NEW YORK — George W. Bush ranks among the five U.S. presidents who accomplished the least while in office, according to the Siena College Research Institute's latest survey of 238 presidential scholars. The institute has conducted the poll annually for the past 28 years.
By comparison, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who led the country from 1933 until his death in 1945, ranks first in overall accomplishments. George W. Bush ranks as the worst among modern presidents — and the fifth-worst in history.
According to the "Survey of U.S. Presidents," the top five include Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson.