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January 18th, 2013, 12:31 PM
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#1 | | Lecturer
Joined: Jan 2013 Posts: 311 | Most Underrated Presidents
I had posted a thread (still getting use to forum) about GW Bush, I guess I should of opened the larger question of, "Who do you think are the most underrated Presidents of the United States and why?"
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January 18th, 2013, 12:32 PM
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#2 | | God of Valles Marinas
Joined: Sep 2012 From: Valles Marinas Posts: 4,228 |
James K Polk. He was a pretty good president
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January 18th, 2013, 01:02 PM
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#3 | | Epicurean
Joined: Mar 2009 From: Texas Posts: 23,825 | Hard to measure a president because they all have hits and misses.
Strictly going on "he didn't seem that bad", I'll nominate James Monroe
William McKinley and Calvin Coolidge. | | | |
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January 18th, 2013, 01:10 PM
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#4 | | Agreed!
Joined: Jun 2012 From: Hippy town U.S.A.! Posts: 3,411 |
Jimmy Carter, definitely Jimmy Carter
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January 18th, 2013, 01:33 PM
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#5 | | Man in the Box ¤ Blog of the Year ¤
Joined: Oct 2009 From: Baltimorean-in-exile Posts: 16,599 |
Ulysses S Grant.
He had probably the most liberal attitude towards 'minorities' of any president before the mid-20th Century. But history just likes to remember him for being scandalous and corrupt; on a personal level, he was neither.
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January 18th, 2013, 01:52 PM
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#6 | | Lecturer
Joined: Mar 2012 From: Redneck Country, AKA Texas Posts: 408 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Salah  Ulysses S Grant.
He had probably the most liberal attitude towards 'minorities' of any president before the mid-20th Century. But history just likes to remember him for being scandalous and corrupt; on a personal level, he was neither. | He was not a corrupt or scandalous man, but all of his friends he appointed positions in his adminstration sure were.
As for another underrated President, Chester A. Arthur. He showed a willingness to embrace reform after a history of well-paying "spoilsman" jobs and signed the Pindleton Act, which helped to reduce favoritism in government jobs.
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January 18th, 2013, 03:28 PM
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#7 | | Jedi Knight
Joined: Nov 2010 From: Indiana Posts: 3,310 |
John Tyler.
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January 18th, 2013, 03:47 PM
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#8 | | Historian
Joined: Dec 2011 From: Texas Posts: 1,833 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Salah Ulysses S Grant.
He had probably the most liberal attitude towards 'minorities' of any president before the mid-20th Century. But history just likes to remember him for being scandalous and corrupt; on a personal level, he was neither. | I'll second this. been reading a bit about Indian Wars lately. I think history gives him a bad rating unnecessarily.
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January 18th, 2013, 04:03 PM
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#9 | | Scholar
Joined: Jul 2012 Posts: 906 | Quote:
Originally Posted by Salah Ulysses S Grant.
He had probably the most liberal attitude towards 'minorities' of any president before the mid-20th Century. | This is one of the reasons the Lost Cause did their best to portray Grant negatively.
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January 18th, 2013, 08:26 PM
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#10 | | Archivist
Joined: Dec 2012 From: Savannah, GA Posts: 220 |
John Adams
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