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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.