The scholar-president IQ myth
Degrees and books are not IQ tests. Wilson’s doctorate and Adams’s 175 sit on different kinds of evidence.
QuestionDid the most scholarly presidents have the highest IQs?
Adams 175 and Jefferson 160
The two presidents most often called scholarly sit at the top of 2C. That correlation with reputation is expected in a biography-based model.
Wilson’s doctorate is not 155
Woodrow Wilson’s II-C is 155.2, displayed as 155. The doctorate is an achievement record. It does not authenticate the integer.
Garfield’s classroom career is not 152
James A. Garfield taught and served in Congress before 1881. His 2C of 152 is still a published estimate, not a school-administered adult IQ.
What the evidence supports