Poll: Who's the greatest President between 1900-1945?

[CubsFan1982]

Poll question: Poll: Who's the greatest President between 1900-1945?

In honor of Presidents' Day, and because I'm a history major and I like it, so there, here's another greatest President poll. I picked FDR, cause, well, duh. Who's your pick?

[stpalm]

1. Come on.

The only two worthy of being picked are named "Roosevelt".

[CubsFan1982]

2. Hey, there might be a Coolidge freak lurking around.

Some people have hardons for Harding, you never know! :D

Seriously, throw Wilson in there, you've got a contest.

[pres2032]

4. gotta love Silent Cal

[stpalm]

6. Harding was supposed to be a nice guy

but he wasn't smart enough for the presidency, as he privately confided. I feel bad for him- his business "friends" took advantage of him and he didn't want to tell his friends to back off so he was gradually surrounded by the biggest gang of crooks of the day. and that was why he was such a shitty president. He gets trashed to this day... it's a bit of a tragedy, if you ask me. Unlike plain old BAD people like Poppy and Raygun who are praised to this day.

[punpirate]

7. Lessee...

... the Clint Eastwood line was, "a man's got to know his limitations."

Any guy who runs for president because his wife thinks he "looks presidential" had better understand his limitations. :)

[tokenlib]

3. FDR it is, but TR needed a vote so I gave him one..

Love the Estate tax and hope it is resurrected someday. To prevent the establishment of an American aristocracy...wasn't that how TR described it. TR had a lot of great progressive instincts--I'll try to overlook the jingoism due to the historical period.

[Jack Rabbit]

5. Let's make it a little more difficult.

Who was the greatest President since 1865?

FDR, of course.

[zann725]

10. Exactly what I was thinking.

n/t

[DemGirl7]

8. FDR is not just the greatest President in this time period

even though Teddy Roosevelt comes in a close second on my list, FDR is also the Best President of all time on my list. But when you grow up and continue to live in the Mid-hudson valley area of NY, FDR is a part of the culture around you, and is the most worshipped president in the area, and one of our claims to frame...heck a quarter of the historical buildings around where I live were built when FDR was Governor of the state, or when he was president and about 3/4's of these buildings were part of the work projects that FDR started in the depression to get people back to work.

[last_texas_dem]

9. Gotta go with FDR

Though I wish William Jennings Bryan had gotten a chance to serve as President. I know he had his faults, but I love the guy. I think he really could have shaken things up for the better as a turn-of-the-century President.