Robert Tata - The Greatest American Presidents: Including a Short Course on All the Presidents and Political Parties

The Greatest
American Presidents

including a Short Course on all the

Presidents and Political Parties

ROBERT TATA

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Published by AuthorHouse 4/22/2013

ISBN: 978-1-4817-2268-1 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-2267-4 (hc)

ISBN: 978-1-4817-2269-8 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2013903824

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Contents

This book is written by a licensed Professional Engineer who has taken an interest in the history of the United States Presidents and political parties. Since the author is not a political scholar, it is more of an average citizen approach to the subject matter as opposed to what might be written by political historians.

The author has named what he believes are the greatest presidents of all time focusing on the nature and magnitude of their achievements. There is also a second list of presidents who are described as being honorable mention. This is not to say that the presidents not making either list have not been able administrators as millions of knowledgeable U.S. citizens voted them in office. All the American presidents have been, for the most part, very capable and honorable chief executives who have served their country well.

At the beginning of this publication, is a detailed chart listing all fifty-seven U.S. presidential elections, complete with winners, losers, dates, and political parties. Following are short profiles of the presidents that are honored; short summaries of all five major political parties; and, short factual summaries of all 44 presidents. In this last section, for some of the early occupants of the White House, the author has selected a modern day president who best exemplifies his earlier counterpart.

There have been 57 presidential elections held in the United States and 44 presidents. One president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, was elected to four terms, more than any other person. Since then, a law has been passed limiting presidents to two terms. Sixteen presidents have been elected to two terms. They are Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jackson, Lincoln, Grant, Cleveland, McKinley, Wilson, Eisenhower, Nixon, Reagan, Clinton, Bush, and Obama. Grover Cleveland was the only president to be elected to two non-consecutive terms; therefore, he is counted as president twice.