7. Dwight Eisenhower
SRI Ranking: 7
Brookings Institution Ranking: 10
Dwight Ike Eisenhower ranks 7th in our list of most successful presidents of all time. It is mostly credited for keeping his cool during the turbulent years post World War 2. Despite many crises that emerged during his stay in the White House, he avoided involving the country into the shooting war with the Soviets, which would end in a nuclear exchange. Although he spent his life as a professional soldier, he refused to increase military spending and kept a balanced budget, warning the nation about the dangers “the military-industrial complex”, now famous phrase he coined.
