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.