U.S. Presidential IQ hoax - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Name | Political Party | Lifespan | Time in Office | IQ (corrected for data reliability, ages 18-26)[9] | Other IQ Estimates |
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George Washington | None/Federalist | 1732–1799 | 1789–1797 | 140 | |
John Adams | Federalist | 1735–1826 | 1797–1801 | 155 | |
Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 1743–1826 | 1801–1809 | 160 | |
James Madison | Democratic-Republican | 1751–1836 | 1809–1817 | 160 | |
James Monroe | Democratic-Republican | 1758–1831 | 1817–1825 | 138.6 | |
John Quincy Adams | Democratic-Republican | 1767–1848 | 1825–1829 | 175 | |
Andrew Jackson | Democratic | 1767–1845 | 1829–1837 | 145 | |
Martin van Buren | Democratic | 1782–1862 | 1837–1841 | 139.5 | |
William Henry Harrison | Whig | 1773–1841 | 1841 | 146.3 | |
John Tyler | Whig | 1790–1862 | 1841–1845 | 148.1 | |
James Polk | Democratic | 1795–1849 | 1845–1849 | 143.4 | |
Zachary Taylor | Whig | 1784–1850 | 1849–1850 | 139.8 | |
Millard Fillmore | Whig | 1800–1874 | 1850–1853 | 149 | |
Franklin Pierce | Democratic | 1804–1869 | 1853–1857 | 147.4 | |
James Buchanan | Democratic | 1791–1868 | 1857–1861 | 139.6 | |
Abraham Lincoln | Republican | 1809–1865 | 1861–1865 | 150 | |
Andrew Johnson | National Union/Democratic | 1808–1875 | 1865–1869 | 139.8 | |
Ulysses Grant | Republican | 1822–1885 | 1869–1877 | 130 | |
Rutherford Hayes | Republican | 1822–1893 | 1877–1881 | 146.3 | |
James Garfield | Republican | 1831–1881 | 1881 | 152.3 | |
Chester Arthur | Republican | 1829–1886 | 1881–1885 | 152.3 | |
Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 1837–1908 | 1885–1889, 1893–1897 | 144 | |
Benjamin Harrison | Republican | 1833–1901 | 1889–1893 | 145.4 | |
William McKinley | Republican | 1843–1901 | 1897–1901 | 143.4 | |
Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 1858–1919 | 1901–1909 | 153 | |
William Howard Taft | Republican | 1857–1930 | 1909–1913 | 139.5 | |
Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 1856–1924 | 1913–1921 | 155.2 | |
Warren Harding | Republican | 1865–1923 | 1921–1923 | 139.9 | |
Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 1872–1933 | 1923–1929 | 141.6 | |
Herbert Hoover | Republican | 1874–1964 | 1929–1933 | 141.6 | |
Franklin Roosevelt | Democratic | 1882–1945 | 1933–1945 | 150.5 | |
Harry Truman | Democratic | 1884–1972 | 1945–1953 | 139.8 | |
Dwight Eisenhower | Republican | 1890–1969 | 1953–1961 | 145.1 | |
John F. Kennedy | Democratic | 1917–1963 | 1961–1963 | 159.8 | 119[12] |
Lyndon Johnson | Democratic | 1908–1973 | 1963–1969 | 140.6 | |
Richard Nixon | Republican | 1913–1994 | 1969–1974 | 142.6 | 143[13] |
Gerald Ford | Republican | 1913–2006 | 1974–1977 | 140.4 | |
Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 1924–present | 1977–1981 | 156.8 | |
Ronald Reagan | Republican | 1911–2004 | 1981–1989 | 141.9 | |
George H. W. Bush | Republican | 1924–present | 1989–1993 | 143 | |
Bill Clinton | Democratic | 1946–present | 1993–2001 | 159 | |
George W. Bush | Republican | 1946–present | 2001–2009 | 138.5 | |
Barack Obama | Democratic | 1961–present | 2009–present | N/A | 140[14] |