Who was the top 5 presidents of all time?

Question

My pick is
1. George W. Bush
2. Ronald Reagan
3. Richard Nixon
4. Dwight Eisenhower
5. Herbert Hoover
5. Ulyses S. Grant

and not in necessarily any order.

Answer 1

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Teddy Roosevelt
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt
4. Richard M. Nixon
5. Thomas Jefferson

Answer 2

Let's look at these in light of which ones left office with the country in a better situation that it was before.

1. GW Bush - will leave Iraq mess to successor - not good
2. Reagan - economy poised for big recession at his exit, but we were obviously winning the cold war, not too much due to him.
3. Nixon - watergate, no more need be said
4. Eisenhower - pretty stable all around - the best here
5. Hoover - completely mishandled the depression - one of our worst
6. Grant - reconstruction was officially ended, lots of corruption, though.

Washington should be #1, followed by Lincoln. After that it gets tough. Both Roosevelts, probably should be #3 and #4. #5 is probably a tie between many. I'm not a huge fan of Truman. He was a hack politician, and is now revered for hasty decisions that happened to turn out well. He did more than anyone to start and further the cold war. For recent presidents, I'd say George H. W. Bush then Bill Clinton. Both left foriegn affairs pretty stable upon their exit. The first George Bush I think is the most underrated president today. He was a very competent and intelligent man - opposite of his son.

Answer 3

1, with a bullet, Teddy Roosevelt. He did more to increase the power, prestige, and prosperity of this nation than most others combined.

2, James K. Polk, man without a party. Fought an unpopular war against Mexico with absolutely no political support, which resulted in making this nation spread from sea to shining sea.

3, Thomas Jefferson. Hard to argue with the author of the Constitution and the genius behind the Louisiana purchase, which more than doubled the size of our nation.

4, Abraham Lincoln. Laid the groundwork for a unified nation -- also during an unpopular war --, as well as the first step toward Civil Rights. Unfortunately, he was killed before he could guide his plans to true fruition; it would probably have made for a more peaceful 20th century....

5, George Washington. He was the first and set the standards. I think his best political contribution was setting the example of a term limit. Unfortunately, our government has yet to apply this common sense to all federal positions.

My exceptions with your list:
1. George W. Bush is lax in his approach to illegal immigration.
2. No complaints. Reagan was a great President.
3. Nixon left the office in disgrace. Not a good example.
4. Eisenhower was an excellent political general. However, during his administration, the American Dream began to tarnish ever so slightly.
5. Hoover did a fair job during a hard time.
5. Grant's administration was the beginning of the end. The term "Lobbyist" comes from the politico busy-bodies who would track Grant down at his haunt in a Washington hotel lobby and bend his ear. Also, his administration was plagued with scandal.

Answer 4

I've actually seen a list made up by historians, and Reagan does indeed make the top 5 (in fact, he is often placed on a par with Lincoln, tied for first place). Regan's greatness had little to do with the cold war, or the Soviet Union's downfall, but more to do with turning around a soundly beat economy, and restoring confidence in America to Americans. he was an inspirational leader, as was Lincoln.

JFK makes the top 10.

No one else on your list made top 10. And while I like G.W. Bush, he most certainly isn't in the top 10, or even top 20, most likely. Historians put G.H.W. Bush in the top 20, and Clinton as well.

What did Ike do that was so great, as President (ignoring our entry into Vietnam during his administration)? Or Hoover? And Grant was known for his crony-isms, and his administration was really BAD (ineffectual).

Nixon was actually a fair President, regardless of Watergate. But his real fame was as Eisenhower's V.P. You also can't knock Nixon's China diplomacy, a world-class event that diplomats STILL talk about. Still, as President, Nixon isn't near the top. He inherited a mess in Vietnam from JFK, the economy was going south at the end of his administration, and Watergate destroyed his personal reputation (though historians usually ignore those things in favor of economic and diplomatic successes).

And it's "were", not "was".

Answer 5

Best
1. Theodore Roosevelt (stood up to big business)
2. George Washington (no explanation needed)
3. Ronald Reagan (responsible for cold war victory)
4. Abraham Lincoln (preserved union, freed slaves)
5. George Bush (in the face of idiotic childish opposition, is doing the job the rest of the world is too scared to do: combating radical islam)

Wost
1. Jimmy Carter (most innefective tool ever)
2. Harry Truman (the bombs)
3. Woodrow Wilson (failure at Treaty of Versailles >> Hitler)
4. JFK (not too bad just the most overated president ever)
5. Bill Clinton (what a tard)

Answer 6

Dwight Eisenhower

Answer 7

1. Ronald Reagan
2. Thomas Jefferson
3. Teddy Roosevelt
4. Richard Nixon
5. Harry Truman
6. George W. Bush (you didn't give us a 6th option, but you did it, so what the heck! LOL)

In that order. For and added extra, just for the heck of it... my most hated presidents

1. Lyndon B. Johnson (the murdering pig of young American men, for personal financial gain in Vietnam. (( Brown and Root)) For more info email me).
2. Bill Clinton (I hope you know why)
3. Hellary Clinton (the under cover president even though Bill held the title)
4. Jimmy Carter, the DORK, "We will welcome anyone." Got us stuck with Cuban criminals, and allowing our citizens to become hostages of Iran).
5. The next Liberal president, which I pray to God we won't get!

Answer 8

Ronald Reagan was the best. Although Nixon was thought of as a crook, he did open trade with China, ended the war in Veit Nam, and ended the draft. FDR got us out of the great depression, and Lincoln ended slavery.Can't think of # 5.

Answer 9

1 Abraham Lincoln
2.George Washington
3.Franklin Roosevelt
4.Thomas Jefferson
5.Harry Truman
The only president on your list that makes any sense is Eisenhower. Your almost a complete moron, but not quite. Keep working on it, wannabe moron.
Edit
Wait a minute. You put Hoover in there too. LOL Oh, now I get it. It's a joke !

Answer 10

Are you actually trying to upset a thinking person?

GWB is a fascist. (All about uncontrolled government, "I will do what I want")
Ronald Reagan presided over one of the greatest inflationary periods of the last 100 years.
Nixon was a common crook
Nothing wrong with Eisenhower
Hoover took us into the Great Depression
Ulysses S. Grant was a great general, but a crooked statesman. Pay to play. The SAME as lil bush.

As for actual PRESIDENTS who followed the CONSTITUTION, I would give you:

George Washington...For declining a kingship when it was offered to him and the only president elected unanimously
Thomas Jefferson...For doing much of the work of the Continental Congress,
Andrew Jackson for his leadership of the War of 1812 and for his paying off the national debt. (the only president to have a debt free U.S.)
Lincoln for maintaining the republic
and last but not least
FDR for creating much of the groundwork that took us out of the depression that you like so much.

I think you really need to go back to high school history and examine the affects that your "favorites" have had on our nation.