James Garfield’s IQ: the Simonton 2006 2C number
Garfield’s displayed IQ in this atlas is 152—Table 1 column II-C—not a classroom test.
QuestionWhat was James Garfield’s IQ?
Start with the 2C number
On the ranking used here, James A. Garfield’s Simonton 2006 2C estimate is 152. Chester A. Arthur is also 152.3 in the same column; both display as 152.
It is not a test result
No WAIS, Stanford–Binet, or school score report is attached to this figure. 2C is reconstructed from biographical ratings and earlier Cox-style estimates.
Where 152 sits on the list
Sorted by 2C, Garfield is below Theodore Roosevelt (153) and Woodrow Wilson (155) and above Abraham Lincoln (150). Open the presidents list sorted highest to lowest to see the full 42.
What the evidence supports