Rank your Top 10 Republicans (President or not)

[Thomas]

State your lists

[OSR stands with Israel]

I'm only doing past 40 years


1. Ronald Reagan
2. George HW Bush
3. John Kasich
4. John McCain
5. Jack Kemp
6. George Shultz
7. James Baker
8. Mitt Romney (he would be much higher if he actually won 2012)
9. Howard Baker
10. Gordon Smith

[The Govanah Jake]

Presidents

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. Dwight D. Eisenhower
4. William Howard Taft
5. Richard Nixon
6. Gerald Ford
7. William McKinley
8. Ronald Reagan
9. Calvin Coolidge
10 George HW Bush

Option for no president (Up to 20)

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Robert LaFollette
3. Theodore Roosevelt
4. George W. Norris
5. Dwight D. Eisenhower
6. Thomas Dewey
7. Thaddeus Stevens
8. William Lemke
9. Robert Taft
10. William Howard Taft
12. Earl Warren
13. Richard Nixon
14. Gerald Ford
15. William McKinley
16. Ronald Reagan
17. Calvin Coolidge
18. Pat Buchanan
19. Jack Kemp
20. George HW Bush

[Lechasseur]

Past 40 years:
George H. W. Bush
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush
Mitt Romney
Pat Buchanan
Newt Gingrich
Mike Huckabee
Rick Perry
Scott Walker
Tom Cotton

[Maxwell]

Top ten Republican Presidents:

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Ulysses Grant
3. Chester Arthur
4. Teddy Roosevelt
5. Dwight Eisenhower
6. Gerald Ford

uh...

7. William Howard Taft
8. William McKinely
9. James Garfield
10. uh... Herbert Hoover (a lot of atrocious Republicans here, Hoover seems like a decent chap beyond the Presidency)

[President Johnson]

All massive FFs:

1. Nelson Rockefeller
2. Wendell Willkie
3. Abe Lincoln
4. Gerald Ford
5. Earl Warren
6. Richard Lugar
7. Theodore Roosevelt
8. Richard Riordan
9. Arnold Schwarzenegger
10. John Kasich

[SATW]

Presidents/Vice Presidents/Cabinet Officials (I'll do 15)

T1. Abraham Lincoln, R-IL (Former President)
T1. Ronald Reagan, R-CA (Former President)
2. George W. Bush, R-TX (Former President)
3. Jeane Kirkpatrick, R-MD (Former UN Ambassador)
4. Nikki Haley, R-SC (Current UN Ambassador)
5. George H.W. Bush, R-TX (Former President/Vice President)
6. Mike Pence, R-IN (Current Vice President)
7. Calvin Coolidge, R-MA (Former President)
8. Condi Rice, R-MA (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
9. George Schultz, Republican (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
10. Alexander Haig, Republican (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
11. Andy Card, R-Massachusetts (Former W. Bush Chief of Staff)
12. Joshua Bolten, Republican (Former W. Bush Chief of Staff)
13. Michael Chertoff, Republican (Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security)
14. Dana Perino, Republican (Former WH Press Secretary)
15. Tony Snow, Republican (Former WH Press Secretary)

* If someone is listed here, they will not be listed again (Reagan, Dubya, Pence, Haley etc...)

U.S. Senate: (I'll do 15) (Historical or Former)
1. Al D'Amato, R-NY
2. Tom Coburn, R-OK
3. Robert Taft, R-OH
4. Chic Hecht, R-NV
5. Paul Laxalt, R-NV
6. Margaret Chase Smith, R-ME
7. Howard Baker, R-TN
8. Fred Thompson, R-TN
9. Everett Dirksen, R-IL
10. William F. Knoweland, R-CA
11. Barry Goldwater, R-AZ
12. Rudy Boschwitz, R-MN
13. John Danforth, R-MO
14. Kit Bond, R-MO
15. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH

Honorable Mentions: James Buckley, C/R-NY; Irving Ives, R-NY; Jim Talent, R-MO; Gordon Smith, R-OR; Paul Hawkins, R-FL; Norm Coleman, R-MN; George Voinovich, R-OH; Judd Gregg, R-NH

