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Line 1: − [[File:Chester arthur.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Chester Arthur]], 21st President of the United States, and called "Walrus" by children who were fascinated by his whiskers]]+ − [[File:Ulysses grant.jpg|right|150px|thumb|He was born Hyram Ulysses Grant, but a misspelling of his name at West Point gave him the name [[Ulysses S. Grant]]; his "government-issued" initials would cause his new friends at the academy to call him "Sam".]]+ − [[File:Theodore roosevelt.jpg|right|150px|thumb|[[Theodore Roosevelt]] lived in the Badlands of [[North Dakota]] when a cattleman made the mistake of calling him "four eyes"; the physically-powerful Roosevelt would immediately teach him not to do it again.]] − [[File:Reagan graduation.jpg|right|150px|thumb|A few years after he graduated from Eureka College, [[Ronald Reagan]] would land a role in the film ''Knute Rockne All American''; his portrayal of George Gipp earned him the monicker "Gipper"]] − Nicknames for Presidents of the United States have been bestowed on these men since [[George Washington]]. Some are childhood nicknames - such as "Dutch" for [[Ronald Reagan]] - while others are political or military names given prior to reaching the presidency. Others are rather disparaging, and meant to insult the person in some degree by critics and detractors. − {| class="wikitable"+ − |-+ − !Name+ − !Nickname+ − |-+ − |[[George Washington]]+ − |The Father of His Country; American Cincinnatus + − |-+ − |[[John Adams]]+ − |Atlas of Independence; The Duke of Braintree; His Rotundity <ref>http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/art/artifact/Sculpture_22_00001.htm</ref>+ − |-+ − |[[Thomas Jefferson]]+ − |Sage of Monticello; Mad Tom; The Apostle of Democracy + − |-+ − |[[James Madison]]+ − |Sage of Montpelier+ − |-+ − |[[James Monroe]]+ − |The Era of Good Feelings President+ − |-+ − |[[John Quincy Adams]]+ − |Old Man Eloquent+ − |-+ − |[[Andrew Jackson]]+ − |Old Hickory; King Andrew; The Hero of New Orleans+ − |-+ − |[[Martin Van Buren]]+ − |Old Kinderhook; The American Talleyrand; The Careful Dutchman+ − |-+ − |[[William Henry Harrison]]+ − |Tippecanoe+ − |-+ − |[[John Tyler]]+ − |His Accidency+ − |-+ − |[[James Knox Polk]]+ − |Young Hickory; Napoleon of the Stump+ − |-+ − |[[Zachary Taylor]]+ − |Old Rough and Ready+ − |-+ − |[[Millard Filmore]]+ − |The American Louis Philippe+ − |-+ − |[[Franklin Pierce]]+ − |Handsome Frank; Young Hickory of the Granite Hills+ − |-+ − |[[James Buchanan]]+ − |The Bachelor President; Old Buck; Ten-Cent Jimmy+ − |-+ − |[[Abraham Lincoln]]+ − |The Rail-Splitter; The Great Emancipator; Honest Abe+ − |- − |[[Andrew Johnson]] − |The Tennessee Tailor − |- − |[[Ulysses S. Grant]] − |Unconditional Surrender Grant; Hero of Appomattox; Sam − |- − |[[Rutherford B. Hayes]] − |Granny Hayes; His Fraudulency; Old 8 to 7 − |- − |[[James A. Garfield]] − |Boatman Jim − |- − |[[Chester A. Arthur]] − |Prince Arthur; Gentleman Boss; Walrus − |- − |[[Grover Cleveland]] − |The Beast of Buffalo; His Obstinacy − |- − |[[Benjamin Harrison]] − |Kid Gloves Harrison; The Human Iceberg − |- − |[[William McKinley]] − |Idol of Ohio; The Major − |- − |[[Theodore Roosevelt]] − |The Rough Rider; Trust Buster; The Lion; Old Four Eyes; Teddy; TR − |- − |[[William Taft]] − |Big Chief; Old Bill − |- − |[[Woodrow Wilson]] − |The Schoolmaster − |- − |[[Warren G. Harding]] − |Wobbly Warren − |- − |[[Calvin Coolidge]] − |Silent Cal; Sphinx of the Potomac − |- − |[[Herbert Hoover]] − |The Chief; The Great Engineer − |- − |[[Franklin Roosevelt]] − |The New Dealer; FDR − |- − |[[Harry S. Truman]] − |Give 'Em Hell Harry; the haberdasher − |- − |[[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] − |Ike − |- − |[[John F. Kennedy]] − |Jack; JFK; King of Camelot − |- − |[[Lyndon B. Johnson]] − |LBJ; Landslide Lyndon; Uncle Cornpone − |- − |[[Richard Nixon]] − |Tricky Dick; Gloomy Gus − |- − |[[Gerald R. Ford]] − |Jerry − |- − |[[Jimmy Carter|James E. Carter]] − |Jimmy; President Malaise − |- − |[[Ronald Reagan]] − |The Gipper; The Great Communicator; Dutch − |- − |[[George H. W. Bush]] − |Bush 41; Papa Bush; Poppy; Bush the Elder − |- − |[[Bill Clinton]] − |Slick Willie; Bubba; The First Black President; Comeback Kid − |- − |[[George W. Bush]] − |Dubya; Bush 43; Bush II − |- − |[[Barack Obama]] − |The First Anti-American President; The Affirmative Action President; TOTUS (Teleprompter of the United States); The Great Jobs Killer; Mr. Transparency; Obummer; No-Drama Obama; The Food Stamp President; Zero; President Downgrade. − |- − |} − ==References== − <references/> − − − − − −
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