Most balanced president with lots of accomplishments

[gorkay]

An interesting question. I think Jefferson would fit this category, as he had a lot of important accomplishments but many of them were achieved in an underhanded manner (e.g. the Louisiana Purchase). Jackson probably fits here too. You could include Hayes, because he came to the Presidency under extremely questionable circumstances yet initiated a number of reforms once he was in office. Arthur was somewhat similar in this regard. Wilson certainly fits, as his domestic policy accomplishments were very significant but he made a mess of foreign policy. Truman made a lot of mistakes too, but also did a lot of great things. LBJ and Nixon also qualify to some degree, as does Clinton. Our current President, in my opinion, has done a lot of bad and very little good.