Who’s your Favorite President from each Party?

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Fed    Washington
DR     Monroe
Whig     Tyler
Dem      Polk
Rep      Reagan

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Federalist (was he really one?) George Washington
Democratic-Republican James Madison
Whig Zachary Taylor
Democrat Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Republican Abraham Lincoln

[Lincoln Republican]

Favorite

Democrat
Andrew Jackson

Republican
Theodore Roosevelt

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Federalist: George Washington (1789-1797)

Democratic-Republican: Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)

Whig: Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)

Democratic: Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1945)

Republican: Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)

[wdecker1]

Federalist: George Washington
Democratic-Republican: Thomas Jefferson
Whigs: Zachary Taylor
Democrats: FDR
Republican: Teddy Roosevelt

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Democrats: Bill Clinton
Republican: Teddy Roosevelt

[gorkay]

Federalist: George Washington

Old Republican: Thomas Jefferson

Whig: don't have one, they were all lousy

Democrat: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Republican: Theodore Roosevelt

[Daniel Adams]

Federalist
George Washington: For obvious reasons. I guess technically he's not a Federalist, though.

(Democratic-)Republican
It's either James Monroe or Thomas Jefferson. I think the latter is overrated. He paid tribute to Barbary nations even after he defeated Tripoli, was rather hyprocritical in regard to slaves, and his Embargo Act harmed the US more than it did the UK or France. Monroe was pretty good except for the fact that he opposed federal construction of roads and canals in the West but at the same time constructed lighthouses and other coastal improvements to facilitate trade in the East Coast. His policies during the Panic of 1819 also failed to end the economic depression.

Whig
Zachary Taylor: All the Whig presidents were either mediocre or bad. I just like Taylor because he opposed the extension of slavery, supported admitting California as a free state, and threatened to attack any state that seceded. But then again, he himself owned a lot of slaves...

Democrat
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Even though I oppose most of the policies in the New Deal, at least he gave hope to the country during the crisis, something Hoover never did, and his leadership was admirable. He supported the UK even before the US got into the war. Roosevelt led the United States into victory against Nazi Germany and nationalist Japan during World War II.

Republican
Abraham Lincoln: He saved the Union and ended slavery! Theodore Roosevelt was also an awesome president, so he is the second-best Republican.

[HardRCafé]

My favorite Republican President is Ronald Reagan.
The only Democrat President I have a favorable opinion of is Franklin Pierce.
I liked William Henry Harrison a lot as a kid but have no basis for a favorite Whig President.

[gorkay]

My favorite Republican President is Ronald Reagan.
The only Democrat President I have a favorable opinion of is Franklin Pierce.
I liked William Henry Harrison a lot as a kid but have no basis for a favorite Whig President.

I would be interested in reading why you, or anyone else for that matter, has a favorable opinion of Franklin Pierce.

[NDN]

Federalist: George Washington
Democratic-Republican: Thomas Jefferson
Whigs: Zachary Taylor
Republican: Teddy Roosevelt
Democratic: Bill Clinton/John F. Kennedy/Grover Cleveland (3-way tie)

[HardRCafé]

I would be interested in reading why you, or anyone else for that matter, has a favorable opinion of Franklin Pierce.

More process of elimination than anything else.  Only Democrat President who did nothing that left a bad taste in my mouth.

[HappyWarrior]

Federalist: George Washington
Democratic-Republican: Thomas Jefferson
Whigs: Zachary Taylor
Republican: Teddy Roosevelt
Democratic: FDR

[AndrewTX]

Democrat- Bill Clinton
Republican- Tough choice, either Teddy Roosevelt, or GPorter

[Tetro Kornbluth]

Least bad:

Democratic: Grover Cleveland
Republican: Chester A. Arthur
Whig: Ehh.. Emm.. William Henry Harrison for dying so soon into his presidency and thus doing nothing. Except that gave us President Tyler... umm.. better change that.
Federalist: George Washington
Jacobin Republican: Thomas Jefferson.. Yes, despite everything.

[Daniel Adams]

I would be interested in reading why you, or anyone else for that matter, has a favorable opinion of Franklin Pierce.

More process of elimination than anything else.  Only Democrat President who did nothing that left a bad taste in my mouth.

And his support for the Act that led to Bleeding Kansas and his shameless imperialism in trying to conquest Cuba doesn't leave a bad taste? Pierce was one of the most indecisive, easily-manipulated presidents the USA has ever had, and in my opinion the worst, together with Buchanan.

[Robespierre's Jaw]

Federalist: George Washington
Democratic-Republican: Thomas Jefferson
Whig: Zachary Taylor
Democratic: Grover Cleveland & Franklin D. Roosevelt
Republican: Abraham Lincoln & Theodore Roosevelt

[CultureKing]

Federalist[/u]
George Washington

Democratic-Republican[/u]
James Madison

Whigs
William Henry Harrison

Democrat
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Republican
Theodore Roosevelt

[Dr. Cynic]

Federalist
George Washington. John Adams could have been great, but he was overborne by his temperment.

Democratic-Republican
I would actually believe it would be John Quincy Adams. He had lofty ideals of creating and cultivating the arts and education of the country. He may not be a popular choice, but I believe him to have been good.

Whig
This is a tough one, considering the Whig's most eminent man, Henry Clay, was always doomed to second place finishes. He or Webster were the best of the party, and they took neither. Shame. Of the group, I have to say Taylor was the least damaging.

Democrat
This is an obvious choice. Franklin Roosevelt is the standard by which all modern President's are measured. You may not like it, but it's true.

Republican
I can't pick. There were two great Republicans in Lincoln and TR, I'll call it a tie.

[Ebowed]

Democrat - Lyndon Johnson (but don't bring up Vietnam...)
Republican - Theodore Roosevelt

[Undisguised Sockpuppet]

Democrat - Lyndon Johnson (but don't bring up Vietnam...)
Republican - Theodore Roosevelt

Disgusting. You go and pick a good one for thE GOP but then you pick a piece of commie trash like LBJ? What the hell

[Eraserhead]

Democrat - Lyndon Johnson (but don't bring up Vietnam...)
Republican - Theodore Roosevelt

Johnson is seriously your favorite?

[tarheel-leftist85]

Democrat - Lyndon Johnson (but don't bring up Vietnam...)
Republican - Theodore Roosevelt

^^^

But LBJ wasn't sufficiently neoliberal for most on the forum...his social programs targeted both impoverished minorities and whites, and the VRA and CRA was epitomized the inherent good an activist government can bring about

TR was great too:  estate tax qualifies him in my book to be in the top five

[GMantis]

Federalist: George Washington
Jeffersonian Republican: Thomas Jefferson
Whig: William Henry Harrison (though Taylor is close)
Democrat: Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Modern Republican: Abraham Lincoln

[Joe Biden 2020]

Federalist:  George Washington
Jeff Rep:  Thomas Jefferson
Whig:  Martin Van Buren
Democrat:  William Jefferson Clinton
Modern Republican:  Ronald Wilson Reagan