rating the presidents “ history makes the man, more than the man makes history.” richard nixon

Rating the Presidents

“History makes the man, more than the man makes history.”

Richard Nixon

Rating the Presidents

“It is a great advantage to a president and a major source of safety to the country, for him to know that he is not a great man.”

Calvin Coolidge

Qualities of a great president:

Excellent public speakerDoes what the people want or what he thinks is best for the peopleHonestyPopular

Rating the Presidents

Great:Abraham LincolnGeorge WashingtonFranklin D. Roosevelt

Rating the Presidents

Near Great:Theodore Roosevelt Harry TrumanAndrew JacksonThomas JeffersonDwight D. EisenhowerWoodrow Wilson

Rating the Presidents

Failures:James BuchananAndrew JohnsonFranklin PierceWilliam H. HarrisonUlysses Grant

Warren HardingCalvin CoolidgeHerbert HooverRichard Nixon

ABC News Harris Poll2012

Best Since WW2

1. Reagan

2. FDR

3. JFK

4. Clinton

5. IKE

6. Truman

7. Obama

8. W

9. Carter

10. LBJ

Worst Since WW2

1. W

2. Obama

3. Nixon

4. Clinton

5. Carter

6. Reagan

7. H.W. Bush

8. LBJ

9. JFK

10. Truman

ABC News Harris PollBest Ever:

1. Lincoln

2. Reagan

3. Washington

4. JFK

5. FDR

6. Clinton

7. Obama

8. Jefferson

9. Truman

10. Teddy Roosevelt

Living Constitution

1796 George Washington does not run for a third term, setting the precedent of a two-term limit.

The Living Constitution

180412th Amendment requires separate ballots for President and

Vice President

Reagan Assassination Attempt

“Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the President, the Vice President and the Secretary of State in that order, and should the President decide he wants to transfer the helm to the Vice President, he will do so. He has not done that. As of now, I am in control here, in the White House, pending return of the Vice President and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course.”

Secretary of State Al Haig

The Living Constitution

1947

Presidential Succession Act lists the officials who would succeed to the presidency

The Living Constitution

1951 22nd Amendment limits the president to 2 terms in office.

The Living Constitution

1963

JFK assassinated:"I do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the

Constitution of the United States."

The Living Constitution

196725th Amendment sets up the procedures to follow when the president is disabled or vice presidency is vacated.

The Living Constitution

1973President Nixon nominates Gerald Ford to replace Spiro Agnew who resigned due to scandal.

The Living Constitution

1974Nixon resigns because of the Watergate

scandal and is replaced by Ford, who appoints Nelson Rockefeller to VP.