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1. George Washington - Founder of the free world, Americas leader and General
2. Abraham Lincoln - Republican who kicked Dems behinds, kept the nation together and stopped slavery.
3. Donald Trump - Gods anointed one, best economy in American history, put here to root out the demonic evil that has taken over the country and direct us back into the right direction.
4. Thomas Jefferson - Co-founder and visionary for the country, expanded the territory by 1/3, set the roots to end slavery at Americas founding, put this nation under God.
5. Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt - outdoorsman that gave us the national park, great foreign policy "speak softly with a big stick", a really cool that you would want to hang out with.
George Washington: established the precedent for a strong central government; establishing the supremacy of the national govt. over the states (Lighthouse Act 1789 - the federal govt. nationalized state and privately owned lighthouses and buoys over the objection of several states); federal control of the economy (Tariff Act 1789; first Bank of the US); enforcement of federal tax law in a state (suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion).
Abraham Lincoln: the US's first socialist president: established the route and provided federal funding of the Transcontinental Railroad when the private sector couldn't find the money or decide on the route - paying the railroads to do the work (the federal govt. issued bonds paying 6% interest); nationalization of the printing of currency (before his administration banks printed currency, the federal govt. minted coins); free college eduction through land grant colleges; free land through the homestead acts.
FDR: preserved the Republic though the Great Depression and destroyed the right win Neo-fascists "Amercia First" wing of the GOP
Barak Obama: entered office when the US was in the worst crisis since the Great Depression, left office with a booming economy
James Polk: the only president to fulfill all of his campaign promises: tariff reform, acquisition of the Oregon Territory, California, and the Territory of New Mexico; the positive settlement of the Texas border dispute. His administration also ushered in stamped mail; before him, all mail was COD.
George Washington - independence and no foreign entanglements
Thomas Jefferson - Louisiana Purchase
Andrew Jackson - father of the Southeast US from New Orleans to Jacksonville, before he became president
James Polk - Texas and the west
Ronald Reagan - best story and joke teller, optimistic attitude
1 - George Washington - The "Reluctant President". He was not in it for power and truly worked for the people.
2 - Thomas Jefferson - Ardent defender of the separation of church and state. Going as far as telling people to question with boldness the existence of a god which was huge for a prominent figure of the time.
3 - Abraham Lincoln - Savior of the Republic. Reset us on the path of a more perfect union.
4 - Franklin D. Roosevelt - New Deal, infrastructure, WW2 leadership
5 - Dwight D. Eisenhower - continuing New Deal/infrastructure, NASA, interstates, civil rights, desegregation, cooling the Cold War
1 - George Washington - The "Reluctant President". He was not in it for power and truly worked for the people.
2 - Thomas Jefferson - Ardent defender of the separation of church and state. Going as far as telling people to question with boldness the existence of a god which was huge for a prominent figure of the time.
3 - Abraham Lincoln - Savior of the Republic. Reset us on the path of a more perfect union.
4 - Franklin D. Roosevelt - New Deal, infrastructure, WW2 leadership
5 - Dwight D. Eisenhower - continuing New Deal/infrastructure, NASA, interstates, civil rights, desegregation, cooling the Cold War
Effective General and great post-war president that warned us about the MIC on his farewell address. Governed at a time of great wealth creation in the US.
Most everyone else is basically subject to change in my ranking. But I do consider Eisenhower the best of the 20th century, and probably in my top 4 (all time).
And incidentally, presidential ranking is a topic that never gets old..
Teddy Roosevelt for getting shot and still tough enough to deliver a speech. Trump for being JUST who he is, and Obama for how much he pissed off the majority, that was classic gold!
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