Rank the presidents in categories

[President Johnson]

Rank the presidents in these five categories: Outstanding, above average, average, below average, failure. Personal opinion.

My ranking: (the order of the names has no meaning, I just wrote them down in the order they served in office). I know, my list is a little uncondidational


Outstanding:

- George Washington
- Abraham Lincoln
- Theodore Roosevelt
- Woodrow Wilson
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Harry S. Truman
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Barack Obama

Above average:

- Thomas Jefferson
- Andrew Jackson
- James Knox Polk
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- John F. Kennedy
- Gerald Ford
- Bill Clinton

Average:

- James Madison
- James Monroe
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Rutherford B. Hayes
- James Garfield
- Chester Arthur
- Grover Cleveland
- Benjamin Harrison
- William Howard Taft
- Richard Nixon
- Jimmy Carter
- George Bush (41)

Below average:

- John Adams
- John Q. Adams
- Martin Van Buren
- William H. Harrison
- John Tyler
- Zachary Taylor
- Millard Fillmore
- William McKinley
- Warren Harding
- Calvin Coolidge
- Herbert Hoover
- Ronald Reagan


Failure:

- Franklin Pierce
- James Buchanan
- Andrew Johnson
- George W. Bush

[SWE]

Great
Abraham Lincoln

Decent
John Quincy Adams
Zachary Taylor
Ulysses S. Grant

Bad, but not that bad when compared to the others
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Martin Van Buren
Chester Allen Arthur
Warren Harding
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Very Bad
John Adams
James Monroe
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Dwight Eisenhower
Gerald Ford
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama

Disastrous
James Madison
Andrew Jackson
John Tyler
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton

So bad that I had to create a new category
James K. Polk
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
Harry S Truman
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
George W.  Bush

[Clark Kent]

Outstanding:

George Washington
Abraham Lincoln

Above Average:

James Madison
Ulysses S. Grant
Chester A. Arthur
William McKinley
Calvin Coolidge
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Ronald Reagan
George H.W. Bush

Average:

Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Martin van Buren
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Rutherford B. Hayes
James Garfield
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Warren Harding
John F. Kennedy
Gerald Ford
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama

Below Average:

John Adams
Andrew Jackson
William Henry Harrison
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jimmy Carter

Failure:

John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon

[DavidB.]

I'll limit myself to the era since FDR.

Outstanding
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Harry Truman

Above average
George W. Bush
John F. Kennedy

Average
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerald Ford

Below average
George H.W. Bush
Lyndon B. Johnson

Failure
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Barack Obama
Franklin D. Roosevelt

[OSR stands with Israel]

I'll limit myself to the era since FDR.

Outstanding
Bill Clinton
Ronald Reagan
Harry Truman

Above average
George W. Bush
John F. Kennedy

Average
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gerald Ford

Below average
George H.W. Bush
Lyndon B. Johnson

Failure
Jimmy Carter
Richard Nixon
Barack Obama
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Even if you think FDR new deal policies were terrible, WW2 leadership alone should put him in the Average to Above average rank

[OSR stands with Israel]

The Best:

George Washington

Outstanding:
Abraham Lincoln
FDR
Thomas Jefferson

Great:
Teddy Roosevelt
Dwight Eisenhower
Harry Truman
Ronald Reagan
James Madison
James Monroe

Good:
Bill Clinton
George HW Bush
William Mckinly
James Polk
James Garfield
Grover Cleveland
John F Kennedy

Medicore:
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
Andrew Jackson
Woodrow Wilson
Calvin Coolidge
Barrack Obama
Martin Van Buren
William Howard Taft
Uylesses S Grant
Chestar Arthur
John Quincy Adams
Benjamin Harrison

Zachary Taylor
William Harrison


Bad:
John Adams
Lyndon Johnson
Rutherford Hayes

Faliures:
George W Bush
Jimmy Carter
Warren G Harding


Total Failures:
Hebert Hoover
Millard Fillmore
Andrew Johnson
John Tyler
Franklin Pierce

