10 Best U.S. Presidents

[YRABNNRM]

Lincoln
T.Roosevelt
Washington
Reagan
FDR
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Truman
Jefferson

I'm having trouble comming up with a tenth. I'll have to think a little bit more on this.

[Siege40]

1.Monroe (Despite that he invaded Canada, but that created Canadian Nationalism, without which we likely would be an American state, thanks a lot buddy.)
2. FDR
3. TR
4. Wilson
5. Truman
6. Lincoln
7. Clinton
8. Jackson
9. Kennedy
10. Washington

Siege40

[M]

1 Washington
2 Lincoln
3 FDR
4 Reagan
5 Teddy


If Bush left office today, he would be at 5, right behind Reagan. If he is reelected and more or less wins the war on terror (peace in the MidEast, regime change in Iran and N. Korea, significant decline in terror aattacks and rise in Arab reform), that might bump him to 4, ahead of Reagan. Then again, it might not.

[© tweed]

M,

Bush is no Reagan.  Bush will never be Reagan.

[Siege40]

M,

Bush is no Reagan.  Bush will never be Reagan.

I tend to agree.

Siege

[RReagan4EVER]

10.Gerald Ford
9.William McKinley
8.Richard Nixon
7.George Washington
6.William Taft
5. Bill Clinton (Best Democrat Ever)
4.Abe Lincoln
3.George W. Bush
2.Ronald Reagan
1.Dwight Eisenhower

[tigerfan04]

1 George Washington
2 Franklin Roosevelt
3 John Adams
4 Thomas Jefferson
5 Andrew Jackson
6 Teddy Roosevelt
7 Abraham Lincoln
8 Harry Truman
9 Ronald Reagan
10 Woodrow Wilson

[Matt]

10. James Polk
9. Harry Truman
8. Woodrow Wilson
7. James Monroe
6. Thomas Jefferson
5. Ronald Reagan
4. Teddy Roosevelt
3. George Washington
2. Franklin Roosevelt
1. Abraham Lincoln

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

The following list is in chronological order, as I don't feel like ranking their relative greatness.

Washington
J. Adams
Monroe
Jackson
Polk
Lincoln
T. Roosevelt
F. D. Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Reagan

I am glad to see that so few people here have listed Wilson in their top 10's .  He often gets ranked up there, but in my opinion he was the worst president of the 20th century.  Nixon and Clinton might have had a chance had it not been for their other troubles.  Clinton definitely, replacing Polk, and Nixon, well, if it hadn't been for Watergate, history might have ended up very differenly, so who knows what would have happened?

[7,052,770]

Welcome to the forum, Matt and Ernest

[Akno21]

As I said on the 10 Worst board, to be fair and analytical at the bar of history, I will only count those before 1945.

BEST
1. Franklin Roosevelt
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. George Washington
4. Woodrow Wilson
5. Theodore Roosevelt
6. James Monroe
7. James Madison
8. Andrew Jackson
9. Thomas Jefferson
10. James K. Polk

I would add Truman, Ike, JFK, and Clinton if I were to include every president. (You can see that is kind of biased)

[OldTexas]

  1. Thomas Jefferson
  2. William Henry Harrison


   Jefferson was the only good President we've ever had.   He abolished the national bank, paid off the national debt, and eleminated all internal taxes in the US.

   William H. Harrison is the next best because he died two weeks into office and never had time to screw anything up.


                                                ===OldTexas===

[PBrunsel]

   William H. Harrison is the next best because he died two weeks into office and never had time to screw anything up.


                                               

One month after taking office.

[platypeanArchcow]

He abolished the national bank

In your alternate universe, maybe.  As far as I know, he kept Hamilton's economic structure for its stability, despite not agreeing with its philosophy.  That makes him one of the greatest presidents for me.

The greatest presidents IMO:
FDR
Wilson
Jefferson

I definitely don't have ten in mind who are on that level.  However, maybe add:
Chester Arthur (civil service reform)
Lincoln

[Akno21]

Washington should get some credit for setting a precendent that neraly everybody else followed. When he took office, no one really knew how the government was going to work, but he was the one who figured it all out for us. He isn't the best, but he should definitly be among the Top 10.

[kershj]

We Dems love our Bill Clinton.

1.  Clinton
2.  FDR
3.  Lincoln
4.  Teddy Roosevelt
5.  Carter
6.  Cleveland
7.  JFK (not John Forbes Kerry but...soon)
8.  Truman
9.  Jefferson
10. Buchanan

[zachman]

We Dems love our Bill Clinton.

1.  Clinton
2.  FDR
3.  Lincoln
4.  Teddy Roosevelt
5.  Carter
6.  Cleveland
7.  JFK (not John Forbes Kerry but...soon)
8.  Truman
9.  Jefferson
10. Buchanan

An odd list... Why did you put Buchanan in there? It seems like he doesn't match your ideology.

[Akno21]

We Dems love our Bill Clinton.

1.  Clinton
2.  FDR
3.  Lincoln
4.  Teddy Roosevelt
5.  Carter
6.  Cleveland
7.  JFK (not John Forbes Kerry but...soon)
8.  Truman
9.  Jefferson
10. Buchanan

That's biased in a good way. I don't know about Buchanan at #10. He let the allowed tensions that led to the Civil War to escalate.  

[Bible Believer]

1.  Jefferson
2. Coolidge
3. Jackson, Andrew
4. Washington
5. Reagan
6. Hoover
7. McKinley
8-10. none others come to mind

[dazzleman]

Here are my picks:

Washington
Jefferson
Polk
Lincoln
McKinley
T Roosevelt
FD Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Reagan

[PBrunsel]

6. Hoover

HOOVER! Thank you, thank you! Another man who understands herbert Hoover's greatness!

[© tweed]

HOOVER! Thank you, thank you! Another man who understands herbert Hoover's greatness!

1. That guy probably likes Hoover because he did absolutely nothing to expand the government in order to combat the depression, even when it ended up screwing the economy over.

2. He is a whacko Christ finatic.

So, somebody other than you does like Hoover, but just consider the two above points before you become too excited.

[PBrunsel]

HOOVER! Thank you, thank you! Another man who understands herbert Hoover's greatness!

1. That guy probably likes Hoover because he did absolutely nothing to expand the government in order to combat the depression, even when it ended up screwing the economy over.

2. He is a whacko Christ finatic.

So, somebody other than you does like Hoover, but just consider the two above points before you become too excited.

Tweed, you always find the best ways to ruin a good time.

[© tweed]

Tweed, you always find the best ways to ruin a good time.

Sorry man

[Bible Believer]

HOOVER! Thank you, thank you! Another man who understands herbert Hoover's greatness!

1. That guy probably likes Hoover because he did absolutely nothing to expand the government in order to combat the depression, even when it ended up screwing the economy over.

2. He is a whacko Christ finatic.

So, somebody other than you does like Hoover, but just consider the two above points before you become too excited.

You are very correct in both of your assessments.  1) I like Hoover becuase he did little (unfortunately TOO much) to expand government.  2) I am a Christ fanatic.  He saved my soul from sin, gave me a home in heaven, and peace that passeth all understanding.  And can do the same for you.