Who is the greatest all-around president the U.S.A. has ever had? Why?

Answer 1

To FDR fans, how can a man who put over 100,000 american citizens in prison camps simply because of the country of their heritage be the greatest president we have had? Or for that matter, one who tried to pack the supreme court picked to grab more power (he would have appointed 6 justices in 1937 alone if he had succeeded,) or who appointed a KKK member to the supreme court?

To the Clinton fan - economic prosperity? Clinton took a growing economy and eight years later gave us a recession.

The answer is Ronald Reagan. He restored pride in America after to shame of Vietnam. He restored the economy of the economic malaise of the late sixties and the seventies (and has given us the economic strength that we still enjoy today.) He took us away from Carter's 'misery index' by increasing employment, lower inflation and interest rates. He stood up to the spread of communism and led to the downfall of the soviet union as well as the fall of communist governments in south and central america. Reagan was the greatest.

Answer 2

Franklin D. Roosevelt, who pulled the country out of the Great Depression by putting people to work on government projects, pushed through Social Security in the face of fierce opposition from Republicans, and helped defeat Hitler, among many other progressive accomplishments.

He was elected four times in a row because Americans knew he was on the side of the people more often than not. His philosophy was that government could and should be used to improve the lives of everyone, not just the most ruthless, amoral capitalists or those who won the genetic lottery and were born with some exceptional talent.

Roosevelt will be remembered for showing what is possible when government really does become "of the people, by the people and for the people."

Answer 3

Millard Fillmore

Lucky 13th President

Last member of the Whig party to hold the presidential office

He succeeded from the Vice Presidency on the death of President Zachary Taylor

Fillmore was never elected President in his own right; after serving out Taylor's term he was not nominated for the Presidency by the Whigs in the 1852 Presidential election, and in the 1856 Presidential election he again failed to win election as President as the Know Nothing Party

Answer 4

You will not get a legitimate answer to your question because there is not one. Surely, you do not expect a dyed in the wool Republican to pick a FDR or JFK and certainly a dyed in the wool Democrat would jump at the chance to pick a Ronald Reagan or Abraham Lincoln. You,since I do not know what side of the political arena you fall under,will certainly pick from the answers, a choice that conforms to your own political beliefs. Anyway, to pick a president of this stature could be done with NO ACCURACY even if the above conditions did not exist.

Answer 5

Washington. He oversaw the formation of the fledgling nation, and having led the battle for independence, was personally and inimately interested and invested in making it work. He was instrumental in ditching the Articles of Confederation and establishing the Constitution, he was a strong proponent of federalism, supported Hamilton in the establishment of a national banking system, and oversaw implementation of a system of taxation that supported essential government functions without taxing income.

Answer 6

To measure their greatness, you need to ask yourself, could this person - ie Lincoln, FDR - be put in another time and still be a great president? Sometimes the issues at hand lent themselves to making the president great. Its so hard to separate the two. But, I think if any person could be transported from one time to another, war to peace, domestic to international (and vice versa), it would be Lincoln. I think he had the base qualities that could be effective in any administration - diplomacy, integrity, principles, and vision.

Answer 7

I gotta go with FDR.He was smart,brave,realistic,optimistic,but human.I think his disability made him A better person.They say he was elected for a third term because the war was still on.This may be true but you cannot ignore his other accomplishments.

Answer 8

Lincoln.

A visionary. Saved the Union. Was tough as nails and not afraid to do what was necessary. But also compassionate and a thinker.

Good qualities to have!

Answer 9

President Clinton, prosperity for the USA.