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In US history the two presidents tha are generally held in high regard are Washington and Lincoln. Jefferson and his faults are generally known and yet he remains at least respected, but not on a pillar like the other two. We don't have a holiday for Jefferson's birthday, while we had them for Washinton and Lincoln (combined into President's Day in the last few decades).
Washington gets nation wide rememberance, while Lincoln gets decidedly less in the more Southern parts of the country.
A fourth added to the list has been Theodore Roosevelt for being a Progressive Republican that went after Big Business and moved to make the US at least a viable world power (Great White Fleet) plus negotiating the peace treaty that ended the Russo-Japanese War (he won a Nobel Prize for that).
FDR is held high by some, but still hated by others as there are still some people alive that voted for or against him.
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