U.S. Senate: (I'll do 15) (Current)
1. Marco Rubio, R-FL
2. Shelley Moore-Capito, R-WV
3. Richard Burr, R-NC
4. Thom Tillis, R-NC
5. Tim Scott, R-SC
6. Ben Sasse, R-NE
7. Chuck Grassley, R-IA
8. Lindsey Graham, R-SC
9. John McCain, R-AZ
10. John Thune, R-SD
11. Jerry Moran, R-KS
12. Rob Portman, R-OH
13. Johnny Isakson, R-GA
14. Joni Ernst, R-IA
15. Ted Cruz, R-TX

U.S. House: (I'll do 15) (Historical or Former)
1. Jack Kemp, R-NY
2. Clare Booth Luce, R-CT
3. Frank Wolf, R-VA
4. Mike Rogers, R-MI
5. Eric Cantor, R-VA
6. E. Clay Shaw, Jr., R-FL
7. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-FL
8. J.C. Watts, R-OK
9. Benjamin Gilman, R-NY
10. Jack Kingston, R-GA
11. Tom Latham, R-IA
12. Howard Coble, R-NC
13. Sue Myrick, R-NC
14. Dick Zimmer, R-NJ
15. Walter Judd, R-MN

U.S. House: (I'll do 15) (Current)
1. Ileana Ros Lehtinen, R-FL
2. Elise Stefanik, R-NY
3. Carlos Curbelo, R-FL
4. David McKinley, R-WV
5. Trey Gowdy, R-SC
6. Mia Love, R-UT
7. Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI
8. Barbara Comstock, R-VA
9. Scott Taylor, R-VA
10. Ann Wagner, R-MO
11. Ed Royce, R-CA
12. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-FL
13. Mark Meadows, R-NC
14. Adam Kinzinger, R-IL
15. Evan Jenkins, R-WV

Governors: (I'll do 15) (Historical and Former)
1. Mitt Romney, R-MA
2. Jeb Bush, R-FL
3. George Allen, R-VA
4. George Pataki, R-NY
5. George Voinovich, R-OH
6. Rick Perry, R-TX
7. Jim Martin, R-NC
8. Judd Gregg, R-NH
9. Carroll Campbell, Jr., R-SC
10. Jim Edgar, R-IL
11. Paul Cellucci, R-MA
12. Jim Gilmore, R-VA
13. Tommy Thompson, R-WI
14. Christine Todd Whitman, R-NJ
15. Pete du Pont, R-DE

I've put a lot of ex-senators who didn't fit in my senate list onto my governors list if they were also former governors lol.

Governors: (I'll do 15) (Current)
1. Eric Greitens, R-MO
2. Larry Hogan, R-MD
3. Scott Walker, R-WI
4. Kim Reynolds, R-IA
5. Asa Hutchinson, R-AR
6. Kay Ivey, R-AL
7. Rick Scott, R-FL
8. Doug Ducey, R-AZ
9. Susana Martinez, R-NM
10. Bill Haslam, R-TN
11. Phil Scott, R-VT
12. Phil Bryant, R-MS
13. Eric Holcomb, R-IN
14. Greg Abbott, R-TX
15. Charlie Baker, R-MA

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

1) Grant
2) Thaddeus Stevens
3) A. Lincoln
4) Robert LaFollette Sr.
5) Benjamin Wade
6) TR
7) Bob LaFollette Jr.
8 ) Salmon P. Chase
9 ) Henry C. Warmouth
10)  James Garfield


EDIT: am currently reading Eric Foner's history of Reconstruction, and learned about Benjamin Wade. He rules.

[Kingpoleon]

Abraham Lincoln
Gerald Ford
Chester Arthur
Thomas Dewey
Ulysses S. Grant
Condoleezza Rice
Charles Evan Hughes
Howard Baker
Nelson Rockefeller
Edward Brooke

John Lindsay
Brian Sandoval
Jack Kemp
Christine Todd Whitman
H. John Heinz III
Charles Curtis
Hiram Johnson
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
Alfred Landon
Ed Zschau

[America Needs R'hllor]

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Dwight Eisenhower
3. Theodore Roosevelt
4. Ulysses Grant
5. Nelson Rockfeller
6. Ed Brooke
7. Colin Powell
8. Wendell Willkie
9. Thomas Dewey
10. Jon Huntsman

Honourable mentions: Al D'Amato, John McCain, Charles Evan Hughes, Nikki Haley, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ileana Ros Lehtinen.

