Lincoln, Washington and Roosevelt ranked top three U.S. presidents


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  • Saturday, 18 Feb 2017

U.S. President Abraham Lincoln's statue at the Lincoln Memorial is seen in Washington March 27, 2015. REUTERS/Gary Cameron

(Reuters) - Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Franklin D. Roosevelt were ranked as the top three U.S. presidents in history respectively while Barack Obama entered the rankings in the 12th spot, based on a survey of historians released on Friday.

Theodore Roosevelt and Dwight Eisenhower rounded out the top five of 43 presidents in U.S. history, a survey of historians' rankings of presidential leadership found.

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