The Top 10 Most Intelligent Presidents In The World + Their IQ Scores and Honours
Do you think the most intelligent people are more powerful to rule a country? Is a high IQ enough for this issue?
To answer the above questions, you must first be familiar with the most intelligent presidents. If you are interested to know the top 10 most intelligent presidents in the world, join us in this article.
Our result is presented based on the research of Dean Simonton, a psychologist from UC Davis. He measures the IQ of the leaders based on their ability to openness and intellectual prowess when they were 18.
Please after reading, tell us that you think the most intelligent residents are the most successful politician.
Top 10 Most Intelligent Presidents in the World
As you can see in the following table the top ten most intelligent presidents in the world are from the USA. Keep reading to know more about them and their honors.
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| No. | name | IQ score | years | country |
| 1 | John Quincy Adams | 175 | 1825 -1829 | USA |
| 2 | Thomas Jefferson | 160 | 1801-1804 | USA |
| 3 | James Madison | 160 | 1809-1817 | USA |
| 4 | John F. Kennedy | 159.8 | 1961-1963 | USA |
| 5 | Bill Clinton | 159 | 1993-2001 | USA |
| 6 | Woodrow Wilson | 155.2 | 1913-1921 | USA |
| 7 | Teddy Roosevelt | 153 | 1901-1909 | USA |
| 8 | Chester Arthur | 152.3 | 1881-1885 | USA |
| 9 | Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 150.5 | 1933-1945 | USA |
| 10 | Abraham Lincoln | 150 | 1861-1865 | USA |
1. John Quincy Adams
IQ: 175
Honours:
● He could graduate from Harvard.
● He influenced seven languages.
● He was a lawyer however he couldn’t complete law school.
● He was the secretary of state of President James Monroe
● He played a critical role in the negotiations for ending the War of 1812.
● He had an outstanding ability in oratory
● He is known as “Old Man Eloquent”.
2. Thomas Jefferson
IQ: 160
Honours:
● He had a lot of accomplishments in architecture, palaeontology, economics, cooking agriculture music, astronomy and writing
● He is known as a veritable Renaissance man.
● He donated his books to the Library of Congress
● He played a critical role in preparing the drafted the Declaration of Independence.
He bought Louisiana in 1803 and could extend the United States.
3. James Madison
IQ: 160
Honours:
● He can gain the title of the first graduate student of Princeton however he didn’t have any scholarly degree.
● The Bill of Rights was written by him
He is known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
4. John F. Kennedy
IQ: 159.8
Honours:
● He could attend Harvard degree in 1940
● He joined to Navy
● He was rewarded a Purple Heart during World War II.
● He could earn seats in the House and Senate
● He was the second-youngest American president
● He was the first and only Catholic leader of the USA
● He could manage the Crisis of Cuban Missile when he was president
● He approved the invasion of the Bay of Pigs
● He effort to establish the Peace Corps
● He tried to enact the Civil Rights Act of 1964
5. Bill Clinton
IQ: 159
Honours:
● He could graduate from Oxford
● He could have had a political position in Arkansas’ state government before got USA president
● He could pass the North American Free Trade Agreement.
6. Woodrow Wilson
IQ: 155.2
Honours:
● He could graduate from Princeton, the University of Virginia, and Johns Hopkins.
● He was an academic person.
● He was the president of the USA during the first world war.
● He effort to promote peace.
● He could earn the Nobel Peace Prize.
● He could establish the League of Nations.
7. Teddy Roosevelt
IQ: 153
Honours:
● He was born into one a well-off New York family.
● He graduated from Columbia Law School.
● He went to Harvard but didn’t complete his study.
● He efforts for peace during the Russo-Japanese War
● He could gain the title of the “Father of the U.S. Navy”
● He could earn Nobel Peace Prize
8. Chester Arthur
IQ: 152.3
Honours:
● he was graduated from Union College in upstate New York
● he was a lawyer and could be prominent in several civil rights lawsuits.
9. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
IQ: 150.5
Honours:
● He was an assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy.
● He graduated from law school at Columbia University
● He was a Harvard graduate too.
● New Deal was implemented by him that can improve the health of the American economy
● Through World War II and Great Depression, he was the leader of the USA
10. Abraham Lincoln
IQ: 150
Honours:
● He was a lawyer.
● He was the president of the USA during the Civil War, however, he couldn’t see its conclusion
● He oversaw the Emancipation Proclamation (the passage that ended slavery)
● He was a brilliant orator for example Gettysburg, one of the most famous speeches in America, was delivered by him.
Conclusion
In this study, we tried to introduce the top 10 most Intelligent Presidents in the World including Abraham Lincoln, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Chester Arthur, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Bill Clinton, John F. Kennedy, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams.
As you found out all of them are from the USA. It may be because of that there isn’t enough data about the presidents of other countries in the study of Dean Simonton.
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