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Presidential approval, Gallup Poll, 1938-1995
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Truman
Eisenhower
KennedyJohnson
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Bush
Nixon
Ford
Reagan
Clinton
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1936 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 84 88 92 93 94 95 96
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The 1996 Schlesinger Poll
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Great Near Great
Washington130
Lincoln32
F.D.R.131
Truman21 36
Wilson17 111
T. Roosevelt18 110
Jefferson16 112
Polk17 8 12
Jackson17 111
Data Source: 1943, 1964: National Opinion Research Center surveys: 1954: Samuel A. Stouffer. Communism,
Great FailureBelowAverage
AverageNearGreat
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The 1996 Schlesinger Poll(Continued from previous slide)
Average (High)
Kennedy9 21 1
Eisenhower10 20 11
McKinley5 20 2
John Adams10 17 1
Cleveland8 20 1
Monroe1 22 21
L. B. J.15 12 3 2
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Great FailureBelowAverage
AverageNearGreat
Average (Low)
B. Harrison14 7
J.Q. Adams1 18 8
Taft17 9 1
Madison2 20 51 1
Van Buren18 8 1
Hayes16 10 1
Arthur13 11 1
Ford6 20 2
Bush16 12 1
Carter15 12 21
Reagan11 9 47
Clinton17 5 22
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Tyler6 17 5
Nixon4 5 202
The 1996 Schlesinger Poll(Continued from previous slide) Great FailureBelow
AverageAverageNear
Great
Below Average Failure
Taylor6 17 3
Fillmore3 20 3
Coolidge7 16 4
Grant9 18
A. Johnson2 7 17
Buchanan6 22
Pierce
15 12
Harding2 26
Hoover11 9 10
Data Source: 1943, 1964: National Opinion Research Center surveys: 1954: Samuel A. Stouffer. Communism,
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Source: Harold W. Stanley and Richard G. Niemi, Vital Statistics on American Politics, 5th ed. (Congressional Quarterly Inc., 1995), p. 260. Reprinted with permission.
Treaties and executive agreements approved by the United States, 1789-1994
Number ofNumber of Executive
Year Treaties Agreements
1789–1839 60 271839–1889 215 2381889–1929 382 7631930–1932 49 411933–1944 (F. Roosevelt) 131 3691945–1952 (Truman) 132 1,3241953–1960 (Eisenhower) 89 1,8341961–1963 (Kennedy) 36 8131964–1968 (L. Johnson) 67 1,0831969–1974 (Nixon) 93 1,3171975–1976 (Ford) 26 6661977–1980 (Carter) 79 1,4761981–1988 (Reagan) 117 2,8371989–1992 (Bush) 67 1,3501993–1994 (Clinton) 41 594