Presidential Rankings of the Gilded Age Presidents
17th President Andrew Johnson (1865-1869) Democrat
18th President Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) Republican
(The Tennessee Tailor)
(Unconditional Surrender Grant, U.S. Grant)
Public Persuasion (41)
Public Persuasion (19)
Crisis Leadership (40)
Crisis Leadership (21)
Economic Management (37)
Economic Management (32)
Moral Authority (40)
Moral Authority (23)
International Relations (36)
International Relations (21)
Administrative Skills (41)
Administrative Skills (36)
Relations with Congress (42)
Relations with Congress (21)
Vision / Setting an Agenda (41)
Vision / Setting an Agenda (23)
Pursued Equal Justice for All (40)
Pursued Equal Justice for All (9)
Performance within context of Times (41)
Performance within Context of Times (25)
Overall Ranking (41)
Overall Ranking (23)
19th President Rutherford Hayes (1877-1881) Republican
(Rutherfraud, His Fraudulency)
Public Persuasion (34)
Crisis Leadership (33)
Economic Management (25)
Moral Authority (30)
International Relations (30)
Administrative Skills (27)
Relations with Congress (35)
Vision / Setting an Agenda (30)
Pursued Equal Justice for All (33)
Performance within context of Times (32)
Overall Ranking (33)
20th President James Garfield (1881) Republican
(Boatman Jim)
Public Persuasion (25)
Crisis Leadership (28)
Economic Management (30)
Moral Authority (25)
International Relations (32)
Administrative Skills (28)
Relations with Congress (22)
Vision / Setting an Agenda (29)
Pursued Equal Justice for All (22)
Performance within Context of Times (31)
Overall Ranking (28)
21st President Chester Arthur (1881-1885) Republican
(Chet, Gentleman boss, Prince Arthur, The Dude President)
22nd & 24th Pres. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889, 1893-1897) Dem.
(His Obstinacy, The Stuffed Prophet & The Elephantine Economist)
(Uncle Jumbo)
Public Persuasion (17)
Crisis Leadership (20)
Economic Management (21)
Moral Authority (21)
International Relations (22)
Administrative Skills (19)
Relations with Congress (27)
Vision / Setting an Agenda (19)
Pursued Equal Justice for All (25)
Performance within Context of Times (20)
Overall Ranking (21)
Public Persuasion (33)
Crisis Leadership (29)
Economic Management (27)
Moral Authority (33)
International Relations (34)
Administrative Skills (32)
Relations with Congress (25)
Vision / Setting an Agenda (33)
Pursued Equal Justice for All (29)
Performance within context of Times (27)
Overall Ranking (32)
23rd President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893), Republican
(The Front Porch Campaigner, The Human Iceberg)
Public Persuasion (29)
Crisis Leadership (30)
Economic Management (28)
Moral Authority (29)
International Relations (28)
Administrative Skills (31)
Relations with Congress (26)
Vision / Setting an Agenda (26)
Pursued Equal Justice for All (23)
Performance within context of Times (29)
Overall Ranking (30)
25th President William McKinley (1897-1901), Republican
(The Napoleon of Protection)
Public Persuasion (13)
Crisis Leadership (11)
Economic Management (13)
Moral Authority (17)
International Relations (15)
Administrative Skills (13)
Relations with Congress (10)
Vision / Setting an Agenda (13)
Pursued Equal Justice for All (21)
Performance within Context of Times (15)
Overall Ranking (16)