American Presidents - HURT AND HEAL

Hurt and Heal is a game we played at school in Marseilles before computers were invented. It helped us learn history. We used French Kings & Presidents but most of this forum is American so I thought we could try American Presidents instead.

Each player can HURT and HEAL one President each day and if you feel like it you can add one sentence to explain why.

Here's our starting position.


George Washington +10
John Adams +10
Thomas Jefferson +10
James Madison +10
James Monroe +10
John Quincy Adams +10
Andrew Jackson +10
Martin Van Buren +10
William Henry Harrison +10
John Tyler +10
James Knox Polk +10
Zachary Taylor +10
Millard Fillmore +10
Franklin Pierce +10
James Buchanan +10
Abraham Lincoln +10
Andrew Johnson +10
Ulysses Simpson Grant +10
Rutherford Birchard Hayes +10
James Abram Garfield +10
Chester Alan Arthur +10
Grover Cleveland +10
Benjamin Harrison +10
Grover Cleveland +10
William McKinley +10
Theodore Roosevelt +10
William Howard Taft +10
Woodrow Wilson +10
Warren Gamaliel Harding +10
Calvin Coolidge +10
Herbert Clark Hoover +10
Franklin Delano Roosevelt +10
Harry S. Truman +10
Dwight David Eisenhower +10
John Fitzgerald Kennedy +10
Lyndon Baines Johnson +10
Richard Milhous Nixon +10
Gerald Rudolph Ford +10
James Earl Carter, Jr. +10
Ronald Wilson Reagan +10
George Herbert Walker Bush +10
William Jefferson Clinton +10
George Walker Bush +10
Barack Hussein Obama +10

George Washington +10
John Adams +10
Thomas Jefferson +10
James Madison +10
James Monroe +10
John Quincy Adams +10
Andrew Jackson +10
Martin Van Buren +11 HEAL
William Henry Harrison +10
John Tyler +10
James Knox Polk +10
Zachary Taylor +10
Millard Fillmore +10
Franklin Pierce +10
James Buchanan +10
Abraham Lincoln +10
Andrew Johnson +10
Ulysses Simpson Grant +10
Rutherford Birchard Hayes +10
James Abram Garfield +10
Chester Alan Arthur +10
Grover Cleveland +10
Benjamin Harrison +10
Grover Cleveland +10
William McKinley +10
Theodore Roosevelt +10
William Howard Taft +10
Woodrow Wilson +10
Warren Gamaliel Harding +10
Calvin Coolidge +10
Herbert Clark Hoover +10
Franklin Delano Roosevelt +10
Harry S. Truman +10
Dwight David Eisenhower +10
John Fitzgerald Kennedy +10
Lyndon Baines Johnson +10
Richard Milhous Nixon +9 HURT
Gerald Rudolph Ford +10
James Earl Carter, Jr. +10
Ronald Wilson Reagan +10
George Herbert Walker Bush +10
William Jefferson Clinton +10
George Walker Bush +10
Barack Hussein Obama +10

Van Buren invented the word "OK" and Nixon was the only President to resign fro office.

George Washington +10
John Adams +10
Thomas Jefferson +10
James Madison +10
James Monroe +10
John Quincy Adams +10
Andrew Jackson +10
Martin Van Buren +11
William Henry Harrison +10
John Tyler +10
James Knox Polk +10
Zachary Taylor +10
Millard Fillmore +10
Franklin Pierce +10
James Buchanan +10
Abraham Lincoln +10
Andrew Johnson +10
Ulysses Simpson Grant +10
Rutherford Birchard Hayes +10
James Abram Garfield +10
Chester Alan Arthur +10
Grover Cleveland +10
Benjamin Harrison +10
Grover Cleveland +10
William McKinley +10
Theodore Roosevelt +10
William Howard Taft +10
Woodrow Wilson + 9 HURT
Warren Gamaliel Harding +10
Calvin Coolidge +10
Herbert Clark Hoover +10
Franklin Delano Roosevelt +10
Harry S. Truman +10
Dwight David Eisenhower +10
John Fitzgerald Kennedy +11 HEAL
Lyndon Baines Johnson +10
Richard Milhous Nixon +9
Gerald Rudolph Ford +10
James Earl Carter, Jr. +10
Ronald Wilson Reagan +10
George Herbert Walker Bush +10
William Jefferson Clinton +10
George Walker Bush +10
Barack Hussein Obama +10

So, my choices should be obvious to ATS'ers... Woodrow Wilson for allowing the Federal Reserve (even though he regretted his decision later) and JFK for attempting to stand up to the CIA.

Was about to play but then I decided to watch paint dry.

Originally posted by Autodidactic
Was about to play but then I decided to watch paint dry.

No need to be a jerk you know, this is just a game. I'm pretty sure if you don't like it.. you can ignore it. Simple really.