[Fight for Trump]

1. Jesse Helms
2. Richard Nixon
3. Pat Buchanan
4. Steve Bannon
5. Mike Huckabee
6. Robert Taft, Sr.
7. Clarence Thomas
8. Rick Perry
9. Paul LePage
10. Arne Carlson

[OSR stands with Israel]

Presidents/Vice Presidents/Cabinet Officials (I'll do 15)
1. Ronald Reagan, R-CA (Former President)
2. George W. Bush, R-TX (Former President)
3. Jeane Kirkpatrick, R-MD (Former UN Ambassador)
4. Nikki Haley, R-SC (Current UN Ambassador)
5. George H.W. Bush, R-TX (Former President/Vice President)
6. Mike Pence, R-IN (Current Vice President)
7. Calvin Coolidge, R-MA (Former President)
8. Condi Rice, R-MA (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
9. George Schultz, Republican (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
10. Alexander Haig, Republican (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
11. Andy Card, R-Massachusetts (Former W. Bush Chief of Staff)
12. Joshua Bolten, Republican (Former W. Bush Chief of Staff)
13. Michael Chertoff, Republican (Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security)
14. Dana Perino, Republican (Former WH Press Secretary)
15. Tony Snow, Republican (Former WH Press Secretary)

* If someone is listed here, they will not be listed again (Reagan, Dubya, Pence, Haley etc...)

U.S. Senate: (I'll do 15) (Historical or Former)
1. Al D'Amato, R-NY
2. Tom Coburn, R-OK
3. Robert Taft, R-OH
4. Chic Hecht, R-NV
5. Paul Laxalt, R-NV
6. Margaret Chase Smith, R-ME
7. Howard Baker, R-TN
8. Fred Thompson, R-TN
9. Everett Dirksen, R-IL
10. William F. Knoweland, R-CA
11. Barry Goldwater, R-AZ
12. Rudy Boschwitz, R-MN
13. John Danforth, R-MO
14. Kit Bond, R-MO
15. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH

Honorable Mentions: James Buckley, C/R-NY; Irving Ives, R-NY; Jim Talent, R-MO; Gordon Smith, R-OR; Paul Hawkisn, R-FL; Norm Coleman, R-MN; George Voinovich, R-OH; Judd Gregg, R-NH

U.S. Senate: (I'll do 15) (Current)
1. Marco Rubio, R-FL
2. Shelley Moore-Capito, R-WV
3. Richard Burr, R-NC
4. Thom Tillis, R-NC
5. Tim Scott, R-SC
6. Ben Sasse, R-NE
7. Chuck Grassley, R-IA
8. Lindsey Graham, R-SC
9. John McCain, R-AZ
10. John Thune, R-SD
11. Jerry Moran, R-KS
12. Rob Portman, R-OH
13. Johnny Isakson, R-GA
14. Joni Ernst, R-IA
15. Ted Cruz, R-TX

U.S. House: (I'll do 15) (Historical or Former)
1. Jack Kemp, R-NY
2. Clare Booth Luce, R-CT
3. Frank Wolf, R-VA
4. Mike Rogers, R-MI
5. Eric Cantor, R-VA
6. E. Clay Shaw, Jr., R-FL
7. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-FL
8. J.C. Watts, R-OK
9. Benjamin Gilman, R-NY
10. Jack Kingston, R-GA
11. Tom Latham, R-IA
12. Howard Coble, R-NC
13. Sue Myrick, R-NC
14. Dick Zimmer, R-NJ
15. Walter Judd, R-MN

U.S. House: (I'll do 15) (Current)
1. Ileana Ros Lehtinen, R-FL
2. Elise Stefanik, R-NY
3. Carlos Curbelo, R-FL
4. David McKinley, R-WV
5. Trey Gowdy, R-SC
6. Mia Love, R-UT
7. Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI
8. Barbara Comstock, R-VA
9. Scott Taylor, R-VA
10. Ann Wagner, R-MO
11. Ed Royce, R-CA
12. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-FL
13. Mark Meadows, R-NC
14. Adam Kinzinger, R-IL
15. Evan Jenkins, R-WV

will add in governors later.

