Presidents and Politicians with the Highest IQ Scores

1. John Quincy Adams

IQ score: 168.75

2. Thomas Jefferson

IQ score: 153.75

3. John F. Kennedy

IQ score: 150.65

4. Bill Clinton

IQ score: 148.8

5. (tie) Woodrow Wilson

IQ score: 145.1

5. (tie) Jimmy Carter

IQ score: 145.1

7. John Adams

IQ score: 142.5

8. Theodore Roosevelt

IQ score: 142.28

9. (tie) James Garfield

IQ score: 141.5

9. (tie) Chester Arthur

IQ score: 141.5

11. James Madison

IQ score: 141.25

12. Abraham Lincoln

IQ score: 140

13. Franklin Roosevelt

IQ score: 139.6

14. John Tyler

IQ score: 136.2

15. Millard Fillmore

IQ score: 135.98

16. Franklin Pierce

IQ score: 134.78

17. (tie) William Henry Harrison

IQ score: 133.93

17. (tie) Rutherford B. Hayes

IQ score: 133.93

19. Martin Van Buren

IQ score: 133.35

20. George Washington

IQ score: 132.5

21. Benjamin Harrison

IQ score: 132.15

22. Dwight Eisenhower

IQ score: 131.9

23. Richard Nixon

IQ score: 131

24. Grover Cleveland

IQ score: 130.95

25. James K. Polk

IQ score: 130.2

26. (tie) William McKinley

IQ score: 130.18

26. (tie) George H.W. Bush

IQ score: 130.13

28. Ronald Reagan

IQ score: 130

29. Herbert Hoover

IQ score: 129.78

30. Lyndon B. Johnson

IQ score: 127.83

31. Harry Truman

IQ score: 127.55

32. Calvin Coolidge

IQ score: 127.1

33. Gerald Ford

IQ score: 127.08

34. William Howard Taft

IQ score: 126.9

35. Andrew Jackson

IQ score: 126.25

36. James Buchanan

IQ score: 125.93

36. Barrack Obama

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IQ score: 145

37. Donald Trump


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IQ score: 85

38. Joe Biden

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IQ score: 125