Presidents' Nicknames

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George Washington
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Madison
James Monroe
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
Martin Van Buren
William H. Harrison
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Zachary Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Chester A. Arthur
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
William H. Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Warren G. Harding
Calvin Coolidge
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
Gerald R. Ford
Jimmy Carter
Ronald Reagan
George Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
Barack Obama

Presidential Nicknames

George Washington	Father of His County, The Sage of Mount Vernon
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
Martin Van Buren	The Red Fox of Kinderhook, O.K., The Little Magician, Little Van, Little Matt or Matty
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
Abraham Lincoln	The Great Emancipator, Honest Abe, The Rail Splitter
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
Grover Cleveland	Grover the Good, Old Grover, he was called the "Beast of Buffalo by his political enemies. Uncle Jumbo, Big Steve (Steve was his first name.)
Benjamin Harrison	Young Tippecanoe, Little Ben, The Centennial President
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"
Woodrow Wilson	The Professor, The Phrasemaker
William B. Harding	W.G., Winnie
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
Lyndon B. Johnson	L.B.J.
Richard M. Nixon	Tricky Dick, Richard the Chicken-Hearted, Gloomy Gus
Gerald Ford	Jerry, accidental president, Junie (Short of Junior)
Jimmy Carter	The Peanut Farmer, Cousin Hot, Hot or Hot Shot
Ronald Reagan	The Great Communicator, Dutch, Ronald the Right, The Teflon President, The Jelly Bean Man.
George W. Bush	W. Old Pop or Poppy in his younger years
Bill Clinton	Slick Willie

Topics

Nicknames for the Presidents

First Ladies

Presidents who died in office

Assassinations and Assassination Attempts

Vice Presidents who became Presidents

Presidential Salaries

Oldest living Presidents

Presidents' Military Service

Books about U.S. President

Pets of the Presidents

Sources:

The Presidents of the United States. 22 September 2004: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/

Davis, Gibbs and Ilus. David A. Johnson. Wackiest White House Pets. New York: Scholastic Press, October 2004

James, Barber and Amy Pastan. Smithsonian Presidents and First Ladies. New York: DK Publishing, 2002

Kane, Joseph Natan. Facts about the Presidents from Washington to Johnson. New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1964.

McCullough, Noah, The Essential Book of Presidential Trivia. Random House, USA, 2006

Pine, Joslyn, Presidential Wit and Wisdom: Memorable Quotes from George Washington to Barack Obama . Dover Publications, Mineola, New York, 2009

Huffington Post web site.

Lang, Stephen, The Complete Book of Presidential Trivia, Pelican Publishing Company, Gretna, 2011

O'Reilly, Bill, and Dugard, Martin, Killing Lincoln: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever, Henry Holt and Company, New York, 2011

St. George, Judith In the Line of Fire: Presidents' Lives at Stake , Scholastic Inc. New York, 2001

I have set a goal of reading a book about all of the deceased presidents. I share the ones that I have read as well as my current reading. You can view the books on my book page. I am open to suggestions of books to read. (jim@anewadventure.org.)

What I am currently reading:

Gurzman, Kevin R.,James Madison and the Making of America, St. Martin's Press, New York, 2012


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