Where's Lincoln

[SWE]

Really embarrassing that nobody's mentioned Charles Sumner

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

Really embarrassing that nobody's mentioned Charles Sumner

I considered it, but he was one of the industrialist friendly Radicals, even if he didn't know enough economics to be good at it.

[ScottieF]

 1. Abraham Lincoln
 2. Theodore Roosevelt
 3. Earl Warren
 4. Robert La Follette
 5. Thaddeus Stevens
 6. Dwight D. Eisenhower
 7. Ulysses S. Grant
 8. Fiorella La Guardia
 9. Jacob Javits
10. George Romney

[Shameless Lefty Hack]

1. Abraham Lincoln
 2. Theodore Roosevelt
 3. Earl Warren
 4. Robert La Follette
 5. Thaddeus Stevens
 6. Dwight D. Eisenhower
 7. Ulysses S. Grant
 8. Fiorella La Guardia
 9. Jacob Javits
10. George Romney

Oooh LaGuardia's a good pick.

[GGover]

1. Mark Hatfield
2. Lincoln
3. Theodore Roosevelt
4. La Follette
5. McNary
6. Tom McCall
7. Ford
8. McKinley
9. Taft (the good one)
10. Nixon

[SATW]

Presidents/Vice Presidents/Cabinet Officials (I'll do 15)
1. Ronald Reagan, R-CA (Former President)
2. George W. Bush, R-TX (Former President)
3. Jeane Kirkpatrick, R-MD (Former UN Ambassador)
4. Nikki Haley, R-SC (Current UN Ambassador)
5. George H.W. Bush, R-TX (Former President/Vice President)
6. Mike Pence, R-IN (Current Vice President)
7. Calvin Coolidge, R-MA (Former President)
8. Condi Rice, R-MA (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
9. George Schultz, Republican (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
10. Alexander Haig, Republican (Former U.S. Secretary of State)
11. Andy Card, R-Massachusetts (Former W. Bush Chief of Staff)
12. Joshua Bolten, Republican (Former W. Bush Chief of Staff)
13. Michael Chertoff, Republican (Former U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security)
14. Dana Perino, Republican (Former WH Press Secretary)
15. Tony Snow, Republican (Former WH Press Secretary)

* If someone is listed here, they will not be listed again (Reagan, Dubya, Pence, Haley etc...)

U.S. Senate: (I'll do 15) (Historical or Former)
1. Al D'Amato, R-NY
2. Tom Coburn, R-OK
3. Robert Taft, R-OH
4. Chic Hecht, R-NV
5. Paul Laxalt, R-NV
6. Margaret Chase Smith, R-ME
7. Howard Baker, R-TN
8. Fred Thompson, R-TN
9. Everett Dirksen, R-IL
10. William F. Knoweland, R-CA
11. Barry Goldwater, R-AZ
12. Rudy Boschwitz, R-MN
13. John Danforth, R-MO
14. Kit Bond, R-MO
15. Kelly Ayotte, R-NH

Honorable Mentions: James Buckley, C/R-NY; Irving Ives, R-NY; Jim Talent, R-MO; Gordon Smith, R-OR; Paul Hawkisn, R-FL; Norm Coleman, R-MN; George Voinovich, R-OH; Judd Gregg, R-NH

U.S. Senate: (I'll do 15) (Current)
1. Marco Rubio, R-FL
2. Shelley Moore-Capito, R-WV
3. Richard Burr, R-NC
4. Thom Tillis, R-NC
5. Tim Scott, R-SC
6. Ben Sasse, R-NE
7. Chuck Grassley, R-IA
8. Lindsey Graham, R-SC
9. John McCain, R-AZ
10. John Thune, R-SD
11. Jerry Moran, R-KS
12. Rob Portman, R-OH
13. Johnny Isakson, R-GA
14. Joni Ernst, R-IA
15. Ted Cruz, R-TX

