Rank the Presidents from the last 100 years

[Lincoln Republican]

The Roosevelts continue to do very well in these types of polls, both here and from other sources.

In this post, out of 30 responses

TR
6 #1, 5 #2, 6 #3, 3 #4, 1 #5, place in the top 5, 21/30 times.
(1 #6, 1 #8, 1 #9, 2 #10, 1 #11, 1 #12, 1 #13, 1 #15)

FDR
10 #1, 2 #2, 3 #3, 3 #4, 2 #5, place in the top 5, 20/30 times.
(3 #7, 1 #11, 1 #16, 1 #17, 4 #18) 

[Cubby]

Irrelevant to his presidency. Anyways, what can I expect from a person that lists FDR as a "good" president.

Who do you hate more, FDR or Lincoln?

--Great--
Calvin Coolidge
Warren Harding

--Good--
Ronald Reagan

Very interesting, what makes you put Reagan in the lower bracket?

Approximate ranking ... internals of "poor" category could change any day, really.

GREAT
Truman
Johnson

GOOD
FD Roosevelt

Only a non-American would put Johnson above FDR   There are many otherwise staunch Republicans (over the age of 60) who think he was a great president. Its kind of a generational thing. Johnson on the other hand, gives Baby Boomers bad memories and his accomplishments on civil rights are forgotten in comparison to Vietnam and the social unrest of the 60's.

[??????????]

Irrelevant to his presidency. Anyways, what can I expect from a person that lists FDR as a "good" president.

Who do you hate more, FDR or Lincoln?

Lincoln for the sheer fact that his constitution trampling had a much longer term effect.

[Reignman]

Great
1. FDR
Good
2. Eisenhower
3. Kennedy
4. Clinton
5. Truman
6. T. Roosevelt
7. Wilson
8. L. Johnson
9. Coolidge
OK
10. Harding
11. Reagan
12. Nixon
13. Carter
14. Harding
Bad
15. Ford
16. Bush II
17. Taft
18. Hoover

[GMantis]

1. FDR
2. Woodrow Wilson
3. Eisenhower
4. Jimmy Carter
5. JFK
6. Hoover
7. Theodore Roosevelt
8. Taft
9. Coolidge
10. Lyndon Johnson
11. Clinton
12. Gerald Ford
13. Harding
14. Truman
15. George Bush Sr
16. Nixon
17. Reagan
18. George W. Bush

[Republican Michigander]

Can someone explain the anti-Wilson sentiment at this forum?  Most historians rank him among the top 10 Presidents, on the other hand.

I don't think we should have been in WWI. I don't agree with his views on civil liberties. I don't support the UN - or its predecessor, the League of Nations.

[minionofmidas]

Can someone explain the anti-Wilson sentiment at this forum?  Most historians rank him among the top 10 Presidents, on the other hand.

Wilson was pretty racist even by the standards of his day - the northern upper middle classes' standard (from which all presidents since 1877 had sprung), at least.
He also suffered a debilitating stroke which rendered him, effectively, insane and certainly inable to discharge the duties of his office. For the last 18 months of his term, the US might have been better off with no President at all. This led directly to the failure of the League of Nations (for that was doomed with America not joining) - and thence, in a way, to World War II.
He was decent up to then, but it's not really fair to judge his performance on the first six years alone - which is exactly what most historians are doing.

[minionofmidas]

GREAT
Truman
Johnson

GOOD
FD Roosevelt

Only a non-American would put Johnson above FDR   There are many otherwise staunch Republicans (over the age of 60) who think he was a great president. Its kind of a generational thing. Johnson on the other hand, gives Baby Boomers bad memories and his accomplishments on civil rights are forgotten in comparison to Vietnam and the social unrest of the 60's.

I don't personally like Franklin Roosevelt because, though his politics were good, he was personally a very typical Top 100 Families man, an Aristocrat.
It's my Class War instincts governing that rating.

[Fritz]

Here's my list...

GREAT PRESIDENTS.  Must have been re-elected (or would have been if not assassinated), very popular with the electorate, and generally regarded by historians as a great President.

1. Franklin Roosevelt
2. Teddy Roosevelt
3. Kennedy
4. Truman
5. Reagan
6. Eisenhower


NOT-TOO-BAD PRESIDENTS.  May or may not have been re-elected.  Overall, did a decent job as President, but may have had scandals or problems with popularity at home, or may have had trouble effectively enacting his policies.

7. Wilson
8. Johnson
9. Clinton
10. Carter
11. Ford
12. Taft
13. Bush Sr.
14. Bush Jr.
15.  Coolidge

BAD PRESIDENTS.  Not re-elected, or resigned.  Some factor causes these to be generally regarded as not having been good Presidents.

16.  Hoover
17.  Nixon
18.  Harding

[NewFederalist]

Good list, Fritz. Very fair and balanced (and NOT in the Fox News sense!).