Nicknames for the President of the United States

Chester Arthur, 21st President of the United States, and called "Walrus" by children who were fascinated by his whiskers

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".

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.

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.

Name	Nickname
George Washington	The Father of His Country; American Cincinnatus
John Adams	Atlas of Independence; The Duke of Braintree; His Rotundity
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
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.