Talk Elections

Here are various Eras of American history grouped by president. Who'se the best in each group?

George Washington gets his own era, 'cause he's GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Revolutionaires:
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monore, JQA

Jacksonian:
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor

Antebellum/Civil War:
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson

Gilded Age:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

1920's Republicans:
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

FDR gets his own era, since he was president for 12 years.

Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

Watergate:
Nixon, Ford, Carter

Reaganite:
Reagan, Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton, Bush 43, Obama

Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, Cleveland, Taft, Coolidge (best overall), Eisenhower, Carter, Reagan, Clinton

Revolutionaires:
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monore, JQA

Jacksonian:
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor

Antebellum/Civil War:
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson

Gilded Age:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley all suck

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

1920's Republicans:
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover


Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

Watergate:
Nixon, Ford, Carter

Reaganite:
Reagan, Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton, Bush 43, Obama

Revolutionaires:

Jefferson


Jacksonian:

Taylor


Antebellum/Civil War:

Lincoln


Gilded Age:

Arthur


New American Century:

T. Roosevelt or Taft


1920's Republicans:

Harding


Post-War to Veitnam:

Eisenhower


Watergate:

Carter


Reaganite:

Bush 41


Information Age:

Clinton

Revolutionary:
Monroe

Jacksonian:
Tyler

Antebellum/Civil War
Fillmore

Gilded Age:
Cleveland

New American Century:
Taft

1920s Republican:
Coolidge

Post-War to Vietnam:
Eisenhower

Watergate:
Carter

Reaganite:
Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton

Revolutionaires:
Thomas Jefferson

Jacksonian:
John Tyler

Antebellum/Civil War:
Abraham Lincoln

Gilded Age:
Grover Cleveland

New American Century:
Theodore Roosevelt

1920's Republicans:
Calvin Coolidge

Post-War to Vietnam:
Dwight Eisenhower

Watergate:
Jimmy Carter

Reaganite:
George H.W. Bush

Information Age:
Bill Clinton

Revolutionaires:
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monore, JQA

Jacksonian:
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor

Antebellum/Civil War:
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson

Gilded Age:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

1920's Republicans:
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

FDR gets his own era, since he was president for 12 years.

Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

Watergate:
Nixon, Ford, Carter

Reaganite:
Reagan, Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton, Bush 43, Obama

Revolutionaires:
Jefferson

Jacksonian:
Jackson

Antebellum/Civil War:
Lincoln

Gilded Age:
Cleveland

New American Century:
 Wilson

1920's Republicans:
Hoover



Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman

Watergate:
Nixon

Reaganite:
Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton

1st Party System (1789-1824) : Jefferson
2nd (1824-1856) : Jackson
3rd  (1856-1896) : Lincoln
4th (1896-1932) : T. Roosevelt
5th (1932-1980) : F. Roosevelt
6th (1980-current) : Eh, hard one... Obama ?

Revolutionaries:
Jefferson

Jacksonian:
Jackson (Just barely over Polk)

Antebellum\Civil War:
Lincoln

Gilded Age:
Arthur

New America:
TR

20's Repubs:
Hoover (I feel bad for him, because under other circumstances, he might've made a good President)

Post War-Vietnam:
Truman (Close one)

Watergate:
Ford

Reagan Era:
Bush 41

Information Age:
Obama (Just over Clinton as far as policy to me)

Revolutionaires:
Jefferson

Jacksonian:
Jackson

Antebellum/Civil War:
Lincoln

Gilded Age:
Arthur

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt

1920's Republicans:
Coolidge

FDR gets his own era, since he was president for 12 years.

Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman,

Watergate:
Nixon

Reaganite:
Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton

Revolutionaires:
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monore, JQA

Jacksonian:
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor

Antebellum/Civil War:
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson

Gilded Age:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

1920's Republicans:
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

FDR gets his own era, since he was president for 12 years.

Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

Watergate:
Nixon, Ford, Carter

Reaganite:
Reagan, Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton, Bush 43, Obama

:o

I thought I was the only one on the forum to pick Bush out of the Information Era presidents...and now 2 people join me!

(and one of them, Republitarian, is exactly the same as me in all of the choices)

The "Information Era presidents" category is probably the worst one. All three were/are absolutely horrendous presidents.

As a side note, are there any problems with my eras?

We've had a succession of awful presidents ever since Coolidge, with only a few that just barely edge into positive for me (Ike, Carter, and Reagan).  Gerald Ford and Clinton did not have totally awful presidencies, but that was mainly due to the short timespan in the case of the first and the hostile Congress in the case of the second.

You like Reagan? lol "Libertarian".

