As one of our founding fathers and a complete beast in his own right, it should come as no surprise that George Washington is a smart guy. His IQ was reportedly 132.5, which goes a long way toward explaining some of those decisions that he made during the tumultuous time that he spent in office all those years ago.
Martin Van Buren’s IQ was 133.4, making him smarter than a solid 95 percent of all people at the time he was alive.
With an IQ of 133.9, Rutherford B. Hayes was so smart that based on the population of the time, there would have only been an estimated 2500 or so people who were smarter than him.
A tie! Rutherford B. Hayes and William Henry Harrison will have to battle it out to see who gets to be called smarter in this case.
Franklin Pierce’s IQ of 141 lets him officially be classified as a “genius” by modern standards.
