Five Worst Presidents of the United States of America

According to most of the 65% of Americans who do not have a very high public opinion of President George W. Bush, it would probably be a general consensus that he is the "worst United States President." Though on certain topics it may be truer than others, President Bush's presidential term would have to take a deep nose dive in order to compete with some of the Worst Presidents of the United States:

5. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)

As the leading general of the Union army during the American Civil War, it was thought that Grant would made a great president in piecing the nation back together after the disastrous war. Grant's presidency would be stained by the corruption within his Cabinet that, once exposed, morally endured the dishonestly among his aides while protecting them. Though only poor errors of judgment and "not of intent" Grant also suspended the habeas corpus, the writ that protects American citizens from unlawful detention in his attempt to stop the Klu Klux Klan. Considered to be an admirable move for African-American rights, he also violated the constitutional rights of American citizens during mass arrests.

4. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)

President Pierce took major steps to prolong, but never to avoid, the coming of the Civil War. His attempts to forge a compromise between slave-holding and Free states brought him to support the Kansas-Nebraska Act, a redrawing of boundary lines that would enter new Free and Slave states. Pierce also attempted to annex Cuba even if force was needed, angering northern states who believed that this annexation would upset the balance between North and South states in the Senate. These attempts at compromise only fueled the future-Confederate desire to split from the Union, drawing in the American Civil War.

3. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)