FACTBOX-The Dow and U.S. presidents' first 100 days

NEW YORK, April 29 (Reuters) - If stock market returns
were a barometer of a U.S. president's performance in the
first 100 days, Barack Obama would rank 9th out of 19 sitting
presidents since 1901.

The economy has dominated the U.S. president's agenda
since he took office in January as what started as a financial
crisis rippled through the job market, manufacturing sector
and sapped consumer spending.

Following is a table of percentage gains and declines for
the Dow Jones industrial average .DJI in the first 100 days
of the last 19 U.S. administrations.

The leader, by a very wide margin, is President Franklin
D. Roosevelt, creator of the New Deal that helped take the
United States out of the Great Depression.

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Extremes during

first 100 days
President First Day First

in Office 100 days Worst Best
F.D. Roosevelt 3/4/1933 75.37 0.00 75.37
W.H. Taft 3/4/1909 14.90 -0.18 15.49
L.B. Johnson 11/22/1963 12.46 0.00 12.46
G.H.W. Bush 1/20/1989 8.21 -0.76 8.21
J.F. Kennedy 1/20/1961 6.99 0.00 9.83
W. Clinton 1/20/1993 5.65 0.00 7.30
R. Reagan 1/20/1981 5.64 -2.01 7.72
C. Coolidge 8/3/1923 3.62 -2.77 6.24
B. Obama 1/20/2009 2.98 -17.64 5.36
H.S. Truman 4/12/1945 2.54 0.00 6.69
G.W. Bush 1/20/2001 2.10 -11.32 3.74
R. Nixon 1/20/1969 0.31 -3.38 2.30
H.C. Hoover 3/4/1929 -2.30 -6.51 4.21
J. Carter 1/20/1977 -3.35 -4.63 0.94
D. Eisenhower 1/20/1953 -4.38 -6.00 0.92
T. Roosevelt 9/14/1901 -6.14 -8.39 4.79
W.G. Harding 3/4/1921 -7.20 -7.20 6.55
W. Wilson 3/4/1913 -10.66 -10.66 3.07
G. Ford 8/9/1974 -16.68 -24.80 0.00
Source: Bespoke Investment Group, updated by Reuters