Who was the Greatest Founding Father?

[Galileo Galilei]

Who was the Greatest Founding Father?

1. James Madison

2. Thomas Jefferson

3. George Washington

4. Other

UPDATE!

Guides to the Founding Fathers:

Founding Fathers of the United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States

Welcome to the Founding Fathers home page
http://www.foundingfathers.info/

America's Founding Fathers
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html

Founding Fathers of the United States of America
http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/FATHERS.HTM

Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
http://colonialhall.com/

FoundingFathers.com
http://www.foundingfathers.com/

 

[Truth Warrior]

2.

 

[Kotin]

Jefferson FTW...

 

[rational thinker]

Thomas Mutherfucking Jefferson.

 

[Acala]

Jefferson

Jefferson was not a great President and not a great governor. But he was an unwavering, eloquent, and largely selfless advocate for the pure cause of human liberty. Not to mention his almost inumerable other talents.

Tom Paine and Sam Adams were pretty good too. And I am sure there are some lesser-knows or unknowns who were the greatest of all.

 

[rational thinker]

Washington wasn't bad, either.

 

[rational thinker]

Jefferson was not a great President and not a great governor. But he was an unwavering, eloquent, and largely selfless advocate for the pure cause of human liberty. Not to mention his almost inumerable other talents.

Watch your mouth on this forum.

 

[JoshLowry]

I have to go with Madison because I'm related to him.

(not by blood though)

 

[ClayTrainor]

Watch your mouth on this forum.

i don't think many will disagree with him.

The consensus on this forum, as far as i can tell is that Jefferson, was a great advocate of liberty but a hypocritical president in many respects.

 

[ClayTrainor]

I vote for Ben Franklin, because his quotes impact me the hardest when i read them.

He was truly a very wise man.

 

[Crash Martinez]

3 great Presbyterians missing from this list.

Benjamin Rush
John Witherspoon
William Paterson

 

[Kevin Tuma]

Who was the Greatest Founding Father?

1. James Madison

2. Thomas Jefferson

3. George Washington

4. Other

Ben Franklin.

-He was a self-made rich man (instead of an aristocrat).

-He was a complete renaissance man...inventor, writer, entrepreneur, diplomat.

-He was a slave abolitionist (instead of a slave owner).

-He never ought the office of the presidency.

 

[Galileo Galilei]

UPDATE!

Guides to the Founding Fathers:

Founding Fathers of the United States
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Founding_Fathers_of_the_United_States

Welcome to the Founding Fathers home page
http://www.foundingfathers.info/

America's Founding Fathers
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution_founding_fathers.html

Founding Fathers of the United States of America
http://americanrevwar.homestead.com/files/FATHERS.HTM

Biographies of America's Founding Fathers
http://colonialhall.com/

FoundingFathers.com
http://www.foundingfathers.com/

 

[Kludge]

Jefferson was alright... I picked John Rutledge only because I like his brother, Edward.

(Picking Edward Rutledge was a joke, for the record)

 

[Scofield]

Thomas Jefferson and Patrick Henry.

They both were very pro-Liberty.

 

[Galileo Galilei]

3 great Presbyterians missing from this list.

Benjamin Rush
John Witherspoon
William Paterson

I could only pick 20.

Everyone who signed both the Declaration of Independence or Constitution made it automatically.

I agree that Rush is very important because he signed the Declaration and remained active for many years afterward into the 1810s. Paterson was a fairly key player at the Constitutional convention, and proposed the Paterson Plan.

I don't know much about Witherspoon except that he signed the Declaration.

 

[Galileo Galilei]

I have to go with Madison because I'm related to him.

(not by blood though)

So is Obama. Pretty scary, eh?

 

[Galileo Galilei]

Jefferson was alright... I picked John Rutledge only because I like his brother, Edward.

Rutledge was a key player at the Constitutional Convention. Right up near the top, along with Madison, G. Morris, Wilson, and Mason.

I think his brother signed the Declaration of Independence.

 

[SovereignMN]

Patrick Henry gets my vote.

 

[rational thinker]

Where's Obama?