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Great presidents tend to be take charge and high in ambition
A team of psychologists led by Steven J. Rubenzer found that great presidents often are take charge, smart, energetic and assertive yet not necessarily likable. Openness, extroversion, ambition and willingness to bend the truth aided figures like Washington and Lincoln, while traits like straightforwardness were Less predictive of greatness.
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Washington
George
Steven J. Rubenzer
Houston
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
William Howard Taft
Ulysses S. Grant
Theodore Roosevelt
Andrew Jackson
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Teddy Roosevelt
Grant
Harding
Dwight Eisenhower
Warren Harding
Taft