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2017 Presidential Historians Survey

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  • Portrait of Washington
    George Washington
  • Portrait of Adams
    John Adams
  • Portrait of Jefferson
    Thomas Jefferson
  • Portrait of Madison
    James Madison
  • Portrait of Monroe
    James Monroe
  • Portrait of Adams
    John Quincy Adams
  • Portrait of Jackson
    Andrew Jackson
  • Portrait of Van Buren
    Martin Van Buren
  • Portrait of Harrison
    William Henry Harrison
  • Portrait of Tyler
    John Tyler
  • Portrait of Polk
    James K. Polk
  • Portrait of Taylor
    Zachary Taylor
  • Portrait of Fillmore
    Millard Fillmore
  • Portrait of Pierce
    Franklin Pierce
  • Portrait of Buchanan
    James Buchanan
  • Portrait of Lincoln
    Abraham Lincoln
  • Portrait of Johnson
    Andrew Johnson
  • Portrait of Grant
    Ulysses S. Grant
  • Portrait of Hayes
    Rutherford B. Hayes
  • Portrait of Garfield
    James A. Garfield
  • Portrait of Arthur
    Chester A. Arthur
  • Portrait of Cleveland
    Grover Cleveland
  • Portrait of Harrison
    Benjamin Harrison
  • Portrait of McKinley
    William McKinley
  • Portrait of Roosevelt
    Theodore Roosevelt
  • Portrait of Taft
    William Howard Taft
  • Portrait of Wilson
    Woodrow Wilson
  • Portrait of Harding
    Warren G. Harding
  • Portrait of Coolidge
    Calvin Coolidge
  • Portrait of Hoover
    Herbert Hoover
  • Portrait of Roosevelt
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
  • Portrait of Truman
    Harry S. Truman
  • Portrait of Eisenhower
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Portrait of Kennedy
    John F. Kennedy
  • Portrait of Johnson
    Lyndon B. Johnson
  • Portrait of Nixon
    Richard M. Nixon
  • Portrait of Ford
    Gerald R. Ford
  • Portrait of Carter
    Jimmy Carter
  • Portrait of Reagan
    Ronald Reagan
  • Portrait of Bush
    George H. W. Bush
  • Portrait of Clinton
    William J. Clinton
  • Portrait of Bush
    George W. Bush
  • Portrait of Obama
    Barack Obama
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