Top Ten Dumbest Presidents of the United States

The Top Ten
1 Donald Trump Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American businessman, television personality, politician, and the 45th President of the United States. Born and raised in Queens, New York City, Donald J. Trump received an economics degree from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968. In 1971, Donald Trump took charge of his family's real estate and construction firm, Elizabeth Trump... read more

I've never known a person who lies as much as this man. In a world where we try to teach children to love and care for one another we now have a president who sets bad examples for our students. When children at school say, "you said we had to be nice to everyone, but why is a guy running for president making fun of people with disability? " They also say things like, "My grandparents came from Mexico, where will I go if he sends us back to Mexico? " Why doesn't he like Mexicans? Why doesn't he like people of different religions or faiths. Does his church know that he makes fun of people? " Why does he tell people in the crowd that if they "take care" of that guy, he will cover any legal expenses? If you lie about what you have said, it isn't a good example that is being set for kids.

Can one be an idiot; boarder line retarded (late bloomer) and a con man at the same time? This man plays the entire country (mostly poor whites) for fools and lies like someone infected with agent orange. If he only had a twin brother who hated himself who was also a double agent assassin who might save this country from a mad man and pop him in the head. He's brain dead anyway.

2 Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. He was the first African-American president of the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and as an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.

He thought he was the world president, turns out the United States suffered and his ruling over the world did no good. What waste of 8 years in the White House.

A man who pro claimed to be god himself over 177 times. Ruined health care for 90 percent. Lost more jobs and created more debt then all presidents combined

Makes George W. Bush look smarter than Einstein and Stephen Hawking combined.

It's real funny when rucka rucka Ali makes fun of him

3 George W. Bush George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who was born in July 6, 1946. He served as the 43rd President of the United States from 2001 to 2009 and 46th Governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000. He is the eldest son of Barbara and George H. W.

He is not so bright either but it may have been that he was drunk half the time. Donald can't use that excuse.

Smart as the average bear, but smart enough to delegate some of the responsibilities to others

Yeh bush starting wars is very smart getting your people killed are you happy now

Obama is alright but Bush is awful. Bush didn't have any experience at ALL.

4 Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. In 2002, he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center.

He probably was a great person but lacked the skills for being a president that is why he was one of our worst presidents.

He really just sat on the fence with a lot off issue around that time

Oh my so dumb. Failed to do anything for America. Good person though

He wasn't an intellectual powerhouse but he wasn't dumb either.

5 Warren G. Harding Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1921 until his death in 1923.

He is here twice because he is that bad

6 Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. Johnson became president as he was vice president at the time of the assassination of [Abraham Lincoln].

Screw this guy, messed up Reconstruction and fired one of Lincoln's Secretaries that Congress actually liked. Should've been impeached.

Trump actually says Andrew Johnson is his favorite president. If that's true, Johnson must've been an awful president.

Andrew Johnson wasn't that educated, and his wife encouraged him to read and write.

This is the dumbest president of the United States of America

7 Herbert Hoover Herbert Clark Hoover was an American engineer, businessman and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933 during the Great Depression.

I am really not surprised he made it on the list. He failed to stop the Great Depression by increasing rates on foreign imports, causing businesses to quit trading with America. He also asked the business industry to increase employment while holding down production, forcing companies to operate in the red since costs went up and profits went down. Herbert is just another president to go down in history as a moron...

Hoover was a very intelligent man.

8 James Buchanan James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States, serving immediately prior to the American Civil War.

He was intelligent. But he was just unsympathetic, incompetent, impractical and disastrous for the country.

He ignored the tension between the north and south.

He upheld the Constitution unlike his successor.

9 Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States from 1969 until his resignation in 1974, the only president to resign from office. He had previously served as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961, and prior to that as a U.S. Representative and also Senator from California.

"Dumb" is not the right word. Sure, he was a paranoid sociopath, but he certainly wasn't an idiot.

