Top 10: Reasons I haven't updated Presidential Ranking

10. Let's be honest, it wasn't interesting to read every week slight changes to a list.

9. How much ranting was involved?

8. I got lazy.

7. I couldn't stand to drop Chester Arthur further down!

6. Okay, we get it, Abraham Lincoln is number one!

5. It was a lot of research involved...

4. It's more fun to read other peoples' lists and see how I disagree.

3. I'm not really that great of a historian.

2. Feedback was minimal, and without help it's a tough undertaking.

1. Hell, other stuff is way more fun to blog about.

Top 10: Movies that Should be Made about Presidents

10. Silent Cal
The movie with almost no dialogue.

9. Tippecanoe: William Henry Harrison
"Rosebud" is the dying word of this president. But what could it mean? A reporter seeks out the truth in President Harrison's history.

8. Dutch
In which all the die-hard Reagan Republicans attend, only to find out it's actually about Martin Van Buren. (More for the commercial success than the entertainment value...)

7. The First Black President
Initially about Bill Clinton, who recieved this nickname. Then about Barack Obama who appears to be black. Then about Thomas Jefferson, who is theorized to be partially black.

6. Ike
Dwight Eisenhower dominates Europe in World War II, then becomes much less dominating running Washington DC.

5. Buchanan and His Wife
A touching romance story of James Buchanan and William Rufus King, who dies. Buchanan goes on to be president, but fails to be good because he cannot forget the love he shared.

4. James Garfield Lives
What if Charles Guiteau had failed to assassinate James Garfield? The world progresses from 1881 to 1981.

3. Old Hickory: President Jackson's Adventures
A war hero with a few screws loose runs the country now!

2. TR
Against all odds, an asthmatic boy grows up to fight valiantly in a war and become president.

1. The Dude President: The Chester Arthur Story
A preacher's son grows up to be a wonderfully good brigadier general, only to fall into corruption under a party boss. When he becomes president, can he overtake his corrupted past?

Top 10: Coolest Looking VPs

In my last of the top 10 lists for a while, I examine the Vice Presidents, in terms of how awesome they look. Their names are links to pictures.

Presidential names in parentheses.

10. Millard Fillmore (Taylor)
This seems to be the only picture to do him justice.

9. James Sherman (Taft)
I don't know quite what it is about him. Maybe the spectacles just pull off the right effect.

8. Thomas Hendricks (Cleveland 22)
I think the hair/sideburns just work for Hendricks.

7. Adlai Stevenson (Cleveland 24)
Oddly enough, the baldness only makes him look more awesome.

6. Garret Hobart (McKinley)
Just like Adlai, but a step up in cool.

5. Thomas Marshall (Wilson)
He kinda seems like an ancestor to Eric Foreman on That 70s Show.

4. Charles Curtis (Hoover)
Just a good looking moustache.

3. Schuyler Colfax (Grant)
The only Vice President with a beard. This baffles me.

2. Chester Arthur (Garfield)
Gotta love the friendly mutton chops. Or the "Chester Arthur" as they are sometimes known. Which I plan to grow someday.

1. Levi Morton (Benjamin Harrison)
Chester Arthur just got out-"Chester Arthur"ed.

Top 10: Underrated

This list is very debatable. Let me make that absolutely clear. By no means is this list comprehensive or correct. But it is my best attempt to rank the top 10 underrated presidents by their recognition in the eyes of the common American.

10. James K. Polk
The last of the strong chief executives before the Civil War.

9. Richard Nixon
People seem to forget that he did anything as president other than resign due to Watergate.

8. John Tyler
The fact that he's a president is what he should be given credit for. His assertion in making himself successor to the deceased William Henry Harrison set the Vice President's position as first backup for a presidential death.

7. James Garfield
The man didn't have time to do much, I know. But he did manage to both play the political game in satisfying Stalwarts long enough to be elected, and then be president by not becoming Roscoe Conkling's dog on a chain.

6. William Taft
This big fella may have been a generally poor president, but we have to remember that he did more trustbusting than TR did.

5. Chester Arthur
He rose above party factions and possibly parties themselves. Then he reformed civil service. He also modernized the navy.

4. William McKinley
This man is the first modern president. He brought back power to the position, and thus ended the Gilded Age's streak of generally weaker presidents.

3. Lyndon Johnson
His work for civil rights, as well as his appointment of a black cabinet member, are often overlooked due to his involvement with the Vietnam War.

2. Millard Fillmore
He gave a boat to Commodore Perry, which would lead to relations with Japan. In addition, he supported the Compromise of 1850 (even while VP, doing so against the views of Zachary Taylor) which helped postpone the Civil War a bit

1. Benjamin Harrison
His signing of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act is what let TR, Taft, and Wilson go trust busting.

Top 10: Ugly

Who are the top 10 presidents in terms of ugly? I know the question has been bothering you for so long. So I shall put this to rest for you. They are as follows.


10. Abraham Lincoln
9. James Buchanan
8. Grover Cleveland
7. Grover Cleveland (if he's 22 and 24, he can be ugly twice too!)
6. Martin Van Buren
5. Gerald Ford (who ironically, was a model)
4. Lyndon Johnson
3. William Taft (mostly due to his weight)
2. Richard Nixon
1. John Quincy Adams