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 20th President James Garfield (1881) Republican (Rutherfraud, His Fraudulency) (Boatman Jim) Public Persuasion (34) Public Persuasion (25) Crisis Leadership (33) Crisis Leadership (28) Economic Management (25) Economic Management (30) Moral Authority (30) Moral Authority (25) International Relations (30) International Relations (32) Administrative Skills (27) Administrative Skills (28) Relations with Congress (35) Relations with Congress (22) Vision / Setting an Agenda (30) Vision / Setting an Agenda (29) Pursued Equal Justice for All (33) Pursued Equal Justice for All (22) Performance within context of Times (32) Performance within Context of Times (31) Overall Ranking (33) Overall Ranking (28)
21st President Chester Arthur (1881-1885) Republican 22nd & 24th Pres. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889, 1893-1897) Dem. (Chet, Gentleman boss, Prince Arthur, The Dude President) (His Obstinacy, The Stuffed Prophet & The Elephantine Economist) (Uncle Jumbo) Public Persuasion (33) Public Persuasion (17) Crisis Leadership (29) Crisis Leadership (20) Economic Management (27) Economic Management (21) Moral Authority (33) Moral Authority (21) International Relations (34) International Relations (22) Administrative Skills (32) Administrative Skills (19) Relations with Congress (25) Relations with Congress (27) Vision / Setting an Agenda (33) Vision / Setting an Agenda (19) Pursued Equal Justice for All (29) Pursued Equal Justice for All (25) Performance within context of Times (27) Performance within Context of Times (20) Overall Ranking (32) Overall Ranking (21)
23rd President Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893), Republican 25th President William McKinley (1897-1901), Republican (The Front Porch Campaigner, The Human Iceberg) (The Napoleon of Protection) Public Persuasion (29) Public Persuasion (13) Crisis Leadership (30) Crisis Leadership (11) Economic Management (28) Economic Management (13) Moral Authority (29) Moral Authority (17) International Relations (28) International Relations (15) Administrative Skills (31) Administrative Skills (13) Relations with Congress (26) Relations with Congress (10) Vision / Setting an Agenda (26) Vision / Setting an Agenda (13) Pursued Equal Justice for All (23) Pursued Equal Justice for All (21) Performance within context of Times (29) Performance within Context of Times (15) Overall Ranking (30) Overall Ranking (16)