Unkotare
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Of course it doesn't make it true but it does not make it a fallacy. A fallacy with authority is when the authority has no expertise in the subject. Using a movie star to promote a topic in which the star has no more knowledge than others is a fallacy. If the individual or individuals are experts in their field it is not a fallacy logic. Or as a textbook on logic might say, "The fallacy ad verecundum arises when the appeal is made to parties having no legitimate claim to authority."
If you bothered to actually learn something about logic you might not be making such a fool of yourself right now.
If you tried even a little to think for yourself you might have something to say beyond the constant reliance on a logical fallacy.
It doesn't seem like using 238 noted historians and presidential experts on rating the presidents is a logical fallacy.
Your invoking them like some kind of magic mantra doesn't seem like a fallacy to you because you don't understand the first thing about logic.