Vote for the best President: Round 1

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Vote for one from each pair:

John Adams or Thomas Jefferson
James Madison or James Monroe
John Quincy Adams or Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren or William Henry Harrison
John Tyler or James Polk
Zachary Taylor or Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce or James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln or Andrew Johnson
Ulysses Grant or Rutherford Hayes
James Garfield or Chester Arthur
Grover Cleveland or Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley or Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft or Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding or Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover or Franlin Roosevelt
Harry Truman or Dwight Eisenhower
John Kennedy or Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon or Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter or Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush or Bill Clinton
George W. Bush or Barack Obama

Washington will be included in the 2nd round (he wasn't included in this one because there has been an odd number of presidents).  Voting will be allowed for 24 hours unless there is a tie.

[justfollowingtheelections]

My votes:

John Adams
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Martin Van Buren
James Polk
Zachary Taylor
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Rutherford Hayes
Chester Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Eisenhower
Lyndon Johnson
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
Barack Obama

[justfollowingtheelections]

You know, it would be easier to count if you made a poll. Just saying.

I wanted to do a tournament where each president would be compared to someone from their own era.

[justfollowingtheelections]

Is this round robin or single elimination?

Single elimination