Richard Nixon - Opening up of China, detente with Russia, price controls, off the gold standard, founding of the EPA, secret bombing of Cambodia, bombing of Hanoi; but the Watergate scandal made him ineffective in his second term. read more
Various different surveys and polls were conducted throughout the last century to create a list of the most powerful and influential presidents of the United States. Most notable among them were Harvard University 1948 poll, The Murray-Blessing 1982 survey and C-SPAN 1999 poll. read more