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Who is your favorite dead president?

Who is your favorite president from 1789-1845?

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Who is your favorite president from 1789-1845?
 
Zombie Lincoln.
 
Jefferson, as I personally identify with him, at least as history described him.
 
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John Adams was one of the founding fathers. According to a documentary that I seen, he really hated himself all of the time. He was afraid all of his contributions would be in vain and that Washington and Jefferson would get all the glory in the history books.

He was a behind the scenes man of action. Who is John Adams anyways? I relate to him as a person. Besides, it's too boring to vote for George Washington so I voted for someone else.
 
I'm sorry that I wasn't paying attention when I started this thread.

You are only allowed to list 10 options. It was my intention to list all 39 dead presidents on one poll.

I guess I should have been paying attention.
 
John Quincy Adams.

The biggest opponent against slavery. Also took on the freemasons by helping to found the Anti-Masonic Party. he's the greatest President, along with JFK who also exposed the secret societies.
 
Thomas Jefferson was my favorite founding father... but he wasn't that great of a President.

Andrew Jackson however, that's the guy! Also, my ancestors were natives to the Americas so don't try and hit me with that Indian Removal Act, his fight against the Second Bank of the US is why I love him as a President.

Tothian said:
along with JFK who also exposed the secret societies.
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Hey no fair, he's not on the list. But that Executive Order 11110 was BALLSY!
 
George Washington deserves a lot of credit for serving 2 terms and returning to real life. And starting that tradition. Always liked Jefferson. And Madison seems to have such a grasp on the idea of structures preventing the abuse of power. He understood the foibles of humans. I guess that I would make Jefferson #1.

However, lately I have been wondering what would happen if Hamilton was President. He was a self made man and lacked the aristocratic tendencies of Washington and Jefferson. Would have added a twist to our history.
 
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Who is your favorite president from 1789-1845?
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The easy choices here are Washington and Jefferson. But I like James Madison, without his leadership we could very well have lost the war of 1812 and reverted back to England. Some historians call that war the second Revolution. New England also came close to seceding from the Union over the war and negotiating a separate peace with Great Britain. interesting times, so I am going to go with Madison.
 
None of those people. Thomas Paine all the way.
 
Perotista said:
The easy choices here are Washington and Jefferson. But I like James Madison, without his leadership we could very well have lost the war of 1812 and reverted back to England. Some historians call that war the second Revolution. New England also came close to seceding from the Union over the war and negotiating a separate peace with Great Britain. interesting times, so I am going to go with Madison.
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Well you kind of did lose the war we plundered Washington burned the White House and American forces faced spectacular defeats by the some of the same forces you fought against in the Revolution, including Natives and Blacks. The war showed how horrible the American forces really were. We kept our freedom.
 
Don't really have an opinion on that list of names, but I could tell you who my favorite future dead president will be.
 
I voted TJ but AJ is really starting to grow on me...
 
Van Buren. Dat facial hair...

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Jello Biafra. But on a serious note, Washington.
 
One of the two Adams' boys. Neither were well liked, somewhat because both were way ahead of their time in their thinking.
 
Eric7216 said:
George Washington deserves a lot of credit for serving 2 terms and returning to real life. And starting that tradition. Always liked Jefferson. And Madison seems to have such a grasp on the idea of structures preventing the abuse of power. He understood the foibles of humans. I guess that I would make Jefferson #1.

However, lately I have been wondering what would happen if Hamilton was President. He was a self made man and lacked the aristocratic tendencies of Washington and Jefferson. Would have added a twist to our history.
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Strongly disagree here. Hamilton's public statements and writings suggested him to have rather strong preference towards elitism in and the general concept of a ruling class.
 
Carjosse said:
Well you kind of did lose the war we plundered Washington burned the White House and American forces faced spectacular defeats by the some of the same forces you fought against in the Revolution, including Natives and Blacks. The war showed how horrible the American forces really were. We kept our freedom.
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LOL, we did too. Sometimes you win by losing. The trick was unlike European Wars where if you captured a nation's capital, you won the war. We just moved ours around from place to place and as long as we kept ahead of you or was able to move it faster than you could find it....we won. Then there was always Andy, Jackson, although the war was over when he won his famous battle.
 
Perotista said:
The easy choices here are Washington and Jefferson. But I like James Madison, without his leadership we could very well have lost the war of 1812 and reverted back to England. Some historians call that war the second Revolution. New England also came close to seceding from the Union over the war and negotiating a separate peace with Great Britain. interesting times, so I am going to go with Madison.
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cool. I'm from Baltimore (Star Spangle Banner = Ft. McHenry) and most times the War of 1812 is overlooked.
Washington (capitol) was burned, the British were advancing, and if not stopped at Baltimore,
would have had their fleet in the Chesapeake Bay establish a supply point/base to remain on the continent.
 


Polk, he did what he said he would, refused to run again, and died 3 months after he left office.
 
annata said:
cool. I'm from Baltimore (Star Spangle Banner = Ft. McHenry) and most times the War of 1812 is overlooked.
Washington (capitol) was burned, the British were advancing, and if not stopped at Baltimore,
would have had their fleet in the Chesapeake Bay establish a supply point/base to remain on the continent.
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I think Madison gets overlooked big time. It wouldn't have take but a couple of opposite turns in the War of 1812 for the U.S. to fall back to being under England's control.
 
Perotista said:
I think Madison gets overlooked big time. It wouldn't have take but a couple of opposite turns in the War of 1812 for the U.S. to fall back to being under England's control.
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yes, as well as the father of the Constitution.

James Madison: Father of the Constitution
In 1787 and 1788, Madison authored, with Alexander Hamilton and John Jay, the Federalist Papers, a penetrating commentary on the principles and processes of the proposed Constitution.
In 1789, as a member and leading voice in the House of Representatives in the new Republic, Madison introduced a series of constitutional amendments that would form the basis of the Bill of Rights.
A few years later, he and Thomas Jefferson organized the opposition to Alexander Hamilton's administrative policies, thereby founding the first political party in America.
 
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