The top ten greatest Presidents of the United States (in order):
List order | President order | Portrait | Name/Years in office | Home state | Political party | Previously held political offices |
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1 | 16 | ![]() |
Abraham Lincoln * (1861–1865) | Illinois | Republican |
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2 | 32 | ![]() |
Franklin D. Roosevelt * (1933–1945) | New York | Democratic |
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3 | 1 | ![]() |
George Washington (1789–1797) | Virginia | Independent (sometimes listed as a Federalist) |
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4 | 26 | ![]() |
Theodore Roosevelt (1901–1909) | New York | Republican |
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5 | 18 | ![]() |
Ulysses S. Grant (1869–1877) | Ohio | Republican | None |
6 | 34 | ![]() |
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953–1961) | Kansas | Republican | None |
7 | 3 | ![]() |
Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) | Virginia | Democratic-Republican |
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8 | 35 | ![]() |
John Fitzgerald Kennedy * (1961–1963) | Massachusetts | Democratic |
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9 | 11 | ![]() |
James K. Polk (1845–1849) | Tennessee | Democratic |
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10 | 36 | ![]() |
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963–1969) | Texas | Democratic |
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A star next to the name means the President died in office.