Who was/is the best President of the United States?

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   hockey8mnposted 12 years ago

   Who was/is the best President of the United States?

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   Old Empresarioposted 12 years ago

   Probably either George Washington or John Quincy Adams. One of them created a government from scratch and then let it go without permanently taking it over. The other spared the American people by (thankfully) doing nothing notable for four years.

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   bankscottageposted 12 years ago

   I think Abraham Lincoln, he was able to preserve the Union.

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   Larry Wallposted 12 years ago

   This question was asked a few weeks ago.
   
   At that time I said it was George Washington because he created the office, did not let it develop any royal trappings and limited himself to two terms which became customary until Roosevelt ran for a third and fourth term, at which time the Constitution was amended to limit the person to two terms.
   
   Washington comes in first.
   Lincoln comes in second and
   Harry Truman comes in third--having the courage to use the atomic bomb and working hard to rebuild Europe in record time.

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      hockey8mnposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for letting me know the question was asked a few weeks ago.  I will let someone know who cares.

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      Larry Wallposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Was just an observation and not a complaint. I did not intend to offend.

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      hockey8mnposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      No offense taken.  It is just that you could say that about almost every question asked on hubpages.

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      Larry Wallposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      You are probably right. This one just hit me as more recent. I will be more careful with such observations in future. Have a good day.

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      hockey8mnposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Well thank you for the honesty and I will look a little harder to make sure it has been a while since a question was asked.  I just never saw the question even after hitting the similar question suggestion.

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   Ralph Deedsposted 12 years ago

   If I'm not mistaken most historians rate Lincoln #1 and Roosevelt #2 and Washington or Jefferson #3. That works for me. (Larry, I'm a Truman fan also. My grandmother grew up down the street from Bess Truman.

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