Who's your least favorite president from each party?

[Southern Patriot]

Federalist
John Adams

Democratic-Republican
John Quincy Adams

Whigs
Zachary Taylor

Democrat
Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Republican
Abraham Lincoln

[gorkay]

Federalist: John Adams (pretty easy choice, since it's between him and Washington)

old Republican: James Madison

Whig: Zachary Taylor

Democrat: a dead heat between Franklin Pierce and James Buchanan

Republican: tough choice, since there have been so many bad ones. Maybe Calvin Coolidge, for his priggish ultra-conservatism that did so much harm to the country.

[Daniel Adams]

It's rather pointless, but I love rating presidents.

Federalist
John Adams: Extremely partisan presidency, tried to destroy opposition with the repressive Alien and Sedition Acts.

(Democratic-)Republican
James Madison: Recklessly jumped into the War of 1812 and dangerously mismanaged the first years of the war. The Treaty of Ghent left the issue of impressment of American ships, one of the causus belli, unsettled.

Whig
Millard Fillmore: Passed a stronger law against fugitive slaves. The Compromise of 1850 satisfying no one. And he was an anti-Catholic bigot who later was the presidential candidate of the Know-Nothings.

Democrat
Franklin Pierce: Considered going to war with Spain to conquer Cuba. Supported the coup of pro-slavery filibusterer William Walker in Nicaragua. He supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act which led to Bleeding Kansas, dragging the country one step closer to the Civil War. His successor James Buchanan is a very formidable challenger for worst Democrat however, because he too did nothing to stop the Civil War and it was during his presidency that the hostilities began.

Republican
Herbert Hoover: His handling of the Great Depression was disastrous. He offered no hope to Americans during the crisis and his economic policies were actually rather leftist. He raised tarriffs and taxes, which made the crisis worse, and his spending was "reckless and extravagant" as Roosevelt stated.

[HappyWarrior]

Federalist: John Adams

Democratic-Republican: John Quincy Adams

Whigs: Millard Fillmore

Democratic: James Buchanen

Republican: George W. Bush/Ronald Reagan/Herbert Hoover

[Lief]

Federalist
John Adams

Democratic-Republican
John Quincy Adams

Whigs
Milliard Fillmore

Democrat
Andrew Jackson

Republican
George W. Bush

[Cubby]

Federalist
John Adams

Democratic-Republican
Don't know enough about Monroe and Quincy Adams to say

Whigs
Milliard Fillmore  (Zachary Taylor was the best Whig President)

Democrat
Grover Cleveland- For refusing to help people in need during the Panic of 1893

Woodrow Wilson- For re-introducing segregation to the federal gov't and destroying America's chances of being in the League of Nations due to his own temper.

Franklin Pierce- For being a weirdo

Andrew Jackson- Trail of Tears, and publicly ignoring Justice Marshall's decision in support  the Cherokees.

Republican
I suppose George W. Bush, but I'll say Ronald Reagan, because it annoys me the way Republicans worship everything he ever did. He's a god to them

[wdecker1]

Federalist: none
Democratic-Republican: James Monroe
Whig: John Tyler
Democrat: Franklin Pierce
Republican: Warren Harding

[Ghyl Tarvoke]

Federalist: John Adams
Jacobin Republican: John Q. Adams
Whig: Errrr.. John Tyler.
Democratic: Andrew Jackson\Woodrow Wilson
Republican: Benjamin Harrison\William McKinley\Richard Nixon\Ronald Reagan\George W. Bush.. Five-way tie. Yay!

