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How would you rank the presidents of the US?

Asked by tedd (14078points) April 1st, 2011

There was a debate on another forum I’m on for the 5 worst and 5 best presidents of the 20th century. So that got me thinking why not on Fluther? I’ve included the top ten and worst ten all time via a wikipedia aggregate ranking ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_rankings_of_Presidents_of_the_United_States ).... Who are your top 5 presidents and worst 5 presidents of the entire history of the US, AND top 5/worst 5 since 1900?

Wikipedia all time says:
1) Abraham Lincoln
2) Franklin Roosevelt
3) George Washington
4) Thomas Jefferson
5) Teddy Roosevelt
6) Woodrow Wilson
7) Harry Truman
8a) Andrew Jackson
8b) Dwight Eisenhower
10) James Polk

35) George W Bush
36) Zachary Taylor
37) John Tyler
38) Ulysses Grant
39a) Millard Fillmore
39b) William Henry Harrison
41) Franklin Pierce
42) Andrew Johnson
43) James Buchanan
44) Warren Harding
(interesting side note, there are four whigs on the worst 10 list).

Since 1900 from wiki:
1) Franklin Roosevelt
2) Teddy Roosevelt
3) Woodrow Wilson
4) Harry Truman
5) Dwight Eisenhower
6) John Kennedy
7) Lyndon Johnson
8) Barrack Obama
9) Ronald Reagan
10a) Bill Clinton
10b) William McKinley
12a) William Howard Taft
12b) George HW Bush
14) Gerald Ford
15) Jimmy Carter
16) Herbert Hoover
17) Calvin Coolidge
18) Richard Nixon
19) George W Bush
20) Warren Harding

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