Is it even possible to measure how bad a president has been? We can. In the USA, presidential rankings are viral. Presidents are ranked according to how well or badly they governed and what qualities they had.
For this Top 11 list of the worst presidents, the latest study by the Siena College Research Institute was taken as a starting point. Over 200 scholars and researchers examined all the presidents of the United States for this study.
To rank them, they assessed 6 personal attributes, such as integrity and intelligence and 5 skills, such as the ability to compromise, oratory etc. Additionally, they also analyzed the strength and weaknesses of the U.S. presidents in 8 policy areas, such as economic policy and foreign policy. Using this data, they finally produced a scientifically based ranking of presidents for the top 11 worst presidents in the US.
9th President of the United States
Party: Whig
Term of office: March 4, 1841, to April 4, 1841
First lady: His granddaughter Jane Irwin Harrison. Wife Anna Harrison planned to join him later due to illness, but that proved unnecessary.
Children: six sons and four daughters with his wife.
What was special about him?
He delivered the longest inaugural address of any president. He did so in the open air as freezing rain began to fall. He did this also to prove that he was still fit despite his age of 68 (the oldest president at the inauguration after Reagan and Trump).
What went so bad during his term?
A few days after his inauguration, he contracted pneumonia, which he never recovered from. He died of it on April 4, 1841, despite all the doctors’ efforts. He had the shortest term of any president at 30 days, in 12 hours and 30 minutes.
In his short term, he naturally could not set any political accents. That is also why he was ranked 10th worst U.S. president of all time in the Siena study.