Which Presidents were better in their 2nd term then their 1st

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For these purposes : Count Teddy Roosevelt(1905-1909) as his 2nd term and same with  Harry Truman(1949-1953) and LBJ (1965-1969)

The only ones i can think are

James Monroe and Dwight Eisenhower.

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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Clinton.  He had a far better second term than his mess of a first term.

He did fair better but most of those successes game because of his first term. THe balanced budget came because of the 1993 and 1996 spending cuts, and most of his domestic agenda was past in 1st term(welfare reform etc)

[OSR stands with Israel]

For these purposes : Count Teddy Roosevelt(1905-1909) as his 2nd term and same with  Harry Truman(1949-1953) and LBJ (1965-1969)

Truman's second term was less successfull than the first.

Neither of Truman's terms were very good.  It was all downhill after WW2 ended.

Truman's 1st term was decent if you think FDR went a bit too far left on labor.

Truman was to the left of Clinton on economics clearly though