List of nicknames of United States Presidents

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This is a list of nicknames of Presidents of the United States which were in common usage at the time they were in office or shortly thereafter.

Presidential nicknames

George Washington

Full name: George Washington

  • The American Cincinnatus[1] Like the famous Roman, he won a war, then became a private citizen instead of seeking power or riches as a reward. He became the first President General of the Society of the Cincinnati, formed by Revolutionary War officers who also "declined offers of power and position to return to his home and plough."[2]
  • The American Fabius[3] For his Fabian military strategy during the Revolutionary War
  • The Father of His Country[4][5]

John Adams

Full name: John Adams

  • The Colossus of Independence[6][7][8] Given for his leadership in Congress in 1776.
  • Old Sink or Swim For the speech in which he vowed "To sink or swim; to live or die; survive or perish with my country"[citation needed]
  • His Rotundity[9]

Thomas Jefferson

Full name: Thomas Jefferson

James Madison

Full name: James Madison

  • Little Jemmy[13] or His Little Majesty[13] At only 5' 4", he is the shortest person to serve as president.[14]
  • Father of the Constitution[15][16]

James Monroe

Full name: James Monroe

John Quincy Adams

Full name: John Quincy Adams

  • Old Man Eloquent or The Abolitionist famed for routinely bringing up the slavery issue against Congressional rules, and for his role later on in the Amistad case. He is the only American President to be elected to the House of Representatives after his Presidency. The nickname gained currency as a result of his campaign against slavery waged as a Congressman, and as the attorney in the Amistad case.[19]

Andrew Jackson

Full name: Andrew Jackson

  • The Hero of New Orleans[20] for his military victory in the Battle of New Orleans
  • Old Hickory[21] Allegedly given to him by his soldiers for being as "tough as old hickory."

Martin Van Buren

Full name: Martin Van Buren

  • The American Talleyrand[22]
  • The Careful Dutchman[23] Van Buren's first language was Dutch.
  • The Enchanter[23]
  • The Great Manager[23]
  • The Master Spirit[23]
  • Martin Van Ruin[23]
  • Matty Van From "Tippecanoe Songs of 1840"[24]
  • The Mistletoe Politician[25]
  • Old Kinderhook a reference to his hometown.[26]
  • Red Fox of Kinderhook a reference to his hometown, Kinderhook, NY[27]
  • The Little Magician[28][29] given to him during his time in the state of New York, because of his smooth politics and short stature.

William Henry Harrison

Full name: William Henry Harrison

  • General Mum[30] As in the expression, "keep it mum". Because of his avoidance of speaking out on controversial issues during his election campaign
  • Tippecanoe or also Old Tippecanoe[21] A reference to Harrison's victory at the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe. This nickname was used in the campaign song Tippecanoe and Tyler Too during the 1840 Presidential election.
  • Washington of the West[21] A reference to Harrison's victories at the 1811 Battle of Tippecanoe and 1813 Battle of the Thames.

John Tyler

Full name: John Tyler, Jr.

  • His Accidency, a nickname given by his opponents; Tyler was the first president to be elevated to the Presidency by the death of his predecessor, William Henry Harrison.[31]

James K. Polk

Full name: James Knox Polk

  • Napoleon of the Stump Because of his potent oratory during his campaign for the Tennessee state legislature
  • Young Hickory[32] Because he was a particular protégé of "Old Hickory", Andrew Jackson

Zachary Taylor

Full name: Zachary Taylor

  • Old Rough and Ready[33]

Millard Fillmore

Full name: Millard Fillmore

Franklin Pierce

Full name: Franklin Pierce

  • Young Hickory of the Granite Hills[34] "Young Hickory" compared his military deeds (in the Mexican–American War) with those of Andrew Jackson. "The Granite Hills" were his home state of New Hampshire
  • Handsome Frank[35]

James Buchanan

Full name: James Buchanan, Jr.

  • Old Public Functionary[36] Used by Buchanan in his December 1859 State of the Union address and adopted by newspapers.[37]
  • Old Buck From a shortening of his last name, used later in life.[37]
  • Bachelor President[37] Per his unmarried status.
  • Ten-Cent Jimmy Derogatory, as a reaction to Buchanan's campaign statement that ten cents a day was decent pay for a worker.[38]

Abraham Lincoln

Full name: Abraham Lincoln

  • The Ancient One[39] A nickname favored by White House insiders because of his "ancient wisdom"
  • The Great Emancipator [40] and The Liberator[41] For the emancipation of the slaves.
  • Honest Abe[42]
  • The Rail-Splitter[42]
  • The Tycoon[43] For the energetic and ambitious conduct of his Civil War administration
  • Uncle Abe[44] Lincoln was a kind and friendly man who in his later years came across as avuncular

Andrew Johnson

Full name: Andrew Johnson

  • The Tennessee Tailor He worked as a tailor before going into politics.[45]

Ulysses S. Grant

Full name: Ulysses S. Grant — born Hiram Ulysses Grant but enrolled at West Point as Ulysses S. Grant through a clerical error [46]

Rutherford B. Hayes

Full name: Rutherford Birchard Hayes

James A. Garfield

Full name: James Abram Garfield

  • Boatman Jim, referencing his work on the Ohio canals in his youth.[49]

Chester A. Arthur

Full name: Chester Alan Arthur

  • Chet, shortened version of his name used by publications of that era.[50]
  • Gentleman Boss, as the dapper leader of New York State's Republican party.[50]
  • Prince Arthur,[51] and The Dude President[51] He was renowned for his fancy attire and indulgence in extravagant luxury.
  • Walrus[51] for having strange-looking facial hair (mostly used or teased by children).

