I would add Ulysseys S. Grant to that list, after the 'Toon perhaps the most corrupt administration in U.S. history.
I saw Buchanan mentioned. I wouldn't be too hard on him or the other men who served between Polk and Lincoln-they were all pretty much mediocre leaders, both products and victims of their times.
452 posted on 08/17/2005 6:36:52 PM PDT by WestVirginiaRebel
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