Franklin D. Roosevelt | 146

Franklin D. Roosevelt is considered to have one of the highest IQs among all the US presidents. In fact, he is said to be one of the smartest. Aside from being a lawyer, FDR also served as the 32nd US president from 1933 to 1945. He took office during the Great Depression and served four terms.

With an estimated IQ of 146, he managed to join Harvard University and Columbia Law School before joining the political world. He then won the election in 1910, and despite experiencing an ordeal in 1921, he still won the presidency in 1932. Many remember Roosevelt for his New Deal program. The move to change the economy was quickly enacted when he sat at the office. It aimed to help businesses back then and aid the unemployed amid the worst economic shutdown in the history of the industrialized world.