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Here’s my rankings for what they are worth - impact, not necessarily that I agreed with them or their policies: 1) Lincoln (won Civil War, emancipation); 2) Washington (knew not to confront the Brit Army except on his terms, voluntary stepped down after two terms); 3) Jefferson (LA. Purchase); 4) Reagan (restored pride, the economy, destroyed the USSR); 5) FDR (kicked Nazi Germany and Japan down the pipe hole largely at the expense of Russian lives); 6) Jackson (a tail kicker and honest, with the exception I didn’t like how he treated the tribes); 7) Truman (Berlin Airlift, trusted Uncle Joe a lot less than FDR); 8) Polk (accomplished an incredible amount in four years); 9) TR Roosevelt (built up US power); 10) Trump (just so far).

The worst, in terms of the long-term damage they did to the USA: 1) LBJ (stole his first election, Vietnam, Great Society, Immigration Act, prob. involved in JFK assassination and numerous other murders); 2) GW Bush; 3)Wilson (unnecessary WW1, entanglement in international orgs); 4 Grant - mismanaged Lincoln’s plan for Reconstruction; 5 Obama - corrupted government agencies of trust, moved toward state socialism.

The most inconsequential? Fillmore, Jerry Ford, Carter, Bush Sr., Tyler.