Throw in James Buchanan while we're in the neighborhood.
And two figures who may not be rated as among the worst, but individuals I have grown to dislike the more I learn about them: Andrew Jackson and Woodrow Wilson...
How about LBJ? "Great Society"?
Yeah. For dirtbags and illegals.
20th C Worst ever: Carter, Wilson, and Johnson (LBJ).
Agree with your growing dislike of Jackson, I have been there with Wilson for years.
Too early to tell how Bush will fare historically; he is no Ronald Reagan - but he sure is hell no Jimmy Carter either.
Worst:
1. Buchanan. 620,000 military deaths in Civil War
2. FDR. 407 military deaths in WWII.
3. Woodrow Wilson. 117,000 military deaths in WWI
4. LBJ. 58,000 deaths in Vietnam
5. Truman, 38,000 deaths in Korea
6. Carter. Betrayed US ally and provided islamicist nutballs a safe haven with oil revenue.
7. Clinton Heck, you know.
What was so bad about Andy Jackson? My knowledge of presidents is a bit dim going that far back. Something to do with Nicholas Biddle, whom I know of only because he edited the Lewis and Clark expedition field notes, and the creation of central banking. I think Jackson called Biddle a “Den of thieves and vipers” or something like that. Was the indian issue the “trail of tears”?