Theodore Roosevelt
The most energetic person to ever occupy the White House — Roosevelt busted trusts, created the national parks system, won the Nobel Peace Prize, charged up San Juan Hill, and wrote 35 books. He was also shot during a campaign speech and finished the speech before going to the hospital.
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Ulysses S. Grant
#2President / Republican — Point Pleasant, Ohio · 1869–1877
The general who won the Civil War presided over one of the most corrupt administrations in American history — but historical reassessment has been kinder to Grant as a champion of Black civil rights during Reconstruction, which he defended more aggressively than any president between Lincoln and LBJ.
Warren G. Harding
#3President / Republican — Blooming Grove, Ohio · 1921–1923
The most corrupt administration before modern times — Teapot Dome, the Veterans Bureau scandal, and a series of Cabinet appointees who stole everything not nailed down. Harding was personally popular but intellectually limited, and he knew it. 'I am not fit for this office,' he reportedly said.