The Ladder

Every ballot counted · rankings move with every vote

1. 16George WashingtonPresidents15–11656
2. 21James MadisonPresidents14–21650
3. 33Benjamin FranklinStatesmen21–81630
4. 107Sojourner TruthActivists10–31591
5. 160PocahontasFolk Heroes11–51575
6. 187TecumsehStatesmen13–81570
7. 197John Paul JonesMilitary9–41567
8. 203Thomas JeffersonPresidents8–31564
9. 244Paul RevereFolk Heroes7–31554
10. 264John HancockStatesmen16–131549
11. 295Samuel AdamsStatesmen10–51544
12. 343Davy CrockettExplorers7–41533
13. 357Meriwether LewisExplorers11–81530
14. 358Patrick HenryStatesmen6–41530
15. 366John AdamsPresidents6–41529
16. 385Alexander HamiltonStatesmen10–71526
17. 440Andrew JacksonPresidents6–51517
18. 451SacagaweaExplorers8–91515
19. 464SequoyahFolk Heroes7–61513
20. 494Samuel MorseScientists7–61507
21. 497James MonroePresidents6–51506
22. 517William ClarkExplorers7–61503
23. 566John SmithExplorers4–61492
24. 596Deborah SampsonFolk Heroes9–111486
25. 617SquantoFolk Heroes6–71481
26. 623Ethan AllenMilitary4–61480
27. 628John Quincy AdamsPresidents4–51480
28. 649Benedict ArnoldMilitary4–61476
29. 666Martin Van BurenPresidents5–71473
30. 669Nathanael GreeneMilitary7–91472
31. 684Cornelius VanderbiltMoguls8–101469
32. 696James BuchananPresidents5–81468
33. 697Washington IrvingWriters6–91467
34. 750James K. PolkPresidents5–91456
35. 766John Jacob AstorMoguls4–91453
36. 769Aaron BurrStatesmen4–71452
37. 784Betsy RossFolk Heroes5–101449
38. 789Eli WhitneyScientists7–111448
39. 798Noah WebsterWriters6–111444
40. 818Zachary TaylorPresidents5–111440
41. 865John TylerPresidents5–101431
42. 886William Henry HarrisonPresidents5–101426
43. 887Stephen DecaturMilitary2–81426
44. 926Benjamin BannekerScientists4–111415
45. 935John C. CalhounStatesmen4–121414
46. 942Daniel BooneExplorers2–91412
47. 947Zebulon PikeExplorers1–81411
48. 956Johnny AppleseedFolk Heroes3–111406
49. 967Francis MarionMilitary3–101403
50. 985Sam HoustonStatesmen1–101398
51. 1013Sybil LudingtonFolk Heroes1–111377
52. 1047Winfield ScottMilitary7–271347