[Verily]

Federalist: John Adams

Democratic-Republican: James Monroe

Whigs: William Henry Harrison

Democrat: Franklin Pierce

Republican: Calvin Coolidge & George W. Bush; Nixon and Reagan are pretty close, too

[Brandon W]

Federalist-John Adams

Democratic-Republican-John Quincy Adams

Whigs-John Tyler

Democrat-  FDR

Republican-George W. Bush

[Big DaddyTX]

Federalist-John Adams

Whigs-John Tyler

Democrat-  LBJ

Republican- GPorter

[Secretary Polnut]

Federalist
None

Democratic-Republican
John Quincy Adams

Whigs
Milliard Fillmore 

Democrat
James Buchanan

Republican
Bush II VERY closely followed by St. Ronnie

[Mr. Paleoconservative]

Democratic-Republican: Unfair, primarily since there are only three, who each had ups and downs and by leading a young country had to learn on the job.  Monroe was the BEST out of the three, however [I classify J.Q. Adams as a National Republican].
Federalist: No Answer [Unfair to ask seeing as how John Adams was the only official Federalist President].
Whig: No Answer, All of them had their ups and downs in about equal proportion.
Democratic: Woodrow Wilson.
Republican: George W. Bush [His policies are nearly anti-republican in every way, and he gives lipservice on everything else].

[Robespierre's Jaw]

Federalist None

Democratic-Republican John Quincy Adams

Whig Millard Fillmore

Democrat Three Way tie between Franklin Pierce, James Buchanan and Woodrow Wilson

Republican Another Three Way tie between Warren Harding, George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan

[CultureKing]

Federalist
John Adams

Democratic-Republican
John Quincy Adams

Whigs
Milliard Fillmore

Democrat
Andrew Jackson

Republican
Ronald Reagan
or
George W. Bush
I am not sure...

[GMantis]

Federalist: John Adams
Jeffersonian Republican: James Madison
Whig: John Tyler
Democrat: Harry S. Truman (James Buchanan is a very close second)
Modern Republican: George W. Bush

[Χahar]

Federalist: Adams
Democratic-Republican: Monroe
Whig: Tyler
Democratic: Buchanan
Republican: Bush II (wait a few decades for an unbiased answer)

[Hashemite]

Federalist
John Adams

Democratic-Republican
John Quincy Adams

Whigs
John Tyler

Democrat
James Buchanan
Lyndon B. Johnson

Republican
Andrew Johnson
William G. Harding
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush

[gorkay]

Federalist
John Adams

Democratic-Republican
John Quincy Adams

Whigs
John Tyler

Democrat
James Buchanan
Lyndon B. Johnson

Republican
Andrew Johnson
William G. Harding
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush

Andrew Johnson wasn't a Republican. In fact, that was one of the reasons the Republicans impeached him.

[Hashemite]

Don't blame me. Blame the thread's creator for the mistake.

[NDN]

Federalist
John Adams

Democratic-Republican
John Quincy Adams

Whigs
John Tyler

Democrat
James Buchanan
Woodrow Wilson
Lyndon B. Johnson

Republican
Ronald Reagan
George W. Bush

[The Hack Hater]

I'm not even going to list the first 2 parties as it isn't worth going through a couple of guys for each. Why's this thread resurrected anyway?

Whigs
Millard Filmore(I still don't think the FSA was necessary, but then, I'm not up on the debates, apart from the fact that Taylor wouldn't compromise

Democrats

Woodrow Wilson. Pierce is slightly behind somewhere


Republicans

George W. Bush seems easy, but remember that Grant and Harding were also incompetent, even though we never got in any major wars under them(I'm thinking Latin interventions of the 20s here, which weren't exactly wars per se, except maybe in a few places like Nicaragua with Sandino)

[Fmr. Emperor PiT]

Federalists -- Adams
Democratic-Republicans -- Madison
Whigs -- Fillmore
Democrats -- Wilson
Republicans -- Harding

[DownWithTheLeft]

This honestly could not be easier:

Federalists -- Adams (is there another choice?)
Democratic-Republicans -- Madison
Whigs -- Tyler
Democrats -- FDR, Carter, LBJ
Republicans -- Lincoln, *huge gap* Ford, Eisenhower

[Nym90]

Democratic: Buchanan
Republican: Least favorite? Bush 43. Worst? Harding.