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Recently, I checked out the 2025 World Almanac and book of Facts from my library. It’s a widely recognized reference book that provides a comprehensive compilation of facts and statistics on a wide range of topics, including sports, pop culture, science, technology, history, geography, and more. I checked this out to go over with my son, and additionally I’ve found it inspiring my writing and research.

There are fascinating lists like famous journalists in the United States, worst data breaches, worst nuclear disasters, incarceration rates, and attempts to chronicle world history. Sometimes the lists are more fun, like the presidential rankings from 2021.

This list has nothing to do with my personal opinions on this, I’m just repeating the list. The list was assessed by historians and other professional observers of the presidency, 142 participated. They rated each president on 10 qualities, although those ten qualities aren’t listed.

1. Lincoln
2. Washington
3. FDR
4. Teddy Roosevelt
5. Eisenhower
6. Truman
7. Jefferson
8. Kennedy
9. Reagan
10. Obama
11. LBJ
12. Monroe
13. Wilson
14. McKinley
15. John Adams
16. Madison
17. John Quincy Adams
18. Polk
19. Clinton
20. Grant
21. George H. W. Bush
22. Jackson
23. Taft
24. Coolidge
25. Cleveland
26. Jimmy Carter
27. Garfield
28. Ford
29. George ‘dubyah’ Bush
30. Arthur
31. Nixon
32. Harrison
33. Hayes
34. Van Buren
35. Taylor
36. Hoover
37. Harding
38. Fillmore
39. Tyler
40. Harrison
41. Donald J. Trump
42. Franklin Pierce
43. Andrew Johnson
44. James Buchanan

Additionally, here are some fun facts about presidents from the book:

The longest living president was Jimmy Carter who lived 94 years and 172 days, he surpassed George H. W. Bush by a single day, who lived 94 years and 171 days. Jimmy Cater was also the first U.S. President to be born in a hospital.

Theodore Roosevelt was the youngest president, being 42 when being sworn in after McKinley’s death.

It took 8 presidents before the United States had a U.S. Born citizen, who was Martin Van Buren.

The only President to never hold government office or serve in the military prior to running, and the only president to be convicted on criminal charges is Donald J. Trump.

There have been three presidents that have died on the 4^th of July; John Adams and Thomas Jefferson (who notoriously despised each other, and died on the same night) and James Monroe (1831).

There you have it, some interesting presidential facts from the World’s Almanac!