The Brightest U.S. Presidents Ranked by IQ Score


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Is it possible to rank someone’s intelligence level accurately? And the million-dollar question is that- is it necessary to exhibit an above-average level of intelligence to become the nation’s leader?  There indeed is a formula to check the intelligence quotient of every individual, including national leaders. We don’t mind having the world’s smartest person as our leader, but we cannot expect them to have extremely high IQ levels, can we?

The country has had some brilliant presidents so far, many of whom have made remarkable strides towards making America the best in the world in every respect, or did they? To find it out, Dean Simonton, a University of California at Davis psychologist and researcher quantified the intelligence quotient (IQ) of all US presidents to date. And the results are somewhat shocking. Let’s have a look at the varying IQ levels of US presidents thus far.

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