U.S. House: (I'll do 15) (Historical or Former)
1. Jack Kemp, R-NY
2. Clare Booth Luce, R-CT
3. Frank Wolf, R-VA
4. Mike Rogers, R-MI
5. Eric Cantor, R-VA
6. E. Clay Shaw, Jr., R-FL
7. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-FL
8. J.C. Watts, R-OK
9. Benjamin Gilman, R-NY
10. Jack Kingston, R-GA
11. Tom Latham, R-IA
12. Howard Coble, R-NC
13. Sue Myrick, R-NC
14. Dick Zimmer, R-NJ
15. Walter Judd, R-MN

U.S. House: (I'll do 15) (Current)
1. Ileana Ros Lehtinen, R-FL
2. Elise Stefanik, R-NY
3. Carlos Curbelo, R-FL
4. David McKinley, R-WV
5. Trey Gowdy, R-SC
6. Mia Love, R-UT
7. Speaker Paul Ryan, R-WI
8. Barbara Comstock, R-VA
9. Scott Taylor, R-VA
10. Ann Wagner, R-MO
11. Ed Royce, R-CA
12. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-FL
13. Mark Meadows, R-NC
14. Adam Kinzinger, R-IL
15. Evan Jenkins, R-WV

will add in governors later.

Where's Lincoln

Most on my list are post-WW1 (and especially post-WW2) pols, but I'll add him because Lincoln is the GOAT.

[Unconditional Surrender Truman]

Among presidents:

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Theodore Roosevelt
3. Ulysses S. Grant
4. James Garfield
5. William Howard Taft
6. Dwight D. Eisenhower
7. Chester A. Arthur
8. Herbert Hoover
9. William McKinley
10. Gerald Ford

Among all officeholders and candidates:
1. Frederick Douglass
2. Abraham Lincoln
3. Thaddeus Stevens
4. Robert M. LaFollette
5. Charles Sumner
6. Ulysses S. Grant
7. Theodore Roosevelt
8. William Howard Taft
9. John Sherman
10. Dwight D. Eisenhower

[Kingpoleon]

Really embarrassing that nobody's mentioned Charles Sumner

Or Cassius Clay?

[Maxwell]

Rockefeller may be the worst possible person that fell under the "Rockefeller Republican".

[Dirk]

01.) Colin Powell (What is there to say that hasn't been said?)
02.) Lisa Murkowski (Staking out a middle ground on the ACA in her state was one of the gutsier moves I've observed in my short lifetime.)
03.) Paul Ryan (He kowtows too frequently to the wingnuts but he's one of the more rational voices in his party today.)
04.) John Lindsay (Spearheaded probes into police misconduct; doing so would be political suicide for a Republican today.)
05.) Bob Dole (A vision of fundamental human decency.)
06.) H.W. (See Dole.)
07.) Arlen Specter
08.) George Will (Makes a pretty strong case for a more robustly conservative America and makes no bones about differing with the GOP when they get it wrong.)
09.) Alan Simpson
10.) Newt Gingrich (A man of brilliant insights as far as Republicans go.)

[Gass3268]

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. Fredrick Douglas
3. Thaddeus Stevens
4. Charles Sumner
5. Ulysses S. Grant
6. Theodore Roosevelt
7. Robert M. La Follette Sr.
8. Philip La Follette
9. Dwight D. Eisenhower
10. Charles Mathias

[vanguard96]

1. Ron Paul
2. Calvin Coolidge
3. Robert A Taft
4. Rand Paul
5. Thomas Massie
6. Justin Amash
7. Mike Lee
8. Dave Brat
9. Austin Petersen
10. Mia Love

[VPH]

Only doing post-1950.
1. Fmr. President Dwight Eisenhower
2. Fmr. Gov. Buddy Roemer
3. Rep. Walter Jones Jr.
4. Sen. Susan Collins
5. KS Sen. Carolyn McGinn
6. Fmr. Defense Secretary Robert Gates
7. Fmr. Rep. John Anderson
8. General Colin Powell
9. Fmr. Sen. Arlen Specter
10. Rep. David Valadao


Honorable mentions: Rep. Chris Smith, Fmr. Rep. Mike Castle, Fmr. Rep. Ray LaHood, Fmr. Sen. Chuck Hagel, Fmr. Gov. Jon Huntsman, Fmr. KS. Insurance Secretary Sandy Praeger, Fmr. Rep. Connie Morella, Fmr. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, Fmr. Sen. Howard Baker