Revolutionaires: Jefferson
Jacksonian: Van Buren
Antebellum/Civil War: Lincoln
Gilded Age: Arthur
New American Century: T. Roosevelt
1920's Republicans: Hoover
FDR gets his own era, since he was president for 12 years.
Post-War to Veitnam: Kennedy
Watergate: Carterr
Reaganite: Bush 41
Information Age: Clinton

A-HA!  You like Van Buren, therefore you support genocide and slavery!

You picked Jackson, you hypocrite.

Well, I support genocide and slavery, therefore I am not a hypocrite.

Your modern eras are too small :P

Revolutionaires: Uhhh... Madison, maybe?  (I find this era in American history rather boring, and all the presidents are alike.)

Jacksonian: Taylor (I'd rather pick "NOTA" here, but Taylor was alright.)

Antebellum/Civil War: Lincoln (no question.)

Gilded Age: Garfield/Arthur (I have a soft spot for James Garfield, but Arthur was pretty cool, too)

New American Century: Taft (honorable mention for T. Roosevelt for his 1912 run)

1920's Republicans: Hoover (<3 PBrunsel)

Post-War to Veitnam: Kennedy...? (what a good era!)

Watergate: Carter ('cuz he's so much like I'd be if I were President)

Reaganite: Bush 41

Information Age: Too early to judge.

I urge all disaffected libruls who voted "Harrison" for the Jacksonian era to switch their vote to Zachary Taylor, a slaveholder who realized how seriously screwed up the South was that he ended up to the left of even many northerners on the issue by the time he died.

Also, any librul who votes for Jackson is no librul at all.

Kennedy was an Obama-lite moderate hero.

Nah, Kennedy was to the right of that.

But he was so dreamy....

Obama's pretty dreamy too. Well, campain Obama.

I disagree with a lot of the small groupings and cut-off points.   If it were up to me I would make the following changes:
-- I dont see why Washington shouldnt be with the Revolutionaries. 
--I think JQA belongs with the Jacksonians
-- I might move Taylor to the Antebellum/Civil War group.
-- I think the New American Century and the 1920's Republican eras should be combined.
-- I'd add FDR to the post war era and call it the New Deal
-- I'd add Reagan to the Watergate group and rename it the New Right
-- Put Bush 41 with the Info Age group. 

George Washington gets his own era, 'cause he's GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Revolutionaires:
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monore, JQA

Jacksonian:
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor

N/A

Antebellum/Civil War:
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson

Gilded Age:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

N/A

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

1920's Republicans:
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

FDR gets his own era, since he was president for 12 years.

Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

Watergate:
Nixon, Ford, Carter

Reaganite:
Reagan, Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton, Bush 43, Obama

Revolutionary: Jefferson
Jacksonian: Polk
Antebellum/Civil War: Lincoln
Gilded- McKinley barely over Cleveland
New Century: TR
20s- Coolidge
Postwar- Truman
Watergate- Ford
Reaganite- Reagan
Information- Clinton
Edit: under different eras as proposed earlier:
Revolutionary: Washington
New deal would be FDR
New Right: Reagan
Information: Bush 41 over Clinton
I do agree that with the exception of Lincoln, Taylor was the best of the pre/post Civil War.

Revolutionaires:
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monore, JQA

Jacksonian:
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor

Antebellum/Civil War:
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson

Gilded Age:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

1920's Republicans:
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

Watergate:
Nixon, Ford, Carter

Reaganite:
Reagan, Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton, Bush 43, Obama

Somehow, I knew he would choose Nixon.

Revolutionaires:
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monore, JQA

Jacksonian:
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor

Antebellum/Civil War:
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson

Gilded Age:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

1920's Republicans:
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

FDR gets his own era, since he was president for 12 years. [NOTA]

Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

Watergate:
Nixon, Ford, Carter

Reaganite:
Reagan, Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton, Bush 43, Obama

Revolutionaires:
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monore, JQA

Jacksonian:
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor

Antebellum/Civil War:
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson

Gilded Age:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson (though I really like Taft too)

1920's Republicans:
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

FDR gets his own era, since he was president for 12 years. [NOTA]

Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

Watergate:
Nixon, Ford, Carter

Reaganite:
Reagan, Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton, Bush 43, Obama

Revolutionaires:
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monore, JQA

Jacksonian:
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor

Antebellum/Civil War:
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson

Gilded Age:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

1920's Republicans:
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover

FDR gets his own era, since he was president for 12 years.

Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

Watergate:
Nixon, Ford, Carter

Reaganite:
Reagan, Bush 41

Information Age:
Clinton, Bush 43, Obama

Early Republic (1789-1849)
George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, James K. Polk

Sectional Crisis and Civil War (1849-1865)
Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan, Abraham Lincoln

Reconstruction and the Long Gilded Age (1865-1933)
Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Woodrow Wilson, Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, Herbert Hoover

New Deal, Fair Deal, New Frontier, and the Great Society (1933-1969)
Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson

Divided America (1969-present)
Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama

Red indicates a President I feel was bad, Green indicates a President that I feel was good. Bolded red indicates the worst President of the time period, whereas bolded green indicates the best President of the time period.

