American historians have ranked former president George W. Bush as the US 36th commander in chief out of the 42 men, a new survey says.
According to a survey conducted by the cable channel C-SPAN, 65 historians also ranked Abraham Lincoln as the nation's best president just days after the 200th anniversary of his birth.
After Lincoln, the academics rated George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Theodore Roosevelt and Harry Truman as the best leaders overall.
Leaving the White House last month, Bush scored lowest in international relations, where he was ranked 41st, and in economic management, where he was ranked 40th.
The unpopular president's highest ranking was 24th in the category of pursuing equal justice for all. He was ranked 25th in crisis leadership and vision and agenda setting.
Last November, in a poll conducted by CNN some 76% of respondents disapproved Bush's job in the Oval Office.
"No other president's disapproval rating has gone higher than 70%. Bush has managed to do that three times so far this year," according to CNN polling director Keating Holland.
After eight years of his presidency, Bush left a legacy of two costly wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and a disastrous financial crisis to his successor President Barack Obama.
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