Why not James K. Polk?
Lot's of historians rate him highly. During his term, the US won the Mexican-American war, and expanded the territory of the US all the way from Texas to California. This made the US a truly continental nation, and ulimately made the US the preeminent power in the world today.
AV 3 Langley sunk by air attack south of Java on Feb 27, 1942
CV 2 Lexington sunk at the battle of the Coral Sea on May 8,1942.
CV 5 Yorktown sunk at Midway June 7, 1942.
CV 7 Wasp sunk south of Guadalcanal on Sept 15, 1942
CV 8 Hornet sunk after Battle of Santa Cruz Oct 26, 1942
CVL 23 Princeton sunk at Battle of Leyte Gulf on Oct 24, 1944
CVE 56 Liscome Bay sunk by I-175 off the Gilberts on Nov 24, 1943
CVE 21 Block Island sunk by U-549 in the Atlantic
CVE 63 St Lo sunk by air attack in Battle of Leyte Gulf on Oct 25, 1944
CVE Gambier Bay sunk by Japanese battleships and cruisers at Leyte Gulf
CVE 79 Ommaney Bay sunk by kamikaze off Mindoro on Jan 4, 1945
CVE 95 Bismarck Sea sunk by kamikaze off Iwo Jima on Feb 21, 1945
Langley had been converted to a seaplane tender around 1937 and had the flight deck shortened. The carrier had been built on the hull of the collier Jupiter which was sister to the vanished Cyclops of WW I/ Bermuda Triangle fame.