General Discussion
In reply to the discussion: Favorite President [View all]legaleagle_45
(43 posts)1.) Washington because he had more influence on what it means to be president than any other.
2.) Lincoln, because he saved the Union.
3.) FDR because he led us through the Depression and WWII.
3.) Jefferson, because he effectively doubled the size of the US with the La Purchase and he gets bonus points for writing the Declaration of Independence.
4.) Madison, not because of what he did as president, but because he was the primary drafter of the Constitution and had key contributions to writing the Bill of Rights. As President his greatest contribution was probably that his wife Dolly Madison served ice cream at the White House and thereby popularized it in the US. Any person even tangentially involved in the great accomplishments of the Constitution, Bill of Rights and ice cream, has to be on everyones list unless they are diabetic fascists.