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21 — CHESTER ALAN ARTHUR

Chester Alan Arthur named after Dr. Chester Abell, the physician who delivered him, and his paternal grandfather, Alan Arthur

Born: October 5, 1829 (1829-10-05)Fairfield, Vermont
Died: November 18, 1886 (aged 57) New York, New York
Nationality: American
Father: William Arthur
Mother: Malvina Stone Arthur
Spouse: Ellen Lewis Herndon (1837-1880), niece of Matthew Fontaine Maury, on October 25, 1859.
Education: Graduated from Union College (1848)
Occupation: Lawyer, Civil servant, Educator (Teacher)
Religion: Episcopalian
Took office: September 19, 1881
Left office: March 4, 1885
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $50,000/year
Vice President: None
Preceded by: James A. Garfield
Succeeded by: Grover Cleveland

Other Government Positions
  • Vice president, 1881 (under Garfield)

Presidential Nicknames
  • Our Chet
  • The Gentleman Boss, Elegant Arthur, Prince Arthuror The Dude President: He was renowned for his fancy attire and indulgence in extravagant luxury

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22/24 — GROVER CLEVELAND

Grover Cleveland originally named Stephen Grover Cleveland after Rev. Stephen Grover

Born: March 18, 1837(1837-03-18) Caldwell, New Jersey
Died: June 24, 1908 (aged 71) Princeton, New Jersey
Father: Richard Falley Cleveland
Mother: Anne Neal Cleveland
Spouse: Frances Folsom (1864-1947), on June 2, 1886
Education: No formal education
Occupation: Lawyer
Religion: Presbyterian
Took office: March 4, 1893
Left office: March 4, 1897
Party: Democratic
Presidential Salary: $50,000/year
Vice President: Adlai E. Stevenson
Preceded by: Benjamin Harrison
Succeeded by: William McKinley

Other Government Positions
  • Sheriff of Erie County, NY, 1870-73
  • Mayor of Buffalo, NY, 1882
  • Governor of New York, 1883-85
Notable Events
  • 1886
    Dedication of the Statue of Liberty
  • Presidential Succession Act
  • Geronimo surrendered, ending Apache wars of New Mexico and Arizona
  • 1887
    Interstate Commerce Act
  • Anti-Polygamy Act
  • Dawes Severalty Act
  • Tenure of Office Act repealed
  • 1888
    New Chinese Exclusion Act
  • 1893
    Panic of 1893
  • Pullman Strike
  • Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890 repealed
  • 1895
    Controversy with Great Britain over Venezuela
Presidential Nicknames
  • The Hangman of Buffalo: As Sheriff of Buffalo, New York, he had personally hanged two men when the public executioner was not available
  • His Obstinacy or The Veto President: He vetoed more bills than any other president
  • Uncle Jumbo
  • Grover the Good
  • The Beast of Buffalo: Because of false rumors that he was a wife-beater, spread by political opponents during the 1888 election
  • The Pretender
  • The Stuffed Prophet and The Elephantine Economist: Given to him by hostile newspapers during the 1892 presidential election, by which time his weight had gone up to 250 pounds
  • The Perpetual Candidate: Because he ran in three successive presidential elections

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23 — BENJAMIN HARRISON

Benjamin Harrison named after his paternal uncle, Dr. Benjamin Harrison and his paternal great-grandfather Benjamin Harrison V

Born: August 20, 1833(1833-08-20) North Bend, Ohio
Died: March 13, 1901 (aged 67) Indianapolis, Indiana
Nationality: American
Father: John Scott Harrison
Mother: Elizabeth Ramsey Irwin Harrison
Spouse: Caroline Lavinia Scott (1832-1892), on October 20, 1853; Mary Scott Lord Dimmick (1858-1948), on April 6, 1896
Occupation: Lawyer
Religion: Presbyterian
Took office: March 4, 1889
Left office: March 4, 1893
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $50,000/year
Vice President: Levi P. Morton
Preceded by: Grover Cleveland
Succeeded by: Grover Cleveland

