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Making presidents less great again

By Washington Examiner
Published February 19, 2018 5:01am ET
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Making presidents less great again
President Trump entered office with the most ostentatious promises, but, ironically, his tenure could end up remembered more like Silent Calvin Coolidge than Rough Rider Teddy Roosevelt. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) | Pablo Martinez Monsivais

When historians rank the greatest American presidents, they usually put Franklin Roosevelt right behind, or even ahead of, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington.

Woodrow Wilson claimed fourth place in Arthur Schlesinger’s 1962 ranking. Teddy Roosevelt often makes the top three. In C-SPAN’s 2017 survey of historians, Lyndon Johnson cracked the Top 10.

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