From The Atlantic. NewMexiKen thought the last five of the 100 most influential figures in American history was interesting.
96 Ralph Nader
He made the cars we drive safer; thirty years later, he made George W. Bush the president.97 Stephen Foster
America’s first great songwriter, he brought us “O! Susanna” and “My Old Kentucky Home.”98 Booker T. Washington
As an educator and a champion of self-help, he tried to lead black America up from slavery.99 Richard Nixon
He broke the New Deal majority, and then broke his presidency on a scandal that still haunts America.100 Herman Melville
Moby Dick was a flop at the time, but Melville is remembered as the American Shakespeare.