The Weekly Standard’s Jay Cost put out a bunch of Tweets for President’s Day that I thought were worth sharing. One tweet for each president, followed by an account of the three most underrated presidents in his estimation.

In honor of #PresidentsDay, here are my one-tweet reviews of every president up to FDR.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

1. Washington: Everybody praises him. Rightly so, but nobody has ever run their admin like him (Hamilton basically as prime minister).

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

2. Adams: Acerbic and nationalistic. Praise for avoiding war with France. Condemnation for Alien & Sedition Acts.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

3. Jefferson: Beneficiary of Britain's (temporary) forbearance and Napoleon's indecision.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

4. Madison: Paid a price for a bad foreign policy idea he'd developed 20 years earlier (i.e. US had trade leverage over Great Britain).

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

5. Monroe: Still not sure why he got elected.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

6. John Quincy Adams: The greatest statesman never actually elected president.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

7. Jackson: Systematically conflated his vanity with the national interest. Historians who praise him today would have FEARED him in 1830s.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

8. Van Buren: The father of the modern two-party system, for better and for worse.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

9/10. Harrison/Tyler: Proof that the Whigs agreed more on what they opposed (JACKSON!) than what they supported.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

11. Polk. Praised in retrospect, and not w/o merit. But: Lincoln thought he started a war of conquest on trumped-up charges.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

12. Taylor. Proof that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

13. Fillmore. The only bona fide Whig ever to become president. Poor Henry Clay.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

14. Pierce. Beneath contempt.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

15. Buchanan. Beneath Pierce.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

16. Lincoln. The greatest American.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

17. Johnson. A boorish drunk.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

18. Grant. If only he were 1/2 as good as president as he was as a general.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

19. Hayes. An honest man who fought corruption unsuccessfully.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

20. Garfield. The quintessential man of the 1880s. (Yes, take that as ambiguously as it seems.)

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

21. Arthur. No man followed such a crooked path to the WH, and few were as honest upon arrival.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

22. Cleveland #1. Principles above pragmatism.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

23. Harrison. The business of America is business, Part I.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

24. Cleveland #2. The Panic of 1893. 'nuff said.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

25. McKinley: The business of America is business, Part II.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

26. TR. On second thought, maybe we should bring business into line a bit.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

27. Taft: The business of America is business, Part III.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

28. Wilson: Reform! Also racism! Lots and lots of racism!

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

29. Harding: The business of America is business, Part IV.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

30. Coolidge. The business of America is business, Part V.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

31. Hoover. Proof that a resume stuffed w/ achievement is no indicator of presidential excellence.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

32. FDR. The founder of Tammany on the Potomac. Everybody since has been swimming in his wake.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

Everybody has a list of favorite and least favorite presidents. Here's three under-appreciated presidents.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

(1) Millard Fillmore. Singed the Compromise of 1850 (which Taylor would have vetoed). Bought the Union another 10 years …

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

… during which Northern industrialism was able to grow leaps and bounds, ultimately making the difference.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

(2) Rutherford Hayes.Dubbed "Rutherfraud" given the circumstances of the 1876 election, he was an honest politician who tried to fight …

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

… the corrupt patronage system. He failed, but not for dint of effort. Only Garfield's assassination brought it down.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

(3) Gerald Ford. The 1st POTUS w/ no popular mandate whatsoever, Ford brought honesty and integrity to the WH when it was needed most …

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016

… he paid a political price for pardoning Nixon, but in historical retrospect it was absolutely integral to restoring national harmony.

— Jay Cost (@JayCostTWS) February 15, 2016