Bloggers Select The 20 Greatest Figures In American History

21 Jul, 2003 by John Hawkins

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Bloggers Select The 20 Greatest Figures In American History: Out of all the titans in American history — Presidents and generals, inventors and entrepreneurs, reformers and revolutionaries — have you ever wondered who the best of the best were? Well, we here at RWN wondered about that too and that’s why we decided to email more than a hundred bloggers to get their opinions. 49 bloggers responded.

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All bloggers were allowed to make anywhere from 1-20 selections. Rank was determined simply by the number of votes received. Also, it’s worth keeping in mind that this was a fairly Conservative group of bloggers and their selections reflected that. Well that’s enough about the rules — without further adieu, the greatest figures in American history are as follows (Cont)