Other Government Positions
  • United States Senator, 1881-87
Presidential Nicknames
  • Young Tippecanoe: He was the grandson of "Old Tippecanoe"
  • Grandfather's Hat: From the 1888 election campaign song, "Grandfather's Hat Fits Ben", which suggested that he was a worthy successor to his grandfather, William Henry
  • The White House Iceberg or The Human Iceberg: Although he could warmly engage a crowd with his speeches, he was a very cold fish when you met him one-on-one
  • Kid Gloves Harrison: He was prone to skin infection and often wore kid gloves to protect his hands
  • Little Ben: Although, at 5"6, he was only slightly below average height
  • The Front Porch Campaigner: 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 Centennial President: He came to the presidency in the U.S.A.'s centennial year

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25 — WILLIAM McKINLEY

William McKinley originally named William McKinley, Jr. after his father

Born: January 29, 1843 (1843-01-29)Niles, Ohio
Died: September 14, 1901 (aged 58) Buffalo, New York
Father: William McKinley
Mother: Nancy Campbell Allison McKinley
Spouse: Ida Saxton (1847-1907), on January 25, 1871
Education: Attended Allegheny College
Occupation: Lawyer
Religion: Methodist
Took office: March 4, 1897
Left office: September 14, 1901
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $50,000/year
Vice President: Garret A. Hobart (1897-1899), none (1899-1901), Theodore Roosevelt (1901)
Preceded by: Grover Cleveland
Succeeded by: Theodore Roosevelt.

Other Government Positions
  • Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1877-91
  • Governor of Ohio, 1892-96
Presidential Nicknames
  • The Idol of Ohio
  • The Napoleon of Protection: He was keen on protective tariffs
  • The Stocking-Footed Orator
  • The Liberator of Cuba: Although it took a lot of persuasion by Roosevelt and others to get him to declare war on Spain
  • Wobbly Willie
  • The Major: A reference to his American Civil War rank: used by friends and family rather than publicly

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26 — THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Theodore Roosevelt originally named Theodore Roosevelt, Jr. after his father

Born: October 27, 1858 (1858-10-27)New York, New York
Died: January 6, 1919 (aged 60) Oyster Bay, New York
Father: Theodore Roosevelt
Mother: Martha Bulloch Roosevelt
Spouse: Alice Hathaway Lee (1861-1884), on October 27, 1880; Edith Kermit Carow (1861-1948), on December 2, 1886
Education: Graduated from Harvard College (1880)
Occupation: Polymath, author, historian, conservationist, Civil servant
Religion: Dutch Reformed
Took office: September 14, 1901
Left office: March 4, 1909
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $50,000/year
Vice President: none (1901–1905); Charles W. Fairbanks (1905–1909)
Preceded by: William McKinley
Succeeded by: William Howard Taft

Other Government Positions
  • Member of New York State Assembly, 1882-84
  • Member of Civil Service Commission, 1889-95
  • Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1895-97
  • Governor of New York, 1898-1900
  • Vice President, 1901 (under McKinley)
Presidential Nicknames
  • Teddy: He personally disliked this nickname
  • T.R.: He liked to sign communications this way. The first president to be known by his initials.
  • Terrible Teddy
  • Trustbuster Teddy: For his anti-trust legislation. He hated this one because he thought it made him sound too radical
  • The Rough Rider: He raised and commanded a cavalry regiment nicknamed "The Rough Riders" in the Spanish-American War. He was also known as "The Colonel" due to his rank in that war, and preferred this nickname.
  • Roosevelt I: Given retrospectively once F.D.R. had become president
  • The Cyclone Assemblyman: Elected to the New York State Assembly at only 23, he campaigned energetically against political corruption and for civil service reform, becoming minority leader within a year
  • The Hero of San Juan Hill: He led his Rough Riders up San Juan Hill during the Battle of Santiago de Cuba in 1898
  • The Lion
  • Old Four Eyes: He was so myopic that he could only function wearing glasses
  • Theodore the Meddler: He was too active and legislative a president for some people's tastes

