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Our Presidential
Heroes By James Lindgren and Steven G. Calabresi
Society reveals itself in whom it reveres.
Ranking
Methodology By James Lindgren
How 78 scholars in history, political science, and law rated
the men from Washington to Clinton.
Behind the Rankings
A few scholars explain how they rated the presidents.
Best Sources on the Web
Here are some of the most helpful presidential sites we found.
Presidential Quiz
Test your knowledge of history.
OVERRATED PRESIDENTS
Dynasty Dooms JFK
By Akhil Reed Amar
He failed the Constitution by not furthering civil rights and trying to crown his brother.
An Embargoed
Presidency
By Pauline Maier
Jefferson's experiment wages a trade war on the wrong people.
Jackson, a Twenty Dollar
President
By Alonzo L. Hamby
Thankfully, a dueler like Old Hickory wasn't in the White
House during the Cuban missile crisis.
Holding Reagan
Accountable
By Jean Harvey Baker
Not knowing is not an excuse for a president.
Wilson's Republic
By Gary Gregg
As a progressive, Wilson neglected Constitutional restraint.
UNDERRATED PRESIDENTS
Reagan Belongs on Kings
Row
By Steven G. Calabresi
Why envious professors won't give the Gipper his due.
Eisenhower Kept It
Together
By John Yoo
Ike governed with out the flair JFK later showed, but the
stability bred prosperity.
Relearning Nixon
By Douglas W. Kmiec
If not for the media, Nixon might be seen as great.
Compassionate Cal
By John McGinnis
Unfortunately, if Coolidge grew the government he would be
well regarded today.
Deciding the Fate of
North America
By Douglas G. Brinkley
Polk secured Texas, New Mexico, California and the Northwest
boundary of the U.S.--all in a single term.
Don't Blame Hoover for
the Great Depression
By Robert H. Ferrell
The crash happened on his watch, but Hoover's ideas on the
role of government are accepted today.
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