Anyway, this seems like fun to me so here's mine (and I'm not even American. )

George Washington +10
John Adams +10
Thomas Jefferson +10
James Madison +10
James Monroe +10
John Quincy Adams +10
Andrew Jackson +10
Martin Van Buren +11
William Henry Harrison +10
John Tyler +10
James Knox Polk +10
Zachary Taylor +10
Millard Fillmore +10
Franklin Pierce +10
James Buchanan +10
Abraham Lincoln +10
Andrew Johnson +10
Ulysses Simpson Grant +10
Rutherford Birchard Hayes +10
James Abram Garfield +10
Chester Alan Arthur +10
Grover Cleveland +10
Benjamin Harrison +10
Grover Cleveland +10
William McKinley +10
Theodore Roosevelt +10
William Howard Taft +10
Woodrow Wilson + 9
Warren Gamaliel Harding +10
Calvin Coolidge +10
Herbert Clark Hoover +10
Franklin Delano Roosevelt +11 HEAL
Harry S. Truman +10
Dwight David Eisenhower +10
John Fitzgerald Kennedy +11
Lyndon Baines Johnson +9 HURT
Richard Milhous Nixon +9
Gerald Rudolph Ford +10
James Earl Carter, Jr. +10
Ronald Wilson Reagan +10
George Herbert Walker Bush +10
William Jefferson Clinton +10
George Walker Bush +10
Barack Hussein Obama +10

Originally posted by Autodidactic
Was about to play but then I decided to watch paint dry.


No need to be a jerk you know, this is just a game. I'm pretty sure if you don't like it.. you can ignore it. Simple really.

Anyway, this seems like fun to me so here's mine (and I'm not even American. )

George Washington +10
John Adams +10
Thomas Jefferson +10
James Madison +10
James Monroe +10
John Quincy Adams +10
Andrew Jackson +10
Martin Van Buren +12heal
William Henry Harrison +10
John Tyler +10
James Knox Polk +10
Zachary Taylor +10
Millard Fillmore +10
Franklin Pierce +10
James Buchanan +10
Abraham Lincoln +10
Andrew Johnson +10
Ulysses Simpson Grant +10
Rutherford Birchard Hayes +10
James Abram Garfield +10
Chester Alan Arthur +10
Grover Cleveland +10
Benjamin Harrison +10
Grover Cleveland +10
William McKinley +10
Theodore Roosevelt +10
William Howard Taft +10
Woodrow Wilson + 9
Warren Gamaliel Harding +10
Calvin Coolidge +10
Herbert Clark Hoover +10
Franklin Delano Roosevelt +11
Harry S. Truman +10
Dwight David Eisenhower +10
John Fitzgerald Kennedy +11
Lyndon Baines Johnson +9
Richard Milhous Nixon +9
Gerald Rudolph Ford +10
James Earl Carter, Jr. +10
Ronald Wilson Reagan +9 hurt
George Herbert Walker Bush +10
William Jefferson Clinton +10
George Walker Bush +10
Barack Hussein Obama +10

Hurt - Abe Lincoln suspended Habeous Corpus and enacted forced conscription of soldiers.
Heal - Andrew Jackson fought the global elitists of his day and killed the Central Bank

reply to post by TerryMcGuire


Just giving my opinion of it, though take your own advice.

I'm pretty sure if you don't like it.. you can ignore it. Simple really.

Originally posted by radosta
Hurt - Abe Lincoln suspended Habeous Corpus and enacted forced conscription of soldiers.
Heal - Andrew Jackson fought the global elitists of his day and killed the Central Bank

Here we shall add your entries to the list

George Washington +10
John Adams +10
Thomas Jefferson +10
James Madison +10
James Monroe +10
John Quincy Adams +10
Andrew Jackson +11 HEAL
Martin Van Buren +12
William Henry Harrison +10
John Tyler +10
James Knox Polk +10
Zachary Taylor +10
Millard Fillmore +10
Franklin Pierce +10
James Buchanan +10
Abraham Lincoln +9 HURT
Andrew Johnson +10
Ulysses Simpson Grant +10
Rutherford Birchard Hayes +10
James Abram Garfield +10
Chester Alan Arthur +10
Grover Cleveland +10
Benjamin Harrison +10
Grover Cleveland +10
William McKinley +10
Theodore Roosevelt +10
William Howard Taft +10
Woodrow Wilson + 9
Warren Gamaliel Harding +10
Calvin Coolidge +10
Herbert Clark Hoover +10
Franklin Delano Roosevelt +11
Harry S. Truman +10
Dwight David Eisenhower +10
John Fitzgerald Kennedy +11
Lyndon Baines Johnson +9
Richard Milhous Nixon +9
Gerald Rudolph Ford +10
James Earl Carter, Jr. +10
Ronald Wilson Reagan +9
George Herbert Walker Bush +10
William Jefferson Clinton +10
George Walker Bush +10
Barack Hussein Obama +10

Originally posted by Autodidactic

reply to post by TerryMcGuire


Just giving my opinion of it, though take your own advice.

I'm pretty sure if you don't like it.. you can ignore it. Simple really.

Opps sorry Auto. I only planned on copying the list, not the comments. My mistake.