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The Greatest US Presidents Of All Time
List Rules
Only former U.S. Presidents. Vote based on their entire time in office.
The Greatest United States Presidents in history, ranked from best to worst. Who's the greatest US president? Anyone can vote on or make their own version of this collaborative list of the men who shaped American policy - a fascinating insight into all the US Presidents and how their presidencies were perceived. Who were the best presidents? We expect this list of the Chief Executives to change over time as history's perceptions also change.
And be sure to check out Ranker's ultimate list of the Worst-Ever US Presidents as well, for comparison's sake.
Ranked by
- Andrew Johnson, Hannibal Hamlin
- Birthplace: Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Presidency: 16
- John Adams
- Birthplace: Virginia, United States of America
- Presidency: 1
- Charles W. Fairbanks
- Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States of America
- Presidency: 26
- Aaron Burr, George Clinton
- Birthplace: Shadwell, Virginia, United States of America
- Presidency: 3
- Richard Nixon
- Birthplace: Denison, Texas, United States of America
- Presidency: 34
- John Nance Garner, Henry A. Wallace, Harry S. Truman
- Birthplace: Hyde Park, New York, United States of America
- Presidency: 32
- George H. W. Bush
- Birthplace: Tampico, Illinois, USA
- Presidency: 40
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Birthplace: USA, Massachussetts, Brookline
- Presidency: 35
- Alben W. Barkley
- Birthplace: Lamar, Missouri, USA
- Presidency: 33
- Thomas Jefferson
- Birthplace: Braintree, Massachusetts, USA
- Presidency: 2
- Elbridge Gerry, George Clinton
- Birthplace: Port Conway, Virginia, USA
- Presidency: 4
- Schuyler Colfax, Henry Wilson
- Birthplace: Point Pleasant, Ohio, United States of America
- Presidency: 18
- Daniel D. Tompkins
- Birthplace: Monroe Hall, Virginia, United States of America
- Presidency: 5
- Dan Quayle
- Birthplace: Milton, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Presidency: 41
- John C. Calhoun
- Birthplace: Braintree, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Presidency: 6
- Joe Biden
- Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Presidency: 44
- Martin Van Buren, John C. Calhoun
- Birthplace: Waxhaws
- Presidency: 7
- Charles G. Dawes
- Birthplace: Plymouth Notch, Vermont, Vermont, USA
- Presidency: 30
- Al Gore
- Birthplace: Hope, Arkansas, USA
- Presidency: 42
- George M. Dallas
- Birthplace: Pineville, North Carolina, USA
- Presidency: 11
- Mike Pence
- Birthplace: New York, New York, USA
- Presidency: 45
- Theodore Roosevelt, Garret Hobart
- Birthplace: Ohio, United States of America, United States, with Territories, Trumbull County
- Presidency: 25
- Dick Cheney
- Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
- Presidency: 43
- Chester A. Arthur
- Birthplace: Moreland Hills, Ohio, United States of America
- Presidency: 20
- Adlai Stevenson I, Thomas A. Hendricks
- Birthplace: Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
- Presidency: 22, 24