IQ scores of
politics.
The category with the most documented hoaxes — invented scores here have twice reached the mainstream press.
21 profiles
Each entry opens onto the full story behind the figure.
Portrait by Rembrandt Peale (1800), public domain. · Photograph by Cecil W. Stoughton, White House, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Alexander Gardner (8 November 1863), public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by Shealah Craighead for the White House, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official White House photograph by Pete Souza (2012), public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Eric Draper, White House, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Yousuf Karsh, Ottawa, 1941 — public domain in Canada and the United States; the Library and Archives Canada scan is CC BY 2.0. · Photograph by Rob Bogaerts, Nationaal Archief, CC0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Raimond Spekking, CC BY-SA 4.0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by the Russian Presidential Press and Information Office, CC BY 4.0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official U.S. Department of State portrait, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. · Photograph by Bob McNeely, The White House, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official White House photograph by Adam Schultz, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Photograph by Vladimir Smirnov / TASS, CC BY 4.0. Cropped from a wider photograph; background removed for the portrait above. · Official White House photograph by Emily J. Higgins (2026), public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by the U.S. Department of State (January 2009), public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Portrait by Gilbert Stuart (the Williamstown portrait, his copy of the Athenaeum portrait, in the Clark Art Institute), public domain. · Photograph by Velislav Nikolov (EU2018BG), via Wikimedia Commons (Informal Meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council, February 2018), CC BY 2.0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official U.S. government portrait (Department of Defense / Department of the Navy, 1977), via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above. · Official portrait by the Press Service of the President of Ukraine (president.gov.ua, 2022), CC BY 4.0. Background removed for the portrait above. · Copy by Mathew Brady (c. 1855–1865) of a daguerreotype made between 1843 and 1848 by an unknown photographer, from the U.S. National Archives (Record Group 111) and digitally restored, via Wikimedia Commons, public domain. Background removed for the portrait above.
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How are IQ scores for politics estimated?
Not by testing anyone. Each figure on this page is inferred from the documented record — published work, contemporary accounts, verified qualifications — using a named method set out under how we read a number. Every profile shows its own workings.
Which of these politics has the highest IQ?
Thomas Jefferson holds the highest estimate in this category at 150–170. That ordering comes from the midpoint of each range and it re-sorts itself as profiles are added, so treat it as a convenience rather than a verdict. The full leaderboard ranks every category together.
How many politics profiles are there?
21 so far, and the list grows as figures are traced and portraits licensed. Browse the rest of the section from all categories, or start at the Celebrity IQ hub.
How do I compare my own IQ with these politics?
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