If there’s something hilarious in this, it’s that the architect of Harding’s election, Jake Hamon, didn’t live to get his spot in the cabinet. Hamon was cheating on his wife with a young hotty, and eventually paid his brother to marry said hotty so she could have the name “Hamon” while the brother hit the road and disappeared. Unfortunately, during the Harding campaign, there was a concern about how this would look, so Hamon was coaxed to reconcile with his wife. Upon hearing of this, Hamon’s companion shot him in Ardmore, OK — she was later acquitted — and Hamon’s future position of Secretary of the Interior was taken by Albert Fall.

Grant’s time as President was certainly scandal-ridden. Although I can’t claim authority here, though, I’d expect that his depiction on the $50 is more for his service in the Civil War than for his tenure in office. After so many generals, Lincoln found the right guy in Grant, and upon hearing complaints of his affinity for drink, asked what brand he liked, so he could get more of it for his generals.

No 2 Jimmy Carter

I vote for Hoover as the worst (as do most historians) with Bush Jr. being #2 and Nixon driving hard to the hole as #3. Reagan, dribbling and drooling on the perimeter but blocked from the paint, would have to be #4. The man had Alzheimer’s in office, for gawd’s sake. If dementia doesn’t earn a top 5 mention on the worst of the worst, what does?

What does this list have in common? Yup, all Republicans.