Best US President III

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For the sake of completing more of the list, who's your favorite out of this batch?
And uh.....who's your second favorite?

I  have a feeling this batch may be a skewed towards one. 
AFTER Lincoln.....
I say the best was Andrew Johnson.

I know he has a bad view in the eyes of history but he was the only southern senator that DID NOT give up his seat and join the Confederacy. I say that alone is a pretty big feat. 
Also, IMO he handled Reconstruction well. He used the method of quickly bringing the Confederacy back in quickly, intead of drawing the whole thing out even longer. 
He WAS impeached but it was a political move. He was the only thing stopping the Radical Republicans from having TOTAL control, and that's why he was impeached. 

Also the radical's were.....radical and notoriously corrupt. He stood up against them. So that's why I think Johnson was the 2nd best of this group. 

Poll Question: Best of this batch
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Benjarmin Harrison	0	[0.00%]
Chester Arthur	0	[0.00%]
James Garfield	0	[0.00%]
Rutheford Hayes	0	[0.00%]
Ulysses Grant	0	[0.00%]
Andrew Johnson	0	[0.00%]
Abraham Lincoln	5	[100.00%]
James Buchanan	0	[0.00%]
Franklin Pierce	0	[0.00%]
Millard Fillmore	0	[0.00%]
Zachary Taylor	0	[0.00%]
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JJLehto Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Tallahassee, FL Status: Offline Points: 34550	Topic: Best US President III Posted: March 05 2007 at 17:55
	For the sake of completing more of the list, who's your favorite out of this batch? And uh.....who's your second favorite? I have a feeling this batch may be a skewed towards one. AFTER Lincoln..... I say the best was Andrew Johnson. I know he has a bad view in the eyes of history but he was the only southern senator that DID NOT give up his seat and join the Confederacy. I say that alone is a pretty big feat. Also, IMO he handled Reconstruction well. He used the method of quickly bringing the Confederacy back in quickly, intead of drawing the whole thing out even longer. He WAS impeached but it was a political move. He was the only thing stopping the Radical Republicans from having TOTAL control, and that's why he was impeached. Also the radical's were.....radical and notoriously corrupt. He stood up against them. So that's why I think Johnson was the 2nd best of this group.

video vertigo Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: September 17 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 1930	Posted: March 06 2007 at 00:09
	at this point the only one that I know very much about is Lincoln. Most of what I learned from US history classes didn't go into detail about any of these guys but Lincoln.
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BroSpence Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: March 05 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2614	Posted: March 08 2007 at 21:24
	Yeah Lincoln is pretty much biased in high school histroy. Then again so is an american figure, but Lincoln especially.