Top 10 Worst US Presidents

These American Presidents were disastrous. Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we’re counting down our picks for the U.S. Presidents who have been condemned by history and scholars for their lackluster leadership. Our countdown of the worst U.S. Presidents includes George W. Bush, James Buchanan, Donald Trump, Herbert Hoover, Andrew Johnson, and more! Politics are contentious, so we know many of you have rankings of your own. Share your own thoughts - respectfully - in the comments.

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[WatchMojo]

Politics are contentious, so we know many of you have rankings of your own. Share your own thoughts - respectfully - in the comments.

[caeert]

This video should be retitled:

"Best way to cause a shitstorm in the comments section"

[garretterickson]

Andrew Johnson was awful. He went back on everything Lincoln tried to accomplish, was a loud and belligerent racist, and tried to bully Congress into stopping Reconstruction.

[gerardparker]

Nixon was not even a dishonorable mention, but the guy who lasted 1 month was??

[nerdgeekman]

If you’re here for the comments, here you go. 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

[Desaki]

I can't believe Woody W didn't make the bottom 10. He singlehandedly brought segregation to Federal employment, led the US into WWI, and his authoritarian "bigașș government stance definitely sends him to the depths.

[jeremiahcooper]

You can’t criticize one president for opposing the compromise of 1850 (2:25) while criticizing the other for supporting the compromise of 1850 (4:56). It needs to be one of the other! I just don’t think that’s a great argument when you’re criticizing two different presidents for being on opposite sides of the same issue.

[danielrudolf]

"His administration was horrificly corrupt"
Me in Eastern Europe where corruption is literally the way of life and politics: LOL

[john.Locke]

You can't really rank William Henry Harrison because he was only in office for a month

[Aquarium-Downunder]

So when people say that Herbert Hoover sucked, it not a vacuum cleaner joke.

[DRCR]

I find it weird that Zachary Taylor was even on the list considering how short his presidency was. I mean, he wasn't great, but I feel like we should only be ranking presidents who served more of their terms.

[FranchescoGutierrez-bf]

Buchanan was bad but I would say Andrew Johnson was the worst... Some major issues he failed to adress post civil war are still major issues 150+ years later.

[lw]

I'll never understand how there has never been minimum standards for the highest office in the land, other than age and citizenship. Any job above minimum wage requires experience.
A POTUS should have to pass IQ and citizenship tests. Have physical and psychological evaluations.A college degree and/or military experience. Pass a background check.
Provide ten years of tax returns. At least three years serving in government. This would have eliminated many of these disasters.

[EntertainmentCheese]

As an Australian I don’t have a stake in the game, I’m just here for the drama

[wndgeneral]

8:08
Don't tell him he's only in third, he hates it when he's not first.

[AnteaterOne]

I would added Woodrow Wilson to the list. He was racist who reversed the civil rights laws, in particular relating to civil service.

His 14 points were a failure, as was his League of Nations, which he could never got Congress to approve our membership.

The post war negotiations that imposed such burdensome sanctions on Germany helped bring about Hitler.

The borders that were negotiated in both the Middle East and Africa helped bring about continual instability in the region.

[ILikeVideos]

More dishonorable mentions for Woodrow Wilson, Richard Nixon, Andrew Jackson and William McKinley

[RiteTheWrongs]

It’s a shame Wilson ain’t on the list. Man segregated the government. He started income tax and the federal reserve (which yay or nay depending on you). He used his ‘historian’ credentials to advocate the ‘Lost Cause’ mentality about the civil war, going as far to show the film “Birth of a Nation” at the White House and letting it quote him. He got us involved in WWI and started modern American interventionism. He spent the entirety of the treaty talks pushing for the creation of the ‘League of Nations’, the predecessor of the United Nations, then he couldn’t even convince Congress to join the damn thing, dooming it to failure. Did women get the right to vote under him? Yes. Was he basically forced into that? Also yes. By his last year in office, he had a debilitating stroke. Only his wife, Edith, and his doctor were allowed into his room. This has led to some historians wondering how debilitating the stroke was and questioning if Wilson was really signing bills at this time or if Edith was just taking them into the room and signing them herself. This has led some people to call Edith the first woman president. Hey, cool for Edith, but terrifying for the country at large.

[skizzzle]

Andrew Jackson because the trail of tears

[sebastiangodinez]

Who’s here after the 2024 election ???