The Presidents Ranked by Historians

[WillK]

Why is Andrew Johnson so low?  He did a lot to ease tensions after the Civil War...

I think the opposite is true.  By causing such a crisis with congress he made tensions worse.

[WillK]

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One of Wilson's greatest legacies was in the realm of foreign policies.

His foreign policy was a failure.  This modern love of the 14 points is odd to me.

Furthermore what hasn't been mentioned is his repressive domestic policies.  People get their knickers in a twist over the Sedition act during the Adams administration.  That was mild compared to the Sedition act under Wilson.  He also intervened heavily in the economy with price controls, nationalizing railroads, etc.

[WillK]

Here's the website ...
Grant (Up 10 positions.  Why?  There haven't been any major historical discoveries about the reconstruction era recently, have there?)

Scholarship on Grant and reconstruction has evolved quite a bit in the last decade.

[WillK]

Truman better than Jefferson? Could someone remind my why he's considered such a remarkable success nowadays?

Why is Jefferson considered a success these days?  His image has certainly been transformed since Representative John Randolph declared "Never has there been an administration which went out of office and left the nation in a state so deplorable and calamitous".