Worst Presidents

US News and World Report

List of 10 worst presidents:

1. James Buchanan
   1. He refused to challenge either the spread of slavery or the growing bloc of states that became the Confederacy
   2. http://tinyurl.com/ybpxym6
2. Warren Harding
   1. He was an ineffectual and indecisive leader who played poker while his friends plundered the U.S. treasury
   2. http://tinyurl.com/4s4pqhc
3. Andrew Johnson
   1. He survived impeachment after opposing Reconstruction initiatives including the 14th amendment
   2. http://tinyurl.com/6ao8dsr
4. Franklin Pierce
   1. His fervor for expanding the borders - thereby adding several slave states - helped set the stage for the Civil War
   2. http://tinyurl.com/6ea2djk
5. Millard Fillmore
   1. He backed the Compromise of 1850 that delayed the Southern secession by allowing slavery to spread
   2. http://tinyurl.com/662knha
6. John Tyler
   1. He was a stalwart defender of slavery who abandoned his party's platform once he was president
   2. http://tinyurl.com/5reeq9l
7. Ulysses Grant
   1. Serving right after Andrew Johnson, he presided over an outbreak of graft and corruption, but had good intentions
   2. http://tinyurl.com/63o4w69
8. William Harrison
   1. He was president for all of 30 days after contracting pneumonia during his interminable inaugural
   2. http://tinyurl.com/5tzs3je
9. Richard Nixon
   1. Though politically gifted, he will forever be associated with the Watergate scandal and his resignation
   2. http://tinyurl.com/6b65qff
10. Herbert Hoover
    1. He was best known as a poor communicator who fueled trade wars and exacerbated the Depression
    2. http://tinyurl.com/5v2qm9l
11. Zachary Taylor
    1. A political novice, the war hero is entirely forgettable as a president
    2. http://tinyurl.com/6kkm9sf

[Category:Periodicals]]