President |
Nickname |
| George Washington |
Father of His County,
The Sage of Mount Vernon,
Martha called him "Her Old Man." |
| John Adams |
His Roundity,
The Atlas of Independence,
Bonny Johnny,
The Duke of Braintree |
| Thomas Jefferson |
Long Tom, The Pen of the Revolution, Apostle of the Constitution, Sage of Monticello |
| James Madison |
Father of the Constitution, Little Johnny, Sage of Montpelier |
| James Monroe |
The Last of the Crooked Hats |
| John Quincy Adams |
Old Man Eloquent, Publicola, Some Southern Senators sometimes call him "the Madman of Massachusetts.". JQA (He referred to himself using JQA so he would be different than his father, John Adams.) |
| Andrew Jackson |
Old Hickory (Given to him by his army who thought he was as "tough as old Hickory), Sharp Knife (Name given to him by Native Americans,) The Old Hero, King Andrew the First, Mechanic Statesman (For his support of the working man.) |
| Martin Van Buren |
The Red Fox of Kinderhook, The Fox, O.K.(Old Kinderhook), The Little Magician, Little Van, Little Matt or Matty, The Enhancer, The Careful Duchman, The Great Manager, The Master Spirit, The American Talleyrand, King Martin, Matty Van,and Martin Van Ruin. |
| William Henry Harrison |
Old Tippecanoe, The Cincinnatus of the West, Old Granny |
| John Tyler |
His Accidency, Young Hickory |
| James K. Polk |
Polk the Purposeful, Napoleon of the Stump, Young Hickory (Borrowed from Old Hickory - Andrew Jackson.) |
| Zachary Taylor |
Old Rough and Ready (Given to him by soldiers during the Seminole War), Old Zack |
| Millard Fillmore |
The Accidental President, the Wool Carder President |
| Franklin Pierce |
Handsome Frank, Purse, Young Hickory of Granite Hills (Polk was referred to as Young Hickory) so they added Granite Hills. Both men borrowed the name from Andrew Jackson who was called Old Hickory. |
| James Buchanan |
Old Buck, The Do-Nothing President, Sage of Wheatland (His home later in life.) Ten Cent Jimmy, (His opponents said he wanted to lower workers wages to 10 cents a day)."The Grand Turk" for being so strict with people who worked with him. |
| Abraham Lincoln |
The Great Emancipator, Honest Abe, The Rail Splitter, Abe |
| Andrew Johnson |
The Tailor the Tennessee Tailor, Sir Veto, Father of the Homestead Act |
| Ulysses S. Grant |
American Ceasar, The Galena Tanner, Useless S. Grant, Unconditional Surrender (His initials were U.S.), his friends called him Sam. |
| Ruther B. Hayes |
His Fraudulency, Old 8 to 7, Rutherfraud, Rud (When he as a boy.) |
| James A. Garfield |
The Canal Boy, Boat Man Jim, The Preacher President, Gentleman Boss, Dude President, Elegant Arthur |
| Chester A. Arthur |
Elegant Arthur, Dude President. |
| Grover Cleveland |
Grove, Grover the Good, Old Grover, he was called the "Beast of Buffalo" or the "Buffalo Hangman" by his political enemies. Uncle Jumbo, Big Steve (Steve was his first name.) The Sage of Princeton. Veto Mayor and Veto President. (Only Franklen Roosevelt vetoed more bills,) |
| Benjamin Harrison |
Young Tippecanoe, Little Ben, The Centennial President, Kid Glove Harrison |
| William McKinley |
Liberator of Cuba, The Idol of Ohio, Wobbly Willie, The Human Iceberg, Ohio Napoleon, |
| Theodore Roosevelt |
The Rough Rider, The Cowboy, Rough and Ready, T.R., The Lion |
| William Taft |
Big Lub, Big Will, Sleeping Beauty", Big Bill |
| Woodrow Wilson |
The Professor, The Phrasemaker |
| William B. Harding |
W.G., Winnie, his wife called him Sonny. |
| Calvin Coolidge |
Silent Cal |
| Herbert Hoover |
Chief, Grand Old Man, His friends called him Bert, The Great Engineer, The Great Humanitarian |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt |
F.D.R., The Boss, King Franklin |
| Harry S. Truman |
Give'em Hell Harry, Haberdasher Harry |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower |
General Ike, Kansas Cyclone, Duckpin, Ike |
| John F. Kennedy |
J.F.K., He was called Jack by his friends and family. President Eisenhower called him "Little Blue Boy." The Secret Service code name for him was "The Boss." |
| Lyndon B. Johnson |
He liked people to call him LBJ because it sounded like FDR who was a popular president.
L.B.J. The Secret Service code for him when he was Vice President was "Volunteer."
In college a lot of people called him Bull, because he told a lot of stories the stretched the truth or were made up by him.
He was sometimes called "Uncle Cornpon" by White House staff members that disliked him.
The staff also called him Seward after Lincoln's Secretary of State who was power hungry., Leader
After winning his 1948 election to the Senate by 87 votes he was called Landslide Lyndon.
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| Richard M. Nixon |
Tricky Dick, Richard the Chicken-Hearted, Gloomy Gus, The Boss |
| Gerald Ford |
Jerry, accidental president, Junie (Short of Junior), Accidental President |
| Jimmy Carter |
The Peanut Farmer, Cousin Hot, Hot or Hot Shot |
| George H. Bush |
Old Pop or Poppy in his younger years |
| Ronald Reagan |
The Great Communicator, Dutch, Ronald the Right, The Teflon President, The Jelly Bean Man, The Gipper. His wife called him "Ronnie." His code nickname for the Secret Service was "Raw Hide." |
| Bill Clinton |
Slick Willie, The Big Dog |
| George W. Bush |
Dubya (Texas way of saying W), W, "the Decider" because he had to make the final decision. |
| Barack Obama |
Berry, No Drama Obama |
| Donald J. Trump |
"The Donald," |
