Which US president would you most want to have dinner with?

Some of them would talk all night; one was famous for saying almost nothing. Pick the table you would rather sit at.

1

Abraham Lincoln

The 16th president, a compulsive storyteller who defused arguments with backwoods jokes.

1000pts

2

Ronald Reagan

The former actor who could hold a room with one story and kept jelly beans on the table.

900pts

3

Andrew Jackson

Frontier general whose White House receptions were notorious for getting out of hand.

812pts

4

Ulysses S. Grant

Civil War general turned president, a plain eater who refused to look at undercooked meat.

750pts

5

Thomas Jefferson

Author of the Declaration of Independence and the most serious wine collector ever to occupy the White House.

692pts

6

Calvin Coolidge

Nicknamed 'Silent Cal', he turned saying almost nothing at dinner into a personal art form.

692pts

7

Harry S. Truman

The plainspoken Missourian who ate early and told you exactly what he thought of everything.

680pts

8

Jimmy Carter

Peanut farmer turned Nobel laureate, the president most likely to say grace before the meal.

600pts

9

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Four-term president who mixed the drinks himself at his nightly 'children's hour' gatherings.

507pts

10

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and an enthusiastic amateur cook known for his beef stew.

400pts

11

George Washington

The first president, a formal host at Mount Vernon who let his guests do the talking.

400pts

12

John Adams

The first president to live in the White House and a relentless, argumentative talker.

400pts

13

James Madison

Architect of the Constitution, quiet at table but married to the era's greatest hostess.

400pts

14

Theodore Roosevelt

Rough Rider, naturalist and conversational steamroller who talked through every course.

273pts

15

John F. Kennedy

The youngest elected president, whose dinner tables mixed Hollywood guests with hard questions.

273pts

16

Barack Obama

The 44th president, known for long dinners built around questions rather than speeches.

273pts