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Is an independent cast of mind the best approach to the presidency? The four men profiled in this hour (John Adams, Zachary Taylor, Rutherford B. Hayes and Jimmy Carter) pursued a course that took little account of political affiliation, becoming presidents, in essence, without being politicians. Taken together, they present a cautionary tale: all had difficult presidencies, and neither of the two who sought a second term was granted one.
Walter Cronkite
George Washington
Morley Safer
John Adams
Andrew Young
Thomas Jefferson
George Will
John Quincy Adams
James Carville
Andrew Jackson
Mario Cuomo
Martin Van Buren
Charlie Rose
John Tyler
David Gergen
James Buchanan
Norman Schwarzkopf
Ulysses S. Grant
Billy Graham
James Garfield
Lowell Weicker
Grover Cleveland
William F. Buckley Jr.
Theodore Roosevelt
Colin Powell
William H. Taft
Bob Dole
Herbert Hoover
Jimmy Carter
Self
George H. W. Bush
Self
Bill Clinton
Self