The Worst:

James Buchanan

[Hillary pays minimum wage]

Outstanding

Washington
Lincoln
Jackson
Theodore Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Reagan
George W. Bush

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Good Presidents: Washington, Lincoln, Arthur, FDR, Obama

Mediocre: Jefferson, Monroe, Van Buren, Grant, TR, Truman, Eisenhower and the ones that died before doing any damage

Bad: the rest

[ScottieF]

Outstanding:
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Above Average:
Thomas Jefferson
Ulysses S. Grant
Woodrow Wilson
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Barack Obama

Average:
John Adams
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
James K. Polk
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
William Howard Taft
Richard Nixon
Jimmy Carter
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton

Below Average:
James Madison
Martin Van Buren
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Gerald Ford
Ronald Reagan

Failure:
William Henry Harrison
John Tyler
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes
George W. Bush

[Sumner 1868]

Great
Abraham Lincoln

Good
George Washington
Ulysses Grant
John Quincy Adams
Chester Arthur
James Garfield

Neutral
Martin Van Buren
John Adams
Benjamin Harrison
Jimmy Carter
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Warren Harding
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
William Howard Taft

Bad
Zachary Taylor
Calvin Coolidge
Bill Clinton
Grover Cleveland
Barack Obama
Herbert Hoover
James Monroe
William Henry Harrison
Millard Filmore
Theodore Roosevelt
James Buchanan
Gerald Ford
Dwight Eisenhower

Horrible
John F. Kennedy
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Andrew Jackson
John Tyler
James Polk
Franklin Pierce
William Mckinley
George W. Bush
Harry S. Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes

[Oldiesfreak1854]

Great
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Abraham Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt

Good
James Madison
James Monroe
Harry S Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Ronald Reagan

Average
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
William McKinley
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard Nixon
Gerald Ford
George H.W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush

Bad
John Tyler
Millard Fillmore
Benjamin Harrison
Jimmy Carter
Barack Obama

Horrible
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Andrew Johnson

No Score
William Henry Harrison
James A. Garfield

Personally, I'm of the opinion that there are very few presidents who are especially good or bad.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Great
Abraham Lincoln

Good
George Washington
Ulysses Grant
John Quincy Adams
Chester Arthur
James Garfield

Neutral
Martin Van Buren
John Adams
Benjamin Harrison
Jimmy Carter
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Warren Harding
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
William Howard Taft

Bad
Zachary Taylor
Calvin Coolidge
Bill Clinton
Grover Cleveland
Barack Obama
Herbert Hoover
James Monroe
William Henry Harrison
Millard Filmore
Theodore Roosevelt
James Buchanan
Gerald Ford
Dwight Eisenhower

Horrible
John F. Kennedy
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Andrew Jackson
John Tyler
James Polk
Franklin Pierce
William Mckinley
George W. Bush
Harry S. Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes

Why is FDR lower then Carter, and  why is Hayes the worst

[Mr. Smith]

Great
Abraham Lincoln

Good
George Washington
Ulysses Grant
John Quincy Adams
Chester Arthur
James Garfield

Neutral
Martin Van Buren
John Adams
Benjamin Harrison
Jimmy Carter
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Warren Harding
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
William Howard Taft

Bad
Zachary Taylor
Calvin Coolidge
Bill Clinton
Grover Cleveland
Barack Obama
Herbert Hoover
James Monroe
William Henry Harrison
Millard Filmore
Theodore Roosevelt
James Buchanan
Gerald Ford
Dwight Eisenhower

Horrible
John F. Kennedy
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Andrew Jackson
John Tyler
James Polk
Franklin Pierce
William Mckinley
George W. Bush
Harry S. Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes

Why is FDR lower then Carter, and  why is Hayes the worst

Carter wasn't a warmonger, and Hayes let Jom Crow get started.

I don't agree with those rankings at all, but it's completely understandable if peace is your first plank.

