Is there a worse person on one of the common denominations of money than this guy? He's frequently on historians' top worst Presidents lists.
The “historians” that compile this list are leftist creeps. Generally they list FDR and Washington as number one, and Reagan way down the list.
Well, he can thank God for Carter, Clinton and now...Obama.
Those lists of the best/worst presidents are almost always crap.
That said, while it was true that Grant was not a great President, he was not the worst, and beyond that, he is not the corrupted man that history has portrayed him as.
He is guilty of trusting people he should not have, and remaining loyal to people long after they had shown they did not deserve his loyalty. I chalk this up to his military career and the inclination of good general officers to listen to the advice of his subordinates, which does not always translate to civilian service. In the military, subordinates are often trying to achieve a common goal with their superior, that of winning a battle or war, since they both have “skin in the game”.
In the civilian world, that is an assumption that can get a chief executive in trouble, in our out of public service, because subordinates may often have wildly different goals, often centered around personal income.
Just my opinion.
I would vote Andrew Jackson is far, FAR worse to have on our money.
I admit I enjoy Andrew Jackson as an interesting historic figure, and it is hard not to admire his focused determination, relentnessness, and fearlessness as a President, a military man, and as a person. He was a man to be feared, and a wiry wisp of a man at that.
But I don’t admire his politics nor his service as President. It is said that his Presidency was the forerunner of the completely corrupted politics we have honed to a fine edge since then.
Ulysses S. Grant
Is there a worse person on one of the common denominations of money than this guy? He’s frequently on historians’ top worst Presidents lists.
But he was an outstanding General and leader of men...
But a successful General. Before the Civil War was over, three Confederate Generals surrendered their armies to him personally.