BUFFALO, N.Y. (WBEN) - A President's Day poll released by Siena College Research Institute ranked all 44 presidents in the history of the United States based on 20 characteristics.
The poll, which surveyed the opinions of presidential historians and scholars and not the general public, found that George Washington was the best overall president.
"Of the 20 categories that we asked presidential historians about, (Trump) finishes only out of the last five in two categories: His ability to have luck and his ability to take risks," Levy explained.
William Harrison, who was only president for a month before he died of illness in 1841, is listed at No. 49.
List of president's by Overall Rank:
1 - George Washington2 - Franklin Roosevelt3 - Abraham Lincoln4 - Theodore Roosevelt5 - Thomas Jefferson6 - Dwight Eisenhower7 - James Madison8 - James Monroe9 - Harry Truman10 - John F. Kennedy11 - Woodrow Wilson12 - James Polk13 - Ronald Reagan14 - John Adams15 - Bill Clinton16 - Lyndon Johnson17 - Barack Obama18 - John Q. Adams19 - Andrew Jackson20 - William McKinley21 - George H.W. Bush22 - William Taft23 - Grover Cleveland24 - Ulysses Grant25 - Martin Van Buren26 - Jimmy Carter27 - Gerald Ford28 - James Garfield29 - Richard Nixon30 - Zachary Taylor31 - Calvin Coolidge32 - Rutherford Hayes33 - George W. Bush34 - Chester Arthur35 - Benjamin Harrison36 - Herbert Hoover37 - John Tyler38 - Millard Fillmore39 - William Harrison40 - Franklin Pierce41 - Warren Harding42 - Donald Trump43 - James Buchanan44 - Andrew Johnson