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Rating the Presidents

Rating the Presidents. “ History makes the man, more than the man makes history.” Richard Nixon. Rating the Presidents.

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Rating the Presidents

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  1. Rating the Presidents “History makes the man, more than the man makes history.” Richard Nixon

  2. Rating the Presidents • “It is a great advantage to a president and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man.” Calvin Coolidge

  3. Qualities of a great president: • Excellent public speaker? • Does what the people want or what he thinks is best for the people? • Character? • Honesty? • Popularity?

  4. Rating the Presidents Great: • Abraham Lincoln • George Washington • Franklin D. Roosevelt

  5. Rating the Presidents Near Great: • Theodore Roosevelt • Harry Truman • Andrew Jackson • Thomas Jefferson • Dwight D. Eisenhower • Woodrow Wilson

  6. Failures: James Buchanan Andrew Johnson Franklin Pierce William H. Harrison Ulysses Grant Warren Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Richard Nixon Rating the Presidents

  7. ABC News Harris Poll2012 • Best since WWII: Worst since WWII: • Reagan 1. W • FDR 2. Obama • JFK 3. Nixon • Clinton 4. Clinton • IKE 5. Carter • Truman 6. Reagan • Obama 7. H.W. Bush • W 8. LBJ • Carter 9. JFK • LBJ 10. Truman

  8. ABC News Harris Poll • Best Ever: • Lincoln • Reagan • Washington • JFK • FDR • Clinton • Obama • Jefferson • Truman • Teddy Roosevelt

  9. Living Constitution 1796          • George Washington does not run for a third term, setting the precedent of a two-term limit.

  10. The Living Constitution 1804 • 12th Amendment requires separate ballots for President and Vice President

  11. Reagan Assassination Attempt “Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the President, the Vice President and the Secretary of State in that order, and should the President decide he wants to transfer the helm to the Vice President, he will do so. He has not done that. As of now, I am in control here, in the White House, pending return of the Vice President and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course.” Secretary of State Al Haig

  12. The Living Constitution 1947 Presidential Succession Act lists the officials who would succeed to the presidency

  13. The Living Constitution 1951 • 22nd Amendment limits the president to 2 terms in office.

  14. The Living Constitution 1963 JFK assassinated: "I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

  15. The Living Constitution 1967 25th Amendment sets up the procedures to follow when the president is disabled or vice presidency is vacated.

  16. The Living Constitution 1973 President Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew who resigned due to scandal.

  17. The Living Constitution 1974 Nixon resigns and is replaced by Ford, who appoints Nelson Rockefeller to VP.

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