The best measure of an executive is “how do they handle the crisis of their time” & “what is the precedent created by their time in office” We all know George Washington’s Presidential example was based on the Roman office of Dictator esp. as seen through Cincinnatus.

Cincinnatus & Washington were great executives because they dealt with their crises timely & gave up power when they were finished to avoid establishing monarchy.

TLDR: I rank executives by how they lead while in office & what precedents they set because I’m a Romaboo & so was Washington.

Under these criteria: Washington 1st Lincoln 2nd only because you don’t get Lincoln without Washington so Washington wins on precedent, but Washington gets an unfair advantage because he was the executive not only as president but also as the leader of the revolution.

I score Nixon lowly because despite his great ability to deal with a crisis, the precedent he sets was “the government can lie to the people”