10 Greatest Presidents

[RINO Tom]

Sure, nice bump, LOL.  Anywho, I will try to keep this list as truly "the greatest," as in who performed the best in the office to advance the nation and world, even if I might disagree with some of their views.

1. Lincoln (R-IL)
2. Washington (NP-VA)
3. Roosevelt (D-NY)
4. Eisenhower (R-KS)
5. Roosevelt (R-NY)
6. Reagan (R-CA)
7. Jefferson (DR-VA)
8. Truman (D-MO)
9. McKinley (R-OH)
10. Cleveland (D-NY)

My favorite, however, would probably be:

1. Lincoln (R-IL)
2. Eisenhower (R-KS)
3. Washington (NP-VA)
4. Madison (DR-VA)
5. Coolidge (R-MA)
6. Reagan (R-CA)
7. Grant (R-IL)
8. McKinley (R-OH)
9. Bush 41 (R-TX)
10. Roosevelt (R-NY)

[RINO Tom]

Just for fun, here were the results of a 2017 C-SPAN Presidential historian survey, per Wikipedia:

  1. Abraham Lincoln (R-IL)
  2. George Washington (I-VA)
  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY)
  4. Teddy Roosevelt (R-NY)
  5. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-KS)
  6. Harry Truman (D-MO)
  7. Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA)
  8. John F. Kennedy (D-MA)
  9. Ronald Reagan (R-CA)
10. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)

Other than a few hot takes here and there, it is pretty similar to a lot of lists here.  Here was the same list from 2000:

  1. Abraham Lincoln (R-IL)
  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY)
  3. George Washington (I-VA)
  4. Teddy Roosevelt (R-NY)
  5. Harry Truman (D-MO)
  6. Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ)
  7. Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA)
  8. John F. Kennedy (D-MA)
  9. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-KS)
10. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)

And 1990 from Siena:

  1. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY)
  2. Abraham Lincoln (R-IL)
  3. Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA)
  4. George Washington (I-VA)
  5. Teddy Roosevelt (R-NY)
  6. Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ)
  7. Harry Truman (D-MO)
  8. James Madison (DR-VA)
  9. Andrew Jackson (D-TN)
10. John F. Kennedy (D-MA)

And one more!  This one is old (1982), but it broke it down by liberal and conservative historians, which is interesting:

Liberals
  1. Abraham Lincoln (R-IL)
  2. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY)
  3. George Washington (I-VA)
  4. Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA)
  5. Teddy Roosevelt (R-NY)
  6. Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ)
  7. Andrew Jackson (D-TN)
  8. Harry Truman (D-MO)
  9. Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)
19. John Adams (F-MA)

Conservatives
  1. Abraham Lincoln (R-IL)
  2. George Washington (I-VA)
  3. Franklin D. Roosevelt (D-NY)
  4. Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA)
  5. Teddy Roosevelt (R-NY)
  6. Andrew Jackson (D-TN)
  7. Harry Truman (D-MO)
  8. Woodrow Wilson (D-NJ)
  9. Dwight D. Eisenhower (R-KS)
10. John Adams (F-MA)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_presidents_of_the_United_States#Siena_College_Research_Institute,_Presidential_Expert_Poll_of_2010