Nemotheelvenpanda

Maybe it was because I was only a child then and this is most likely a case of rose-glasses, but I'd like to have lived under Clinton's administration than the ones I've grown in.

Sam-Nary

I'd generally lean toward FDR first and Truman second.

Sometimes the only way we can only learn about the character of a country/nation/people by seeing how they handle great adversity and great change. There is a reason the generation that grew up under FDR (1932-1945) and served under him in WWII (1941-1945) is referred to as the greatest generation.

And things under Truman weren't that bad. WWII was over and much of the prosperity that we associate with the 50s and Eisenhower began under Truman. He gave the GIs the ability to go back to college through the GI Bill. He rebuilt Europe with the help of his Secretary of State George Marshall (former Chief of Staff under FDR).

The only negative under Truman was the Cold War, and that hung over American history through Reagan's Presidency.

Wenge

Johnson, the country changed so much for the better when he was President. I would like to relive that time again.

dagul

Ronald Reagan as the President of the U.S. who's a good friend of Mickael Gorbachev.

okamido

Ike and Reagan.

Aulus Plautius

Having lived through everyone of those presidents since JFK, the best times in my life were under the great Jimmy Carter. He gets my vote.

Mr. Rhombus

Eisenhower: new infrastructure being built, peace and prosperity at home, and (at least on the surface) society just seemed more polite (though that may just be the nostalgia of the older generations talking).

botully

FDR was a great president, but to live under him would have been to live through the depression and then WW2. Hardly good times. I've had enough of unemployment with the 8-10% rate, never mind trying to feed a family with 30% unemployment. Since I lived under the last half of that list, I'll pick Reagan. For me, that actually was good times.

Jax Historian

None of them before cars, planes, & telephones, and lets skip the Depression & the 2 World Wars.

I've lived through them all from LBJ to Obama, not impressed with any of them.

I guess I'll pick Eisenhower. Depression & WWII over, the economy jumping, no ICBMs yet, Yanks, Dodgers and Giants all in NYC, the 52nd St bebop scene, get to watch McCarthy implode... I'd duck going to Korea, though. Yeah, I like Ike. 2nd choice, Teddy R. sounds pretty good.

The History Junkie

LOL, Alright I can see that perspective.