William McKinley
The president who turned the U.S. into a global empire — McKinley's victory in the Spanish-American War gave America Cuba, Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines, and set the country on a path of overseas intervention it's never left. He was assassinated at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo.
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William Howard Taft
#2President / Republican — Cincinnati, Ohio · 1909–1913
The only person to serve as both President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court — and by most accounts, he preferred the Court. Taft actually busted more trusts than TR but got less credit for it, and his split with Roosevelt led to Wilson's election.
Warren G. Harding
#3President / Republican — Blooming Grove, Ohio · 1921–1923
The most corrupt administration before modern times — Teapot Dome, the Veterans Bureau scandal, and a series of Cabinet appointees who stole everything not nailed down. Harding was personally popular but intellectually limited, and he knew it. 'I am not fit for this office,' he reportedly said.