The Ladder

Every ballot counted · rankings move with every vote

1. 40James MonroePresidents3–01548
2. 113Thomas JeffersonPresidents2–01532
3. 152George WashingtonPresidents2–01531
4. 174Davy CrockettExplorers2–01530
5. 225Alexander HamiltonStatesmen2–11519
6. 253James BuchananPresidents1–01517
7. 302Aaron BurrStatesmen2–11516
8. 382Sojourner TruthActivists3–21514
9. 400John HancockStatesmen2–11513
10. 413Noah WebsterWriters2–11513
11. 428Deborah SampsonFolk Heroes2–21503
12. 439Cornelius VanderbiltMoguls1–11502
13. 456SquantoFolk Heroes1–11501
14. 461John AdamsPresidents1–11501
15. 483James MadisonPresidents1–11501
16. 490Samuel AdamsStatesmen1–11501
17. 494John Quincy AdamsPresidents1–11500
18. 498SacagaweaExplorers1–11500
19. 514John Paul JonesMilitary1–11500
20. 547Meriwether LewisExplorers2–21499
21. 566Paul RevereFolk Heroes1–11499
22. 581PocahontasFolk Heroes2–21499
23. 590SequoyahFolk Heroes1–11499
24. 659William Henry HarrisonPresidents0–11486
25. 666Benjamin FranklinStatesmen0–11485
26. 698Sam HoustonStatesmen0–11485
27. 700Patrick HenryStatesmen0–11485
28. 701Francis MarionMilitary0–11485
29. 707Andrew JacksonPresidents0–11485
30. 736Benedict ArnoldMilitary0–11484
31. 742Ethan AllenMilitary0–11484
32. 766Zebulon PikeExplorers0–11484
33. 788Martin Van BurenPresidents0–11483
34. 803Eli WhitneyScientists0–11483
35. 816John TylerPresidents1–21481
36. 823Samuel MorseScientists2–31481
37. 824TecumsehStatesmen3–41480
38. 838Winfield ScottMilitary2–41472
39. 846John SmithExplorers0–21471
40. 883Johnny AppleseedFolk Heroes0–21469
41. 899Daniel BooneExplorers0–21469
42. 905Zachary TaylorPresidents0–21469
43. 908John C. CalhounStatesmen0–21469
44. 910Stephen DecaturMilitary0–21469
45. 912John Jacob AstorMoguls0–21469
46. 914Benjamin BannekerScientists0–21469
47. 935Betsy RossFolk Heroes1–31468
48. 941William ClarkExplorers0–21468
49. 948James K. PolkPresidents0–21467
50. 996Sybil LudingtonFolk Heroes0–31454
51. 1003Nathanael GreeneMilitary0–31453
52. 1010Washington IrvingWriters0–31453