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Question: Who was America's Greatest President of the 19th Century?
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Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)		  
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James Madison (1809-1817)		  
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James Monroe (1817-1825)		  
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John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)		  
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Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)		  
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Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)		  
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William Henry Harrison (1841)		  
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John Tyler (1841-1845)		  
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James Knox Polk (1845-1849)		  
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Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)		  
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Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)		  
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Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)		  
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James Buchanan (1857-1861)		  
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Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)		  
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Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)		  
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Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)		  
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Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)		  
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James Garfield (1881)		  
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Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)		  
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Grover Cleveland (1885-1889;1893-1897)		  
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Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)		  
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William McKinley (1897-1901)		  
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« on: March 28, 2008, 07:35:26 PM »
Who was America's Greatest President of the 19th Century?

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« Reply #1 on: March 28, 2008, 08:05:35 PM »
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« Reply #2 on: March 28, 2008, 08:23:36 PM »
Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Polk and Lincoln were all good.

I voted Lincoln.
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« Reply #3 on: March 28, 2008, 09:20:14 PM »
I voted Lincoln, but Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams, Jackson, Polk, Hayes, Arthur, Cleveland, and McKinley were also good Presidents.
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« Reply #4 on: March 29, 2008, 07:56:55 PM »
Lincoln. Duh.
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« Reply #5 on: March 29, 2008, 11:11:53 PM »
Depends on what you mean by great.  Lincoln was certainly one of our better Presidents, but he had the advantage of a crisis to accentuate his good points.  I voted Cleveland.
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« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2008, 12:17:50 AM »
I've always been a Van Buren fan.
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« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2008, 01:13:48 AM »
They all have had their flaws, But so far Lincoln is the only real unique one. Though he was lucky and had the Civil War to bounce off from.
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« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2008, 01:28:53 AM »
Lincoln is really the only option.
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« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2008, 03:04:23 AM »
W. H. Harrison. He died too quickly to do any damage Wink
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« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2008, 12:41:51 PM »
I'm actually a big fan of Hayes personally.
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« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2008, 03:08:41 PM »
Abraham Lincoln -and it's a pity he couldn't live to oversee the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War ended. 
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« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2008, 07:22:19 PM »
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« Reply #13 on: March 31, 2008, 04:20:30 PM »
Quote from: Frodo on March 30, 2008, 03:08:41 PM
Abraham Lincoln -and it's a pity he couldn't live to oversee the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War ended. 

The fact remains he totally deserved what was coming to him.
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« Reply #14 on: March 31, 2008, 04:26:13 PM »
Quote from: Derechos de Estados on March 31, 2008, 04:20:30 PM
Quote from: Frodo on March 30, 2008, 03:08:41 PM
Abraham Lincoln -and it's a pity he couldn't live to oversee the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War ended. 

The fact remains he totally deserved what was coming to him.

Yeah cause everyone deserves to be shot in the back of the head Roll Eyes
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« Reply #15 on: April 01, 2008, 12:49:31 AM »
Quote from: fezzyfestoon on March 31, 2008, 11:16:24 PM
Jefferson by a long shot.  Lincoln and Buchanan were by far the worst.  It's a shame we've all been brainwashed to believe Lincoln was one of the best Presidents.

Not all of us. Wink
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« Reply #16 on: April 06, 2008, 01:14:16 PM »
Quote from: dead0man on March 30, 2008, 01:28:53 AM
Lincoln is really the only option.

So, you think imprisoning opposition newspaper editors, destroying the Constitution, and inflicting genocide on Indians and Southerners is the only option?

I picked Cleveland, since he was a strong supporter of the gold standard and vetoed anything unconstitutional.

BTW, States' Rights, do you by any chance have Lincoln Unmasked, by Thomas J. DiLorenzo? If you don't I'd recommend purchasing it. You'd really enjoy it.
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« Reply #17 on: April 06, 2008, 05:21:11 PM »
Quote from: South Park Conservative on April 06, 2008, 01:14:16 PM
Quote from: dead0man on March 30, 2008, 01:28:53 AM
Lincoln is really the only option.

So, you think imprisoning opposition newspaper editors, destroying the Constitution, and inflicting genocide on Indians and Southerners is the only option?
I'm from Illinois and have been brainwashed.
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« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2008, 12:50:21 AM »
Quote from: South Park Conservative on April 06, 2008, 01:14:16 PM
Quote from: dead0man on March 30, 2008, 01:28:53 AM
Lincoln is really the only option.

So, you think imprisoning opposition newspaper editors, destroying the Constitution, and inflicting genocide on Indians and Southerners is the only option?

I picked Cleveland, since he was a strong supporter of the gold standard and vetoed anything unconstitutional.

BTW, States' Rights, do you by any chance have Lincoln Unmasked, by Thomas J. DiLorenzo? If you don't I'd recommend purchasing it. You'd really enjoy it.

Haven't read it yet.
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« Reply #19 on: April 23, 2008, 03:58:08 PM »
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« Reply #20 on: April 25, 2008, 03:34:30 PM »
Quote from: Derechos de Estados on March 31, 2008, 04:20:30 PM
Quote from: Frodo on March 30, 2008, 03:08:41 PM
Abraham Lincoln -and it's a pity he couldn't live to oversee the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War ended. 

The fact remains he totally deserved what was coming to him.

The fact remains that the south would have been a hell of a lot better off with the gracious guidance of Lincoln than with what we ended up with.

The Confederate traitors who were killed in battle deserved what was coming to them.    Its a shame that our Union boys didn't manage to shoot the rest of the traitors so that our part of the country wouldn't have to be a third-world backwater for the next 100 years.
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« Reply #21 on: April 25, 2008, 04:38:18 PM »
Just in case people are still voting Lincoln, remember the execution of Indians he carried out and the only reason he stopped was to keep the British from getting in the war:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakota_War_of_1862
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« Reply #22 on: April 25, 2008, 05:59:28 PM »
Quote from: Htmldon, voted most partisan member 3 years in a row! on April 25, 2008, 03:34:30 PM
Quote from: Derechos de Estados on March 31, 2008, 04:20:30 PM
Quote from: Frodo on March 30, 2008, 03:08:41 PM
Abraham Lincoln -and it's a pity he couldn't live to oversee the Reconstruction of the South after the Civil War ended. 

The fact remains he totally deserved what was coming to him.

The fact remains that the south would have been a hell of a lot better off with the gracious guidance of Lincoln than with what we ended up with.

The Confederate traitors who were killed in battle deserved what was coming to them.    Its a shame that our Union boys didn't manage to shoot the rest of the traitors so that our part of the country wouldn't have to be a third-world backwater for the next 100 years.

Even though the United States was founded on the idea of secession? Even though Sherman's army killed innocent civilians who wanted nothing to do with the war?
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« Reply #23 on: April 25, 2008, 08:23:58 PM »
Quote from: South Park Conservative on April 25, 2008, 05:59:28 PM
Even though the United States was founded on the idea of secession?

Mmmm... hmmm... not exactly. But that's an entirely seperate issue.
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« Reply #24 on: April 26, 2008, 01:19:17 AM »
Quote from: Offensive Idiot on April 25, 2008, 08:23:58 PM
Quote from: South Park Conservative on April 25, 2008, 05:59:28 PM
Even though the United States was founded on the idea of secession?

Mmmm... hmmm... not exactly. But that's an entirely seperate issue.

Virginia, Rhode Island, and New York were admitted to the Union under the pretext that they could secede at any time.
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