44 books on 44 presidents: Worst. President. Ever.
 

44 books on 44 presidents: Worst. President. Ever.
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Editor's **te: This is the fifteenth entry in the writer's year-long project to read one book about each of the U.S. Presidents by Election Day 2016. You can also follow Marcus' progress at the @44in52 Twitter account and with this 44 in 52 Spreadsheet.

Worst. President. Ever.

That's pretty impressive when you consider the names he's up against, but, more often than **t in polls of historians, James Buchanan handily takes that title.*

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