What is your hobby?
Some people love to spend hours in the garden. Some will collect an endless amount of items. Others will struggle their days away playing golf.
For me, one of my hobbies has always been studying the presidents. I love it. I enjoy it. I find it fascinating to learn about the leadership of others and ask how it can apply to what I do as a pastor.
I love studying presidential history so much that I have my own list of how I rank each of the presidents. I’ve posted this list before, each with new editions, and this will be the first time since 2017.
My rankings are not based on my personal preferences, though like any person there are some presidents I prefer more than others. I look at leadership and accomplishments within the office to base my rankings.
So, once again, here is my list of presidential rankings. This year’s list is based on reflection, as well as the inclusion of Donald Trump. I do not include the current president, Joseph Biden, in the rankings.
1 Abraham Lincoln
2 George Washington
3 Theodore Roosevelt
4 Thomas Jefferson
5 Franklin Roosevelt
6 Ronald Reagan
7 Harry S. Truman
8 Dwight Eisenhower
9 James Monroe
10 John F. Kennedy
11 Lyndon Johnson
12 George H.W. Bush
13 John Adams
14 Barack Obama
15 Woodrow Wilson
16 Bill Clinton
17 James Polk
18 James Madison
19 William McKinley
20 Calvin Coolidge
21 Gerald Ford
22 Andrew Jackson
23 Chester A. Arthur
24 Grover Cleveland
25 John Q. Adams
26 William Howard Taft
27 James Garfield
29 George W. Bush
30 Jimmy Carter
31 Ulysses S. Grant
32 Rutherford B. Hayes
33 Benjamin Harrison
34 Martin Van Buren
35 Richard Nixon
36 Herbert Hoover
37 John Tyler
38 Zachary Taylor
39 William Henry Harrison
40 Franklin Pierce
41 Millard Fillmore
42 Warren G. Harding
43 Andrew Johnson
44 Donald Trump
45 James Buchanan
Not Ranked: Joseph Biden
Shannon Blosser 