1 to 44: The Best and the Worst of American Presidents | Part three: Learning from Failure

There is much to be learned about the presidency from both success and failure. Richard Norton Smith selects from a handful of less-than-stellar presidents, from James Buchanan and Franklin Pierce to Warren G. Harding and beyond, exploring what we might learn from their time in office.
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