If America’s Presidents Had a Yearbook, It Might Look Like This

A tribute to some of our White House graduates, their leadership—and their unique quirks.
If America’s Presidents Had a Yearbook, It Might Look Like This
Many different personalities have held America's highest office. Public domain, Smithsonian Institution, Library of Congress
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Many high school yearbooks used to include lists of senior superlatives such as Best Dressed, Best Couple, Class Clown, and Most Likely to Succeed.

On this Presidents Day, we might have some fun applying our own inventory of superlatives to graduates of the White House, assigning some of them tags that marked them as outstanding. To avoid exacerbating our current ill-tempered culture, the lists below contain only the presidents who have taken that final step from the graduation stage into the Great Beyond. Current and former presidents still living—George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, and Donald Trump—are out of bounds.

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Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a passel of grandkids. He has written two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” as well as “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” You’ll find more of his writing at JeffMinick.substack.com.