Who was the best US president of all time?

1) Franklin Delano Roosevelt
2) Abraham Lincoln
3) Theodore Roosevelt
4) James K. Polk
5) George Washington

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Washington is one of the chief reasons the US turned out as a functional First World country rather than a military dictatorship like most of the rest of the Americas.

...Yeah, I know. Hence his top 5 placement.

His foreign policy, perhaps. Domestically, his policies extended the Great Depression until British and french cash stimulated the economy when war broke out and he more-or-less created modern Federal micromanagement and overreach.

Four places too low.

Well, you're entitled to your opinion.

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James K. Polk?

"The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made." - Grouch

Who else can say kept all their campaign promises like getting America a Pacific Coast including a gold-rich California and the northwest—without war against the British Empire—that would later be Oregon and Washington and achieving it all in only four years?

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