10 Most Darkest & Controversial US Presidents In History - 2026

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Shadow Historians produced a video that some presidents swore to protect the Constitution. They swore to serve the American people.

Some of them did the exact opposite. In this video, the editors rank the 10 most controversial and darkest presidents in American history — the ones whose decisions led to genocide, civil war, mass surveillance, illegal wars, and the first-ever attack on the US Capitol by American citizens.

This is not the history they taught you in school.