Press Releases

• February 17, 2017
  C-SPAN Releases Third Historians Survey of Presidential Leadership

News Articles

• February 17, 2017
  Time Magazine: "Barack Obama Ranked 12th Best U.S. President Ever in Major Survey of Historians"
• February 17, 2017
  Washington Post: "Lincoln, Washington and Roosevelts remain history’s best presidents in survey"
• February 17, 2017
  The Weekly Standard: "The Better-than-Monroe Doctrine"
• February 17, 2017
  CNN: "Survey of historians: Lincoln still best president"
• February 17, 2017
  Washington Examiner: "Best presidents: Obama starts a 'respectable' 12th in C-SPAN experts poll"
• February 17, 2017
  Axios: "History passes its first judgment on Barack Obama"
• February 17, 2017
  Washingtonian: "Obama Debuts High on Historians’ List of Best Presidents"
• February 17, 2017
  RealClearPolitics: "Feisty Trump; GOP Agenda Slows; 'Bubble' Interactive; Princess Alice"
• February 17, 2017
  NBC News: "These Historians Say Obama Ranks 12th in the History of Presidential Leadership"
• February 17, 2017
  Newsweek: "Where Obama Was Ranked Among All Presidents"
• February 17, 2017
  Daily Mail: "Where will Trump rank? Barack Obama comes in 12th in ranking of presidents, while George W. Bush climbs to number 33 - but Lincoln, Washington and the Roosevelts can't be beat"
• February 17, 2017
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Truman falls a spot to sixth in all-time ranking of presidents"
• February 17, 2017
  MarketWatch: "Where does Obama rank among U.S. presidents? C-Span poll gives high marks"
• February 17, 2017
  The Hill: "C-SPAN survey: Obama 12th-best president"
• February 17, 2017
  Politico: "Survey: Historians rank Obama 12th best president"
• February 17, 2017
  Talking Points Memo: "Obama Ranks 12th Best In C-SPAN Survey Of Presidential Historians"
• February 17, 2017
  Chicago Tribune: "Obama 12th best president, Lincoln first, Clinton 15th: Historians"
• February 17, 2017
  The Grio: "Obama ranked 12th best U.S. president ever by historians"
• February 18, 2017
  Reuters: "Lincoln, Washington and Roosevelt ranked top three U.S. presidents"
• February 18, 2017
  Fox News: "Historians rank Obama 12th best president in new survey"
• February 18, 2017
  Cox Media: "Survey: Lincoln, Washington, FDR top presidents; Obama 12th"
• February 18, 2017
  Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: "Survey rates Clinton 15th-best president"
• February 19, 2017
  Orange County Register: "The presidential ratings racket"
• February 20, 2017
  USA Today: "Obama ranked 12th best president by historians in new C-SPAN poll"
• February 20, 2017
  The Washington Post: "The best (and worst) presidents, ranked"
• February 20, 2017
  Cleveland Plain Dealer: "In honor of Presidents Day, all 43 U.S. Presidents before Trump, ranked"
• February 20, 2017
  New Orleans Times-Picayune: "Is Obama the 12th greatest U.S. president? Too soon to tell, but probably not"
• February 20, 2017
  St. Louis Post-Dispatch: "Historian survey ranks Obama high on justice and economy, low on foreign affairs and Congressional relations"
• February 20, 2017
  The American Spectator: "C-SPAN’s latest rankings of our presidents sure has spoiled this year’s Presidents Day."
• February 20, 2017
  The American Conservative: "The Greatest Presidents"
• February 20, 2017
  Atlanta Black Star: "Presidents Day Battle Emerges on Twitter As Poll Names Obama 12th-Best President"