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27 — WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT

William Howard Taft Howard was the last name of his paternal grandmother, Sylvia Howard

Born: September 15, 1857 Cincinnati, Ohio
Died: March 8, 1930 (aged 72) Washington, D.C.
Father: Alphonso Taft
Mother: Louisa Maria Torrey Taft
Spouse: Helen Herron (1861-1943), on June 19, 1886
Education: Graduated from Yale College (1878); Cincinnati Law School (1880)
Occupation: Lawyer, Jurist
Religion: Unitarian
Took office: March 4, 1909
Left office: March 4, 1913
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $75,000/year
Vice President: James S. Sherman, (1909–1912); None (1912–1913)
Preceded by: Theodore Roosevelt
Succeeded by: Woodrow Wilson

Other Government Positions
  • Judge in Ohio Superior Court, 1887-90
  • U.S. Solicitor General, 1890-92
  • U.S. Circuit Court Judge, 1892-1900
  • Governor of the Philippines, 1901-04
  • Secretary of War, 1904-08 (under T. Roosevelt)
  • Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-30
Presidential Nicknames
  • Big Bill: Taft was a very fat man — the heaviest president ever. A poster for his first election campaign showed Taft and his running mate James S. Sherman, with the slogan, "Big Bill and Smilin' Jim — A Winning Combination". He was normally known as, ‘William Howard Taft’ or, informally, as ‘Bill Taft’. He was never called ‘William Taft’ or ‘William H. Taft’
  • Peaceful Bill
  • Old Bill: His nickname at Yale University
  • Big Lub: Boyhood nickname
  • Godknows Taft: In 1912, reporters asked him, “What is a man to do who is out of work and starving?” His answer (criticized by some people as clueless or heartless) was, “God knows. I don’t.”

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28 — WOODROW WILSON

Woodrow Wilson originally named Thomas Woodrow Wilson after his maternal grandfather, Rev. Thomas Woodrow

Born: December 28, 1856 (1856-12-28)Staunton, Virginia
Died: February 03, 1924 (aged 67) Washington, D.C.
Father: Joseph Ruggles Wilson
Mother: Jessie Janet Woodrow Wilson
Spouse: Ellen Louise Axson (1860-1914), on June 24, 1885; Edith Bolling Galt (1872-1961), on December 18 , 1915
Education: Graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) (1879)
Occupation: Academic (Political scientist), Lawyer
Religion: Presbyterian
Took office: March 4, 1913
Left office: March 4, 1921
Party: Democratic
Presidential Salary: $75,000/year
Vice President: Thomas R. Marshall (1913–1921)
Preceded by: William Howard Taft
Succeeded by: Warren G. Harding
Other Government Positions
  • Governor of New Jersey, 1911-13
Notable Events
  • 1914-1918
    World War I
Presidential Nicknames
  • The Schoolmaster in Politics or The Professor: He was a bespectacled academic; compare to Italian Prime Minister (and former President of the European Commission) Romano Prodi's nickname Il Professore (the professor/schoolteacher).
  • The Coiner of Weasel Words: “In 1916, Theodore Roosevelt accused President Woodrow Wilson of "weasel words", meaning that words from which the original meaning had been sucked”.
  • The Phrase-Maker: As an acclaimed historian, Wilson had no need of speech-writers to supply his oratorical eloquence

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29 — WARREN GAMALIEL HARDING

Warren Gamaliel Harding named after his great-uncle, Rev. Warren Gamaliel Bancroft

