George Washington
Father of His County, The Sage of Mount Vernon
His Roundity, The Atlas of Independence, Bonny Johnny, The
John Adams
Duke of Braintree
Long Tom, The Pen of the Revolution, Apostle of the Constitution,
Thomas Jefferson
Sage of Monticello
James Madison
Father of the Constitution, Little Johnny, Sage of Montpelier
James Monroe
The Last of the Crooked Hats
Old Man Eloquent, Publicola, Some Southern Senators sometimes
call him "the Madman of Massachusetts.". JQA (He referred to
John Quincy Adams
himself using JQA so he would be different than his father, John
Adams.)
Old Hickory (Given to him by his army who thought he was as
"tough as old Hickory), Sharp Knife (Name given to him by
Andrew Jackson
Native Americans, The Old Hero, King Andrew the First,
Mechanic Statesman (For his support of the working man.)
The Red Fox of Kinderhook, The Fox, O.K.(Old Kinderhook), The
Little Magician, Little Van, Little Matt or Matty, The Enhancer,
Martin Van Buren
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
Polk the Purposeful, Napoleon of the Stump, Young Hickory
James K. Polk
(Borrowed from Old Hickory - Andrew Jackson.)
Old Rough and Ready (Given to him by soldiers during the
Zachary Taylor
Seminole War), Old Zack
Millard Fillmore
The Accidental President, the Wool Carder President
Handsome Frank, Purse, Young Hickory of Granite Hills (Polk
was referred to as Young Hickory) so they added Granite Hills.
Franklin Pierce
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
The Tailor the Tennessee Tailor, Sir Veto, Father of the
Andrew Johnson
Homestead Act
American Ceasar, The Galena Tanner, Useless S. Grant,
Ulysses S. Grant
Unconditional Surrender (His initials were U.S.), his friends called
him Sam.
His Fraudulency, Old 8 to 7, Rutherfraud, Rud (When he as a
Ruther B. Hayes
boy.)
The Canal Boy, Boat Man Jim, The Preacher President, Gentleman
James A. Garfield
Boss, Dude President, Elegant Arthur
Chester A. Arthur
Elegant Arthur, Dude President.
Grove, Grover the Good, Old Grover, he was called the "Beast of
Buffalo" or the "Buffalo Hangman" by his political enemies. Uncle
Grover Cleveland
Jumbo, Big Steve (Steve was his first name.) The Sage of
Princeton
Young Tippecanoe, Little Ben, The Centennial President, Kid
Benjamin Harrison
Glove Harrison
Liberator of Cuba, The Idol of Ohio, Wobbly Willie, The Human
William McKinley
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, his wife called him Sonny.
Calvin Coolidge
Silent Cal
Chief, Grand Old Man, His friends called him Bert, The Great
Herbert Hoover
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
J.F.K., He was called Jack by his friends and family. President
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower called him "Little Blue Boy." The Secret Service code
name for him was "The Boss."
L.B.J. The Secret Service code for him when he was Vice
President was "Volunter" He was sometimes called "Uncle
Lyndon B. Johnson
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
Tricky Dick, Richard the Chicken-Hearted, Gloomy Gus, The
Richard M. Nixon
Boss
Jerry, accidental president, Junie (Short of Junior), Accidental
Gerald Ford
President
Jimmy Carter
The Peanut Farmer, Cousin Hot, Hot or Hot Shot
George H. Bush
Old Pop or Poppy in his younger years
The Great Communicator, Dutch, Ronald the Right, The Teflon
President, The Jelly Bean Man, The Gipper. His wife called him
Ronald Reagan
"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,
Barack Obama
Berry, No Drama Obama