[OSR stands with Israel]

Great
Abraham Lincoln

Good
George Washington
Ulysses Grant
John Quincy Adams
Chester Arthur
James Garfield

Neutral
Martin Van Buren
John Adams
Benjamin Harrison
Jimmy Carter
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
Warren Harding
Franklin Roosevelt
Lyndon Johnson
William Howard Taft

Bad
Zachary Taylor
Calvin Coolidge
Bill Clinton
Grover Cleveland
Barack Obama
Herbert Hoover
James Monroe
William Henry Harrison
Millard Filmore
Theodore Roosevelt
James Buchanan
Gerald Ford
Dwight Eisenhower

Horrible
John F. Kennedy
George H.W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
Richard Nixon
Andrew Jackson
John Tyler
James Polk
Franklin Pierce
William Mckinley
George W. Bush
Harry S. Truman
Woodrow Wilson
Andrew Johnson
Rutherford B. Hayes

Why is FDR lower then Carter, and  why is Hayes the worst

Carter wasn't a warmonger, and Hayes let Jom Crow get started.

I don't agree with those rankings at all, but it's completely understandable if peace is your first plank.

Carter would have declared war on Germany and Japan too after Pearl Harbor and Hitler declaring war on the US. 

[PJ]

Outstanding:
Lincoln

Good:
Washington
Jefferson
Grant
FDR
Truman
Obama

Average:
Monroe
Quincy Adams
Jackson
Van Buren
Garfield
Arthur
Taft
Eisenhower
Kennedy
LBJ

Bad:
Madison
W. Harrison
Taylor
Cleveland
B. Harrison
T. Roosevelt
Harding
Coolidge
Ford
Carter
Bush Sr.
Clinton

Failure:
Adams
Tyler
Polk
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
A. Johnson
Hayes
McKinley
Wilson
Hoover
Nixon
Reagan
Bush Jr.

[RINO Tom]

CLEAR FIRST PLACE
Lincoln

CLEAR SECOND PLACE
Washington

GOOD PRESIDENTS
Monroe
Grant
Roosevelt
Coolidge
Roosevelt
Eisenhower

PRETTY GOOD BUT OVERRATED (BY THEIR FANS)
Jefferson
Polk
Truman
Kennedy
Reagan
Clinton
Obama

MEH
Madison
Quincy Adams
Van Buren
Arthur
Taft

I CAN'T REALLY JUDGE
WH Harrison
Taylor
Garfield

UNDERRATED ... NOT AS BAD AS THEY'RE REMEMBERED, EVEN IF THEY ARE BAD
Adams
Hayes
B. Harrison
McKinley
Harding
Hoover
Ford
Bush 41
Bush 43

VERY OVERRATED ... THEY WERE BAD
Jackson
Wilson
LB Johnson
Carter

BAD
Tyler
Fillmore
Nixon

THE WORST OF THE WORST
Pierce
Buchanan
A. Johnson

[Sir Mohamed]

Outstanding
Washington
Lincoln
FDR (best prez ever)


Above average/near-great
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Polk
Teddy Roosevelt
Wilson
Truman
Ike Eisenhower
JFK
LBJ
Clinton
Obama (may become great/outstanding in few years; totally underrated at this time)


Average
JQ Adams
Jackson (very mixed feelings)
Tyler
Taylor
Grant (did some good things, but was very unprepared for the office)
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Cleveland
Taft
Coolidge
Nixon (very mixed feelings, did some great things, others were horrible)
Carter
Ford
Reagan (second-term foreign policy wasn’t bad, restored some confidence in the country but domestic policy mainly a failure)
Bush the older (a lot smarter than his son)


Poor
Adams
Jackson
Van Buren
Harrison (no idea what to do with this guy, actually too short presidency to rate him)
McKinley
Harding
Hoover


(Epic) Failure
Fillmore
Pierce
Buchanan
A. Johnson
Bush, also known as W

I don’t know which of these ones is the very worst, they’re all HORRIBLE.