Born: November 2, 1865(1865-11-02) Near Blooming Groove, Ohio
Died: August 2, 1923 (aged 57) San Francisco, California
Nationality: American
Father: George Tyron Harding
Mother: Phoebe Elizabeth Dickerson Harding
Spouse: Florence Kling De Wolfe (1860-1924), on July 8, 1891
Alma mater: Ohio Central College
Occupation: Businessman (Newspapers)
Religion: Baptist
Took office: March 4, 1921
Left office: August 2, 1923
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $75,000/year
Vice President: Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by: Woodrow Wilson
Succeeded by: Calvin Coolidge

Other Government Positions
  • Member of Ohio State Senate, 1900-04
  • Lieutenant-Governor of Ohio, 1904-06
  • United States Senator, 1915-21
Notable Events
  • 1921
    Peace between Germany and Austria declared.
  • 1922
    Beginning of the Teapot Dome Scandal
  • Fordney-McCumber Tariff Act
Presidential Nicknames
  • President Hardly
  • Wobbly Warren

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30 — CALVIN COOLIDGE

Calvin Coolidge originally named John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. after his father

Born: July 4, 1872 (1872-07-04)Plymouth, Vermont
Died: January 5, 1933 (aged 60) Northampton, Massachusetts
Nationality: American
Father: John Calvin Coolidge
Mother: Victoria Josephine Moor Coolidge
Spouse: Grace Anna Goodhue (1879-1957), on October 4, 1905
Education: Graduated from Amherst College (1895)
Occupation: Lawyer
Religion: Congregationalist
Took office: March 4, 1929
Left office: August 2, 1923
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $75,000/year
Vice President: None (1923–1925); Charles G. Dawes, (1925–1929)
Preceded by: Warren G. Harding
Succeeded by: Herbert Hoover

Other Government Positions
  • Northampton, MA City Councilman, 1899
  • City Solicitor, 1900-01
  • Clerk of Courts, 1904
  • Member of Massachusetts Legislature, 1907-08
  • Mayor of Northampton, MA, 1910-11
  • Member of Massachusetts Legislature, 1912-15
  • Lieutenant-Governor of Massachusetts, 1916-18
  • Governor of Massachusetts, 1919-20
  • Vice President, 1921-23 (under Harding)
Presidential Nicknames
  • Silent Cal: An old story goes that a woman once approached Coolidge and told him that she had bet her friends that she would get the President to say at least three words to her. His reply was, "You lose."
  • Cool Cal: His re-election campaign used the slogan, "Keep It Cool With Coolidge"
  • Cautious Cal
  • The Sphinx of the Potomac: Suggesting that he was as enigmatic as the mythological creature

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31 — HERBERT HOOVER

Herbert Clark Hoover Clark was his father’s middle name

Born: August 10, 1874(1874-08-10) West Branch, Iowa
Died: October 20, 1964 (aged 90) New York, New York
Nationality: American
Father: Jesse Clark Hoover
Mother: Hulda Randall Minthorn Hoover
Spouse: Lou Henry (1875-1944), on February 10, 1899
Education: Graduated from Stanford University (1895).
Occupation: Engineer (Mining), Businessman, Humanitarian, President
Religion: Quaker
Took office: March 4, 1929
Left office: March 4, 1933
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $75,000/year
Vice President: Charles Curtis
Preceded by: Calvin Coolidge
Succeeded by: Franklin D. Roosevelt

Other Government Positions
  • Secretary of Commerce, 1921-23 (under Harding)
  • Secretary of Commerce, 1923-28 (under Coolidge)
Notable Events
  • Stock Market Crash of 1929, which was the start of the Great Depression
Presidential Nicknames
  • The Hermit Author of Palo Alto
  • The Great Engineer and The Great Humanitarian: He was a civil engineer of some distinction and when the Mississippi burst its banks in 1927, engulfing thousands of acres of agricultural land, also volunteered his services and did extensive flood control work
  • Hoo-Yah and Really Damn: Two nicknames that he picked up while in China
  • The Chief
  • The Grand Old Man
  • Herbie: In Annie the Broadway Musical, he is called Herbie by homeless people living in shanties after the stock market crash in the song 'We'd like to thank you Herbert Hoover

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