population killed in an armed conflict again, which would be 6.7 million people right now.

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KejsarePDX t1_j1dtv4c wrote

I loudly said to my family after Jan 6 that Buchanan has a new candidate to run for last place.

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VenserSojo t1_j1d4ol9 wrote

How the hell is Woodrow Wilson not in the bottom 5?

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Professional-Can1385 t1_j1d96hz wrote

I’m surprised how highly Andrew Jackson is ranked. One would think ignoring the Supreme Court and genocide would lower his ranking.

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cantuse t1_j1e3fi5 wrote

A lot of historians rank a President based on their abilities to execute their office and their impact on the country relative to their place in US and world history. Jackson tends to get high ratings because of his impact on things like central banking, the spoils system, how he changed the significance of the executive branch. He may have been an ugly person but he was able to find ways to achieve a lot of his goals.

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Professional-Can1385 t1_j1eoy8a wrote

he did a great job of achieving his goal of ethnic cleansing.

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Jasmine1742 t1_j1g7rv1 wrote

Let's not kid ourselves, the American goal of ethnic cleansing. Alot of Americans wanted him to do what he did.

Jackson tends to get rated highly for being a populist who did alot of important reforms while in office. This most noticiably doesn't mean he was a good person.

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Professional-Can1385 t1_j1d8hiv wrote

We still haven’t seen the full impact of his shit-show of a presidency. He could still move down.

Question: Trump is 45, why did they only rank 44?

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supercrooky t1_j1dk5z3 wrote

The numbering that has Trump #45 has Grover Cleveland #22 and #24, as his terms weren't back to back. Only 44 people have been president.

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ViciousKnids t1_j1dlrw1 wrote

Because we've only had 44, but Grover Cleveland won non-consecutive terms. Hence he was the 22nd and 24th president.

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JanitorKarl t1_j1dx3e2 wrote

One pres was only in office for a month - they don't rank him

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