Other than Lincoln who was the best US President from 1850-1900

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Thu Dec-16-04 02:11 PM
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Other than Lincoln who was the best US President from 1850-1900

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Bucky

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Mon Dec-27-04 02:19 PM
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1. Lincoln's favorite among his living predecessors was Millard Filmore

Milard who?

Not actually elected on his own, Filmore was a do-little in an age of do-nothings. But he was a stout free soiler and our last Unitarian president. Before taking office, Lincoln consulted with Filmore about how to save the nation. But that may have been because the two guys to be president between Filmore and Lincoln were horrid losers who basically cowtowed to the slaveocracy until war was unpreventable.

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JohnKleeb

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Fri Dec-31-04 01:20 AM
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3. I thought the last Uniterian pres was Taft

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Bucky

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Mon Dec-27-04 02:28 PM
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2. Oh wait, to answer your question...

I'd put my money on Chet Arthur. He passed a lot of needed reforms, altho he did so out of political necessity. He was a famous graftsman and the guy before him was murdered in order to protect the graft system. He was slightly less malicious toward the rights of Indians than his contemporaries, too.

Grover Cleveland tends to get better marks than most in this Big Boss era, too, and certainly has a better track record over all, compared to Arthur, but he had fewer entrenched interests to stand against in championing his reforms.

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Zuni

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Fri Jan-14-05 09:26 AM
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5. Garfield was murdered by an office seeker

who had been turned down.

I do not see any conspiracy in the garfield murder

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JohnLocke

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Thu Jan-13-05 11:48 PM
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4. Chester Alan Arthur (nt).

Edited on Thu Jan-13-05 11:48 PM by JohnLocke

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DrGonzoLives

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Sat Jan-15-05 01:02 PM
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6. Cleveland

A bit shady in personal life, but spotless in public service, and got lots of reforms done. And how could you not like a good two-term Democrat in the post-Civil War era?

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Zuni

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Thu Jan-20-05 02:26 PM
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7. He also was as honest a man that ever sat in the WH

he was honest to the core---no instances of him lying in public are known

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DrGonzoLives

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Fri Jan-21-05 09:54 AM
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8. He even admitted his affair and child

born out of wedlock - against the advice of his advisors while running for president. That would be unthinkable now, until the story had dragged out for about two or three months.

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Zynx

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Fri Jan-21-05 03:37 PM
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9. Cleveland and Arthur tie.

Edited on Fri Jan-21-05 03:37 PM by Zynx

Cleveland was one of the best human beings who has ever been in the White House. He may have been conservative, but that was par for the course back then.

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redirish28

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Wed Mar-02-05 08:47 PM
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10. nobody

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