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Historical consensus places James Buchanan as the worst ever President of the United States.
The general consensus among historians is that James Buchanan was the worst.
didn't do anything to prevent the civil war
He failed to act on multiple opportunities to prevent the US Civil War.
Most historians consider James Buchanan as the worst.
James Buchanan (Democrat) was the 15th President of the US, elected in 1857 - he defeated John Fremont in the general election. By the way, Mr Buchanan was the only US president who never married.
it is hard to say who the worst president is but here is the list of the bottom enntries James Buchanan Andrew Johnson Franklin Pierce Warren G. Harding Millard Fillmore George W Bush Herbert Hoover Martin Van Buren Zachary Taylor John Tyler
Between 1850 and 1860, the three presidents considered to be among the worst in American history were Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, and James Buchanan. Buchanan is often considered the worst of all.
The US has had several bad presidents. James Buchanan was the president before the Civil War started. Ulysses Grant allowed a lot of corruption as president. Some say William Henry Harrison who caught a cold at his inauguration and died a month after taking office.http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/who-were-the-worst-presidents-in-the-history-of-the-united-states.html
Some say Buchanan
Who the best U.S. president was is a matter of opinion. Here are some of those opinions:Barack ObamaThe best U.S. President was John F. Kennedy.There is considerable scholarly debate about the rankings of presidents. Obviously, there is no "factual" answer.However, virtually all historians and presidential scholars rank Abraham Lincoln as the "best" President.
James Buchanan, Franklin Pierce, and Andrew Johnson are usually ranked as the worst. Rutherford B. Hayes and Chester Arthur are the least well-remembered.