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A Primer On History’s Greatest Presidents

In honor of President’s Day, The Onion provides a primer on the country’s most noteworthy commanders-in-chief.


George Washington: America’s first white president


Andrew Jackson: Provided a valuable template for future leaders to murder thousands of non-whites without everyone turning it into a big thing


William Henry Harrison: Holds the distinction of doing the least damage to the nation’s legacy of any president in history


Abraham Lincoln: The 16th president is celebrated for leading the Union to victory in the war against states’ rights


Theodore Roosevelt: Holds record for killing the most black rhinos while in office


William Howard Taft: The accomplished statesman who also served as chief justice of the Supreme Court is remembered for being fat


Franklin D. Roosevelt: Inspired the 22nd Amendment by demonstrating that more than two terms in office will cause a fatal cerebral hemorrhage


Lyndon B. Johnson: Returned America to a state of normalcy after its terrifying three-year brush with Catholicism


Gerald Ford: Smart enough to figure out how to bypass the humiliating process of getting elected


Jimmy Carter: The only president thus far to have been granted eternal life


Ronald Reagan: Throughout his two terms in office, Reagan boldly challenged the prevailing notion that a president must give a shit about poor people


Winston Reeves: A master Freemason, Reeves has ably run the country since 1989 as the nation’s 12th shadow president