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Who was the best debater among American presidents?

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I beieve that it was in 2008, the 150th Anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debates that the State of Illinois, in partnership with public television, created a series of re-enactments of the famous debates. read more

One day, we'll have an answer, thanks to C-SPAN's Presidential Historians Survey. The 2017 version, which polled 91 historians, saw several presidents rise and fall in the rankings. read more

More recent Presidents such as Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton are often rated among the greatest in public opinion polls, but do not always rank as highly among presidential scholars and historians. The bottom 10 often include James Buchanan, Warren G. Harding, Andrew Johnson, Franklin Pierce, Millard Fillmore, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Ulysses S. Grant, Zachary Taylor, and George W. Bush. read more

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