1st George Washington : America’s Founding Father who Laid the Foundation of Democracy

2nd John Adams : Man of Self-sacrifice who Put Country before Ambition

3rd Thomas Jefferson : Author of the Declaration of American Independence, of the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom and Father of the University of Virginia

4th James Madison : Father of the Constitution that Established Separation of Powers and Checks and Balances

5th James Monroe : Defender of the New World from European Interference

6th John Quincy Adams : Intellectual Leader with Top Educational Background

7th Andrew Jackson : Pioneer of the Era of Mass Democracy

8th Martin Van Buren : First Career Politician to Become President

9th William Henry Harrison : First ‘Image Politician’

10th John Tyler : First Vice President to Ascend to the Presidency via Succession

11th James K. Polk : Fierce Leader of the Era of Territorial Expansion

12th Zachary Taylor : Career Soldier who Went Straight to the White House

13th Millard Fillmore : From Tailor to the White House

14th Franklin Pierce : Northern Traitor, Southern Sympathizer

15th James Buchanan : Another Sacrificial Lamb of the North-South Conflict

16th Abraham Lincoln : Hero, Saint and Martyr: A Giant in U.S. History

17th Andrew Johnson : First President to be Impeached by Congress

18th Ulysses S. Grant : Politically Inept War Hero

19th Rutherford B. Hayes : Morality Politician Out of Touch with Reality

20th James A. Garfield : Corrupt Politician Assassinated while Fighting Corruption

21st Chester A. Arthur : Defender of Presidential Dignity

22nd/24th Grover Cleveland : Foe of Organized Labor

23rd Benjamin Harrison : Gifted Public Speaker, Not So Gifted President

25th William McKinley : Architect of American Imperialism

26th Theodore Roosevelt : The Trustbuster

27th William Howard Taft : Overweight President Overshadowed by His Predecessor

28th Woodrow Wilson : Messenger of World Peace, the American Way

29th Warren G. Harding : Ordinary Leader during Ordinary Times

30th Calvin Coolidge : Laissez-fairist who Narrowly Escaped the Great Depression

31st Herbert C. Hoover : Competent Leader Swamped by the Great Depression

32nd Franklin Delano Roosevelt : Creator of the New Deal

33rd Harry S. Truman : Little Big Man who Took America to Center Stage

34th Dwight D. Eisenhower : Preserver of World Peace amid the Intensifying Cold War

35th John F. Kennedy : The Camelot Myth: Image More than Achievements

36th Lyndon B. Johnson : Man of Contradictions-Leader of the Great Society, Commander of the Dirty War

37th Richard M. Nixon : Diplomatic Genius Overshadowed by Watergate

38th Gerald R. Ford : Restorer of Ethics to the Presidency

39th James Earl (Jimmy) Carter : Unsuccessful Morality Politician, Reborn as the Apostle of Peace

40th Ronald W. Reagan : Conqueror of Communism

41st George H. W. Bush : Pioneer of New World Order

42nd William Jefferson (Bill) Clinton : Leader of Times of Unprecedented Economic Prosperity

43rd George W. Bush : Self-righteous Warrior against Terror