He stunk, and stuck even more in Futurama

10 Bill Clinton William Jefferson Clinton (Born August 19th 1946) is an American politician who was the 42nd President of the United States. He previously served as governor of Arkansas. He became president after unseating incumbent president George H.W. Bush in 1992. He was re-elected in 1996 after defeating Senator ...read more.

I thought he was a very good President! But when he got caught with Monica W.,and lied,people started losing faith In him; And I thought his indiscretions should have been separate from his running the the country. I think everyone will remember that Lie over any good that he had done for our Country! Which is to bad! All in All :When in the public Eye you should always watch your Behavior! I still Liked him as President!

One of the best in the history of USA. He's smart and had many good ideas to improve the standard of living.

The Contenders
11 Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

He was in no way a stupid man. He was ruthless and calculating willing to do anything for power and was possibly behind the murders of 36 people. Real Machiavelli

Not stupid, but totally the wrong man at the wrong time.

He was very improper and vulgar, but not stupid.

12 Woodrow Wilson Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Born in Staunton, Virginia, he spent his early years in Augusta, Georgia and Columbia, South Carolina.

He isn't stupid, he went to Princeton

Should be number two behind Obama

He was actually very smart.

Disagree with =/= dumb.

13 William Henry Harrison William Henry Harrison was an American statesman who served as the 9th President of the United States from March 4, 1841 until his death on April 4, 1841. The cause of death of William Henry Harrison was pneumonia, after a cold and wet inauguration.

How is this guy not in the top 10? Let alone #1!? He refused to wear an overcoat during his inaugaration on a cold Winter day in D.C., and because of that, he caught pneumonia and died literally just ONE MONTH after taking office. If that doesn't get you to the top of the Darwin Awards list then I don't know what will.

14 George H. W. Bush George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Prior to assuming the presidency, Bush served as the 43rd Vice President of the United States under Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989.
15 Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was an American soldier and statesman who served as Commanding General of the Army and the 18th President of the United States, the highest positions in the military and the government of the United States.
16 Chester A. Arthur Chester Alan Arthur was an American attorney and politician who served as the 21st President of the United States; he succeeded James A. Garfield upon the latter's assassination.
17 James A. Garfield James Abram Garfield was the 20th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his assassination later that year.
18 James K. Polk James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was Speaker of the House of Representatives and governor of Tennessee.

Probably one of the most misunderstood President ever. He did what was good for the people of USA.

He's a racist and thief stealing half of Mexico.

19 Franklin Pierce Franklin Pierce was the 14th President of the United States. Pierce was a northern Democrat who saw the abolitionist movement as a fundamental threat to the unity of the nation.
20 Millard Fillmore Millard Fillmore was an American politician who served as the 13th President of the United States from 1850 to 1853. He was the last Whig president, and the last president not to be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties.
21 William Howard Taft William Howard Taft served as the 27th President of the United States and as the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, the only person to have held both offices.

I remember when he got stuck in a bathtub.

Was bad and was fat, got stuck in a bathtub

22 Calvin Coolidge John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was an American politician and the 30th President of the United States. A Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor.

Wasn't elected on his own, bathed with his mom's dog

23 Zachary Taylor Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor was a career officer in the United States Army, rising to the rank of major general.
24 John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29th, 1917 - November 22, 1963) commonly referred to by his initials JFK, was an American politician who served as the 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination. The Cuban Missile Crisis, The Bay of Pigs Invasion, the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the establishment of the Peace Corps, developments in the Space Race, the building of the Berlin Wall, the Trade Expansion Act to lower tariffs, the Civil Rights Movement, the "New Frontier" domestic program, and abolition of the federal death penalty in the District of Columbia all took place during his presidency.

Are you kidding me

25 Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson was an American statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837 . He was born near the end of the colonial era, somewhere near the then-unmarked border between North and South Carolina, into a recently immigrated Scots-Irish farming family of relatively modest means.

Spent way too much money

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