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Ever since the development of the Constitution in 1787 America has had many US presidents come into office America has had 43 presidents and I think that the top five are Lincoln Washington Teddy Roosevelt Truman and Jefferson However the United States has not experienced a good president for every term There has been some bad presidents including Buchanan Coolidge and Grant When ranking the presidents one must ask themselves What makes a president good The answer to this question may be to consider the amount of time and care a president takes to keep the welfare of the country intact Most of the best presidents tried to meet the needs of the country as a whole and not be excluding to any particular group The presidents had to be unbiased to win the support of the people and to become popular On contrary most of the bad presidents set up programs for their own interests and paid little attention to helping American individuals along with the country as a whole I think that Abraham Lincoln the 16th president is the number one president of all time In office he kept a close eye on military operations and foreign affairs Even though he entrusted officers to look after these departments he never fully let them take control He was always close by to advise and sometimes overrule their poor decisions Lincoln always thought out everything before making any decisions When he was in office the issue of slavery was being debated Lincoln strongly opposed slavery but he knew that he must be careful because any move against slavery could cause the southern states to secede from the Union But on January 1 1863 Lincoln finally issued the Emancipation Proclamation which was one of the first steps taken to free the slaves inthe South Perhaps the biggest reason why Lincoln is ranked number one is because he kept the Union together During his time of
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