The Ladder

Every ballot counted · rankings move with every vote

1. 9George WashingtonPresidents16–11670
2. 32Benjamin FranklinStatesmen22–91631
3. 41James MadisonPresidents14–31625
4. 182Sojourner TruthActivists10–41567
5. 187John Paul JonesMilitary9–41567
6. 196Thomas JeffersonPresidents8–31564
7. 237Paul RevereFolk Heroes7–31554
8. 255John HancockStatesmen16–131549
9. 283Meriwether LewisExplorers12–81544
10. 298TecumsehStatesmen13–101541
11. 314John AdamsPresidents7–41539
12. 320Andrew JacksonPresidents7–51537
13. 345PocahontasFolk Heroes11–71534
14. 386Alexander HamiltonStatesmen10–71526
15. 432William ClarkExplorers8–61517
16. 447SacagaweaExplorers8–91515
17. 450Patrick HenryStatesmen6–51515
18. 456Davy CrockettExplorers7–51514
19. 490Samuel MorseScientists7–61507
20. 494James MonroePresidents6–51506
21. 537Samuel AdamsStatesmen10–81498
22. 600Washington IrvingWriters7–91487
23. 607James BuchananPresidents6–81485
24. 618SequoyahFolk Heroes7–81483
25. 629Deborah SampsonFolk Heroes10–121481
26. 630John Quincy AdamsPresidents5–61481
27. 634Ethan AllenMilitary4–61480
28. 655John SmithExplorers4–71477
29. 660Benedict ArnoldMilitary4–61476
30. 672Martin Van BurenPresidents5–71473
31. 687Cornelius VanderbiltMoguls8–101469
32. 702SquantoFolk Heroes6–81466
33. 752James K. PolkPresidents5–91456
34. 770John Jacob AstorMoguls4–91453
35. 773Aaron BurrStatesmen4–71452
36. 786Betsy RossFolk Heroes5–101449
37. 795Eli WhitneyScientists7–111448
38. 800Stephen DecaturMilitary3–81446
39. 802Nathanael GreeneMilitary7–111446
40. 822Zachary TaylorPresidents5–111440
41. 868John TylerPresidents5–101431
42. 871Noah WebsterWriters6–121431
43. 890Francis MarionMilitary4–101424
44. 894Zebulon PikeExplorers2–91423
45. 924Benjamin BannekerScientists4–111415
46. 925William Henry HarrisonPresidents5–111414
47. 929John C. CalhounStatesmen4–121414
48. 937Daniel BooneExplorers2–91412
49. 957Johnny AppleseedFolk Heroes3–111406
50. 981Sam HoustonStatesmen1–101398
51. 1004Sybil LudingtonFolk Heroes2–121387
52. 1044Winfield ScottMilitary7–271347