From our discussion in class this morning, here are the average rankings our group gave past Speakers of the House on a scale of 1(best) to 9 (least great).
1. Henry Clay - 1.8
2. Thomas Reed - 2.9
3. James Polk - 3.9
4. Newt Gingrich - 4.3
5. Joe Cannon - 5.7
6. Nicholas Longworth - 5.9
6. Thaddeus Stevens* - 5.9
8. James Blaine - 7.2
9. Sam Rayburn - 7.3
*Stevens was not actually speaker
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Reed should be number 1!!!
No one messed with him. AND (according to the book) he was the most honest.
His one and only occupation was serving the house.
Newt seemed to have the largest standard deviation among our judges.
@Kevin: Honesty doesn't really count here in my opinion, it's all about knowing what you want and being politically savvy.
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