Underrated Presidents?

I absolutely am no Presidential scholar, and I am going on little more than a gut feel based on what I have read over the years and observed in my own lifetime. However, I think it is likely that among our Presidents are a few whom history has underrated. Here are three.

John Adams. Anyone who was sandwiched between George Washington and Thomas Jefferson is naturally going to be overlooked somewhat. Adams was one of the great statesmen in the formation of our country, and it can be assumed he brought that ability to the table as President, even if he did not bring a winning personality.

James Monroe. Many of the "great" presidents are considered so because they served in times of stress, and therefore had a crisis to which they could rise and make their mark. Monroe had no such crisis, but the national scene was so smooth during his two terms that it is called the Era of Good Feelings. The credit may not all have been his, but we must assume he deserved some of it.

Theodore Roosevelt. He had the gumption to take on not only the powerful industrialists of his time, but the pro-business wing of his own party which had held largely a political monopoly since the War Between the States. Whatever else he had, he had courage.