Do you consider Kennedy to be a bad president or just the least impressive out of five good presidents?

Federalist/Republican Eras:

1. George Washington
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. James Monroe
4. James Madison
5. John Quincy Adams
6. John Adams

Antebellum (none of them were particularly good, but oh well):

1. Andrew Jackson
2. James K. Polk
3. John Tyler
4. Martin van Buren
5. Millard Fillmore
6. William H. Harrison
7. Zachary Taylor
8. Franklin Pierce
9. James Buchanan

Civil War and the Rise of Industry (put together since Lincoln was the first Republican in a Republican-dominated era):

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Chester A. Arthur
3. Ulysses S. Grant
4. Grover Cleveland
5. William McKinley
6. Rutherford B. Hayes
7. Benjamin Harrison
8. James A. Garfield
9. Andrew Johnson

Rise and Fall of Progressivism:

1. Theodore Roosevelt
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. William Howard Taft
4. Herbert Hoover
5. Calvin Coolidge
6. Warren Harding

New Deal, WWII, and the Cold War (all lumped together so that FDR wouldn't be alone; also, no truly bad presidents here):

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt
2. Harry Truman
3. Lyndon B. Johnson
4. Dwight D. Eisenhower
5. John F. Kennedy
6. Gerald Ford
7. Jimmy Carter
8. Ronald Reagan
9. Richard Nixon

Superpower Era:

1. Barack Obama
2. George H.W. Bush
3. Bill Clinton
4. George W. Bush

Least impressive out of five good Presidents. I do regard him as one of the worse Cold War Presidents, though.

George Washington gets his own era, 'cause he's GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Revolutionaires:
Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monore, JQA

Jacksonian:
Jackson, Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor

Antebellum/Civil War:
Fillmore, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, Johnson

Gilded Age:
Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Harrison, McKinley

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson

1920's Republicans:
Harding, Coolidge, Hoover


Post-War to Veitnam:
Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson

Watergate:
Nixon, Ford, Carter

Reaganite:
Reagan, Bush 41 almost by default.

Information Age:
Clinton, Bush 43, Obama

Revolutionary
Jefferson

Jacksonian
Polk

Antebellum/Civil War
Lincoln

Gilded Age
McKinley

New American Century
TR

1920's Republicans
Hoover -- His predecessors are to blame for the Depression, not him

Post-War to Veitnam
Truman

Watergate
Nixon

Reaganite
HW Bush

Info Age
Clinton

Washington: Washington
Revolutionaries: Jefferson
Jacksonian: Jackson
Antebellum/Civil War: Lincoln
Gilded Age: McKinley
New American Century: T. Roosevelt
1920s Republicans: Coolidge
FDR: FDR
Post-War to Vietnam: Eisenhower
Watergate: Nixon (aside form Watergate itself, otherwise, Ford)
Reaganite: Reagan
Information Age: Bush II

McKinley isn't actually a Gilded Age President.

He's not really a Progressive Era/New American Century one either.  A transitional figure.  While the election of 1896 heralded the start of the Fourth Party System, he governed largely in a Gilded Age manner.  In a very real sense, his assassination was the end of the Gilded Era and the beginning of the Progressive Era.

Revolutionaires:
Jefferson

Jacksonian:
Jackson

Antebellum/Civil War:
Lincoln

Gilded Age:
Cleveland

New American Century:
T. Roosevelt

1920's Republicans:
Harding,

Great Depression to WWII
FDR

Post-War to Veitnam:
TIED- Eisenhower/Truman

Watergate:
Ford

Reaganite:
Reagan

Information Age:
Clinton

Revolutionaires:
Jefferson (Democratic-Republican)

Jacksonian:
James Polk (Democratic)

Antebellum/Civil War:
Abraham Lincoln (Republican)

Gilded Age:
William McKinley (Republican)

New American Century:
Teddy Roosevelt (Republican)

1920's Republicans:
Herbert Hoover (Republican)

FDR gets his own era, since he was president for 12 years.

Post-War to Veitnam:
Harry Truman (Democratic)

Watergate:
Richard Nixon (Republican)

Reaganite:
George H.W. Bush (Republican)

Information Age:
Bill Clinton (Democratic)

Revolutionaires: Jefferson
Jacksonian: Jackson
Civil War: Lincoln
Gilded: McKinley
NAC: Teddy Roosevelt
20s: Coolidge
FDR of course
Vietnam: LBJ
Watergate: Carter
Reaganite: Reagan
Info Age: Obama

Coolidge and Obama being the worst on this list.. and McKinley was the best of bad choices.