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Presidents’ Day is a national holiday in America. It is a day of honor for all the men who have served in the office of President of the United States. As I researched how people rank the men that have held the most eminent office in this land, I was more or less astonished to be challenged by the definition of the term “rank”. Indeed, I saw lists of the “hottest” Presidents of all time. This beauty list normally includes Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, Thomas Jefferson, Franklin Pierce, and Teddy Roosevelt. I saw lists of the best Democratic Presidents of all time. Of course, there were lists of the best Republican Presidents as well. The list of great Democratic Presidents ordinarily included Presidents of more recent vintage like Clinton and Kennedy. The Republican list almost always included Ronald Reagan. Of course there are numerous people who just don’t recognise sufficient regarding our history to rank any Presidents. In fact, when the question of which Presidents were the top three Republican Presidents in history was lately asked on Yahoo, a person called “Just an intermediate chic” responded: “Are there any? Hmmm….. I draw a blank here”. I thought to myself after looking at that answer that sadly a lot of children have been left behind in our instructional system. If that is the psychological result of perception learning and reasoning base of the intermediate person, we are a society in big trouble. (Note to the United States Congress, we need to get moving on that new “No Child Left Behind Act”). However, on this Presidents’ Day, my definition of the top ranked Presidents does not include being handsome or hot. They don’t have to be either Republican or Democrat. They don’t have to be innovative or popular. What they need to have done to make my list is to have achieved the most. They need to have made a difference. They need to be the best and they need to be recognized as the best over time. So I turned to the consensus rating amidst scholars for the Presidents’ ratings. Here is their consensus of the top three ranked Presidents in American history. This President said: “The nation which indulges to another habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness is in a great deal of degree a slave. It is a slave to it is animosity or to it is affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from it is responsibility and it is interests.” He developed a country from nothing. First President Of The United States, “The Father Of The Country”, George Washington is rated third by scholars. This President said: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” Returning America to work after the Great Depression, The New Deal, Pearl Harbor, and World War 2, (FDR) Franklin Delano Roosevelt is rated second by the consensus of scholars. Finally, it probably doesn’t genuinely surprise you that Abraham Lincoln is the choice of scholars for the best President of the United States. His most famous speech was called “The Gettysburg Address”. He was the President for the duration of the Civil War and was responsible for preserving the Union. His Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves. He was the basi President assassinated in office and a martyr for the country. The massive sculpture built as a memorial to Abraham Lincoln located in the National Mall in Washington D.C is surely not overstated. Of course, there were a good deal of other great Presidents of the United States. The list of the scholars top 10 Presidents goes on to include Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, Woodrow Wilson, Harry Truman, James Polk, and Dwight Eisenhower. However, Abraham Lincoln is the choice for the best President of the United States and for the gain of all the “just intermediate chics” out there, he was in fact a Republican. |
