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Just weeks after leaving the White House, President Barack Obama ranks as the 12th best U.S. president overall in a new poll of historians conducted by C-SPAN ahead of Presidents Day.

It's the first time Obama was eligible for the Presidential Historians Survey, which asked 91 historians to rank all 43 former presidents across 10 categories. Those include"Pursued Equal Justice for All," in which Obama ranked 3rd, and "Relations with Congress," in which he ranked 39th.

Abraham Lincoln retained his top spot for the third time in the poll, which debuted in 2000 and last took place in 2009. Other consistently high-ranking presidents include George Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt and Theodore Roosevelt, all of whom made the top five overall in each survey.

Also notable: George W. Bush bumped up three spots to 33rd since the poll's 2009 edition, while Bill Clinton stayed steady at 15th.

The biggest loser since the 2009 survey is Andrew Jackson, the populist president whose portrait adorns the wall of President Donald Trump's Oval Office. Jackson dropped five spots, from 13th to 18th.

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James Buchanan, Andrew Johnson and Franklin Pierce have taken the bottom three spots in each edition of the poll, C-SPAN noted, beneath even William Henry Harrison, who held office for only one month.

A team of advisers, including professors from Rice University and Howard University, guided all three of C-SPAN's surveys, approving criteria, assisting with participants and overseeing collection of the results.

See the entire poll and rankings for past editionsat C-SPAN.

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President Donald Trump walks to greet supporters after arriving on Air Force One at the Palm Beach International Airport to spend part of the weekend at Mar-a-Lago resort on February 17, 2017, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

President Trump had a lot to say about President Obamas vacations and his costs to American taxpayers. Yet, a new report confirms that Trumps travel costsmade more exorbitant because of his refusal to stay in the White House on weekendsis on track to far surpass that of Obama.

The Washington Post estimates that if the Trump familys elaborate lifestyle continues at the clip it racked up during the first month of his presidency, he will spend hundreds million more than his predecessor.

The Post reports that Trumps three trips to the Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida since the inauguration cost approximately $10 million in travel, security and more. President Obama spent roughly the same in travel ($12 million) for an entire year.

Because President Trump has such a large family, their security adds to the astronomical costs as well as well.

The costs of guarding the Trump Tower in New York City where the first lady, Melania Trump and Trumps youngest son Barron live, is estimated to cost $183 million a year. New York Senator Chuck Schumer says he wants the federal government to recoup these costs to New York City and State. The Post also reports that Eric Trumps trip to Uruguay ran $100,000 in hotel fees for Secret Service personnel.

This in addition to the $1.5 million a year to rent appropriate space for authorities in the Trump Tower, if the Pentagon decides to prepare for the commander-in-chiefs possible to return to his Manhattan residence.

Conversely, Obamas travel expenses were calculated at about $97 million for his two years in office.

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Former President Barack Obama may need some additional cash flow to get the Obama Presidential Center built in Chicago, according to a report.

Former President Barack Obama may need some additional cash flow to get the Obama Presidential Center built in Chicago, according to a report.

The architects said the center needs an endowment of $1.5 billion, three times more than the amount raisedfor George W. Bush's presidential center that opened in Dallas in 2013, Page Six's Richard Johnson reports.

They attributed the high cost to the construction of both a library and museum. The architects said the expected $200 millioncost of the buildings themselves likely will be closer to $300 million.

They noted Obama declined to do much fundraising for the center while still in office,Johnsonreports. Sources told NBC 5Obama is about to begin a major fundraising effort for the project.

Obama returned to Chicago last week for the first time since he left office to hold meetings with community leaders and others involved in the Obama Foundation.

A military C-5 aircraft arrived in Chicago Thursday morning, bringing with it a shipment of Obamas belongings for the library.

Valerie Jarrett told the Chicago Sun-Times the president is eager to hear suggestions from community members to bring opportunities to the area.

Representatives of the former president and first lady said this monthan agency was hired to assist the couple with speaking gigs, as well as lawyers to handle their book deals.

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Another opportunity to shed light and love on former President Barack Obama happened Monday (Feb. 19) when Morehouse College helped led a celebratory movement with the replacement of Presidents Day for Obama Day.

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Presented by NewsOne,conversations on Obamas legacy, as well as the influence of former first lady Michelle Obama, were highlighted at the historic institution by author and academic Michael Eric Dyson, activist Michaela Angela Davis, New York Magazines Rembert Browne, Jamilah Lemieux of Interactive One and more. From panels on the Affordable Care Act to Obamas connection to people of color, no topic went overlooked. The same happened online as those who supported the former POTUS praised his legacy online.

Obama also saw another accomplishment when he was named the 12th best president among historians. For the first time, Obama was eligible for the CSPAN-headed survey which asks 91 historians to rate the previous 43 presidents across ten categories. The categories include, Public Persuasion, Crisis Leadership, Economic Management, Moral Authority, International Relations, Administrative Skills, Relations with Congress, Vision/Setting An Agenda, Pursued Equal Justice for All, and Performance Within the Context of His Times. Bill Clinton landed at 15, George Bush at 20, the late John F. Kennedy at 8 and Abraham Lincon at number 1.

People also took to the streets forNot My Presidents Day, a rally featuring those against President Donald Trump. CNN reports demonstrations took place in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles to continue the momentum of the historic Womens March in January.

You can check out the rest of the presidential ranking list here and a portion of Morehouses Obama Day event above.

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