Grover Cleveland

Full name: Stephen Grover Cleveland

  • His Obstinacy[52] He vetoed more bills than the first 21 presidents combined
  • Uncle Jumbo[53]

Benjamin Harrison

Full name: Benjamin Harrison

  • The Front Porch Campaigner[54] During the 1888 election, he gave nearly ninety speeches from his front porch to crowds gathered in the yard of his Indianapolis home. This nickname has been widely but erroneously attributed to William McKinley
  • The Human Iceberg[55] Although he could warmly engage a crowd with his speeches, he was cold and detached when speaking with people on an individual basis.
  • Little Ben [56] Nickname given to him by Democrats of his era because of his stature. This could also be a reference to his being the grandson of former President William Henry Harrison who had served fifty years before.

William McKinley

Full name: William McKinley, Jr.

  • The Napoleon of Protection[57] "Protection" meant high tariffs, like the one McKinley wrote in 1890.

Theodore Roosevelt

Full name: Theodore Roosevelt

William Howard Taft

Full name: William Howard Taft

  • Big Chief[63]
  • Big Lub[64] Boyhood nickname

Woodrow Wilson

Full name: Thomas Woodrow Wilson

  • The Phrasemaker[65] As an acclaimed historian, Wilson had no need of speech-writers to supply his oratorical eloquence
  • The Schoolmaster[65] He was a bespectacled academic who lectured his visitors; compare to Italian Prime Minister (and former President of the European Commission) Romano Prodi's nickname Il Professore (the professor/schoolteacher).

Warren G. Harding

Full name: Warren Gamaliel Harding

Calvin Coolidge

Full name: John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.

  • Cautious Cal[67]
  • Cool Cal[68] His reelection campaign used the slogan, "Keep It Cool With Coolidge"
  • Silent Cal[69][70]

Herbert Hoover

Full name: Herbert Clark Hoover

  • The Great Engineer and The Great Humanitarian[71] He was a civil engineer of some distinction and when the Mississippi burst its banks in 1927, engulfing thousands of acres of agricultural land, he volunteered his services and did extensive flood control work. The latter nickname would later be used facetiously in reference to his perceived indifference to the hardships faced by his constituents during the Great Depression. However, the nickname dates back to 1921, when the ARA under Hoover saved millions of Russians suffering from famine. "It was such considerations that Walter Lippmann took into account when he wrote of Hoover's Russian undertaking in the New York World in May 1922: 'probably no other living man could have done nearly so much.'"[72]
  • The Chief[73] This was a nickname picked up at 23 as a geologist surveying in the Australian Outback, but it stuck for the rest of his life.

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Full name: Franklin Delano Roosevelt

  • FDR[74]
  • That Man in the White House

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Harry S. Truman

Full name: Harry S. Truman

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Full name: Dwight David Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower)

John F. Kennedy

Full name: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

  • Jack[81] Kennedy was usually referred to as either "John F. Kennedy" or "Jack Kennedy"
  • JFK[82] Most prominent nickname and abbreviation of his full name.

Lyndon B. Johnson

Full name: Lyndon Baines Johnson

  • Bullshit Johnson[83] (Bull Johnson in public) Lyndon Johnson had a reputation for boasting at Southwest Texas State Teachers College
  • Landslide Lyndon[84] Sarcastic reference to the hotly disputed 87-vote win that took him to the Senate in 1949 which became more appropriate following his landslide victory in the 1964 presidential election.
  • Light-Bulb Lyndon[85] Nicknamed so because he hated wasting electricity, and would often storm around the White House shutting off unnecessary lights.
  • LBJ[86] He liked to be known by this abbreviation, which was used in the slogan, "All the way with LBJ"

Richard Nixon

Full name: Richard Milhous Nixon

Gerald Ford

Full name: Gerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King, Jr.)

Jimmy Carter

Full name: James Earl Carter, Jr.

  • Jimmy He was the first President to use his nickname in an official capacity.[91]
  • The Peanut Farmer[92] He owned a peanut farm and fostered this image in his early campaigns, as a contrast to elite Washington insiders.

Ronald Reagan

Full name: Ronald Wilson Reagan

  • Dutch Shortly after his birth, his father said he looked like a "fat little Dutchman"; reinforced when he wore a Dutch boy haircut (see pageboy) as a youngster.[93][94][95]
  • The Great Communicator[96] In reference to Reagan's ability to communicate.[97]
  • The Gipper After his role as George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American. Gipp's exhorted his teammates to "Win one for the Gipper".[98]
  • The Teflon President [99] Coined by Rep. Patricia Schroeder because nothing negative "stuck to" him (like a Teflon skillet); he remained blame-free in the eyes of the American people.[97]

George H. W. Bush

Full name: George Herbert Walker Bush

  • 41,[100] Papa Bush,[101] and similar names. All nicknames that were used after his son George Walker Bush became the 43rd president, to differentiate between the two.
  • Poppy, a nickname used from childhood on.[102][103]

Bill Clinton

Full name: William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III)

George W. Bush

Full name: George Walker Bush

Barack Obama

Full name: Barack Hussein Obama II

  • Oblamo
  • O-Bama-Rama

See also

References

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