THE 10 WORST U.S. PRESIDENTS

U.S. News compiled its own ranking of America's worst presidents by averaging the results of three major presidential polls. 

He aimed to keep the north and south together, but he only increased tensions and quickened the country to civil war.

09

Zachary Taylor

Hoover was known as a poor communicator who fueled trade wars and exacerbated the Great Depression.

08

Herbert Hoover

He backed the Compromise of 1850 that delayed the Southern secession by allowing slavery to spread.

07

(tie). Millard Fillmore

US may have avoided militarized empire. But, desperate for reelection, Tyler made concessions to Great Britain and bullied Mexico.

06

(tie). John Tyler

Post death, many scandals were exposed, Teapot Dome, and an extramarital affair with Nan Britton, that destroyed his reputation.

05

Warren G. Harding

Still, for his failure to solve the slavery issue, the American public increasingly saw him as indecisive and ineffective.

04

Franklin Pierce

Historians have castigated him for turning a blind eye to southerners, who tried to undo what Civil War had accomplished.

03

Andrew Johnson

The only living president among 10 worst presidents, Trump is also the only president to be impeached twice.

02

Donald Trump

He refused to challenge either the spread of slavery or the growing bloc of states that became the Confederacy.

1

Donald Trump

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