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Lincoln named greatest president in professors poll
History professors from 85 colleges picked Abraham Lincoln as America's greatest president in a poll by the U S Historical Society based in Richmond Virginia Lincoln topped Washington Roosevelt and Jefferson with Truman Polk Adams and others following Lyndon Johnson Cleve land Kennedy Madison Adams Eisenhower and Coolidge also received votes Ford Nixon and several others drew little or no support
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