JOHN F. KENNEDY (D) - 1961-1963
JFK was a World War II vet, but he was following a general. He was young and not treated as seriously by world leaders, and the Cold War was a time when America had to be strong. The 35th President made his mistakes (Bay of Pigs) but he owned up to them, and two things really cement his legacy: the Cuban Missile Crisis, and his death.
I say his death because many of his desired domestic programs were going to face opposition. When he died, LBJ was able to push them through in Kennedy's honor, and so genuine civil rights legislation finally became a reality a century after slavery ended.
Kennedy was praised as a patriot for saying, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country." Say that today, and you're a communist.
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