Franklin Delano Roosevelt after being nameless for seven weeks, he was named after his great-uncle, Franklin Hughes Delano

Born: January 30, 1882(1882-01-30) Hyde Park, New York
Died: April 12, 1945 (aged 63) Warm Springs, Georgia
Father: James Roosevelt
Mother: Sara Delano Roosevelt
Spouse: Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), on March 17, 1905
Education: Graduated from Harvard College (1903); Attended Columbia Law School
Occupation: Public official, lawyer
Religion: Episcopalian
Took office: March 4, 1933
Left office: April 12, 1945
Party: Democratic
Presidential Salary: $75,000/year
Vice President: John N. Garner (1933–1941), Henry A. Wallace (1941–1945), Harry S. Truman (1945)
Preceded by: Herbert Hoover
Succeeded by: Harry S. Truman

Other Government Positions

• Member of New York State Legislature, 1911-13
• Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20
• Governor of New York, 1929-33

Notable Events

• World War II (1939-1945)

Presidential Nicknames

• F.D.R.
• The New Dealer: Referring to the Roosevelt Administration's "New Deal for the American people".
• The Boss
• King Franklin: For his extensive use of presidential powers in perpetrating the New Deal
• That Man in the White House: Insulting; used mostly by opponents.
• The Champ
• The Lifer in the White House: Disparaging name coined by Republicans When he ran for and was elected to a fourth term in 1944.

Harry S. Truman named after his maternal uncle, Harrison Young; the middle initial represents both "Shippe", after his paternal grandfather, Anderson Shippe Truman; and "Solomon", after his maternal grandfather, Solomon Young. It is generally accepted that the exact name which is abbreviated is undetermined, so that in effect the 'S' stood for nothing but S. Truman's "full name" could be regarded as "Harry S Truman" (without the period), but he did not sign his name that way. Examination of official papers at the Truman Presidential Library reveal that the S. is generally written with a period.

Born: May 8, 1884 (1884-05-08)Lamar, Missouri
Died: December 26, 1972 (aged 88) Kansas City, Missouri
Father: John Anderson Truman
Mother: Martha Ellen Young Truman
Spouse: Elizabeth "Bess" Virginia Wallace (1885-1982), on June 28, 1919
Education: Attended the University of Kansas City Law School
Occupation: Small businessman (haberdasher), farmer
Religion: Baptist
Took office: April 12, 1945
Left office: January 20, 1953
Party: Democratic
Vice President: None (1945–1949), Alben W. Barkley (1949–1953)
Preceded by: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Succeeded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower

Other Government Positions

• Judge on Jackson County Court, 1922-24
• Presiding Judge of Jackson County Court, 1926-34
• United States Senator, 1935-45
• Vice President, 1945 (under F.D. Roosevelt)

Presidential Nicknames

• Give 'Em Hell Harry: At a whistle-stop tour during the 1948 election campaign, someone in the crowd shouted out to Truman, "Give 'em hell, Harry!". The phrase stuck as a nickname, with the missing comma turning the proposition into an adjective. Truman's oft-cited take on this nickname and his opponents was, "I just told the truth, and they thought it was hell."
• Haberdasher Harry: One of his several pre-presidential occupations
• High-Tax Harry
• The New Missouri Compromise
• The Man of Independence: His home town was Independence, Missouri

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Dwight David Eisenhower originally named David Dwight Eisenhower after his father

Born: October 14, 1890(1890-10-14) Denison, Texas
Died: March 28, 1969 (aged 78) Washington, D.C.
Nationality: American
Father: David Jacob Eisenhower
Mother: Ida Elizabeth Stover Eisenhower
Spouse: Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud (1896-1979), on July 1, 1916
Alma mater: Graduated from U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. (1915)
Occupation: Soldier (General of the Army)
Religion: Presbyterian
Took office: January 20, 1953
Left office: January 20, 1961
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $100,000/year + $50,000 expense account
Vice President: Richard Nixon
Preceded by: Harry S. Truman
Succeeded by: John Fitzgerald Kennedy

Other Government Positions

• None

Presidential Nicknames

• Ike: Used in the election campaign slogan, “I Like Ike.” Nickname pre-dated World War II.
• The Kansas Cyclone: His football nickname at West Point

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John Fitzgerald Kennedy named after his maternal grandfather, John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald

Born: May 29, 1917 (1917-05-29)Brookline, Massachusetts
Died: November 22, 1963 (aged 46) Dallas, Texas
Father: Joseph Patrick Kennedy
Mother: Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy
Spouse: Jacqueline Lee Bouvier (1929-1994), on September 12, 1953
Education: Graduated from Harvard College (1940)
Occupation: Author, public official
Religion: Roman Catholic
Took office: January 20, 1961
Left office: November 22, 1963
Party: Democratic
Presidential Salary: $100,000/year + $50,000 expense account (refused by Kennedy)
Vice President: Lyndon B. Johnson
Preceded by: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson

Other Government Positions:

• Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1947-53
• United States Senator, 1953-61

Notable Events:

• The first joint radio-television broadcast of a U.S. Presidential debate was held on September 26, 1960. It was between Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.
• The Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty was signed on August 6, 1963 by the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Soviet Union.
• In 1961, the U.S. sponsored Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba was attempted without success.
• Nikita Khrushchev, the Prime Minister of the Soviet Union, ordered the creation of the Berlin Wall in June 1961 to divide Soviet controlled West Berlin from East Berlin, which was part of the free and democratic East Germany.
• President Kennedy was assassinated on November 22, 1963 in Dallas Texas.

Presidential Nicknames

• J.F.K.: Most prominent nickname and abbreviation of his full name.
• Jack: Kennedy was usually referred to as either "John F. Kennedy" or "Jack Kennedy": only very rarely as "John Kennedy"
• The King of Camelot: Two weeks after Kennedy’s assassination, his wife, Jacqueline, revealed that the score from the 1960 musical, "Camelot", had been one of her husband’s favorites to listen to. Parallels were then drawn between the “one brief shining moment” of King Arthur’s reign (in the musical) and the mood of idealism and optimism that had characterized Kennedy’s presidency

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Lyndon Baines Johnson named after W.C. Linden, a lawyer and family friend, Baines was his mother’s maiden name

Born: August 27, 1908 (1908-08-27)Stonewall, Texas
Died: January 22, 1973 (aged 64) Stonewall, Texas
Nationality: American
Father: Sam Ealy Johnson, Jr.
Mother: Rebekah Baines Johnson
Spouse: Claudia "Lady Bird" Alta Taylor (1912-2007), on November 17, 1934
Education: Graduated from Southwest Texas State Teachers College (1930) (now known as Texas State University-San Marcos)
Occupation: Teacher, Career politician, public official
Religion: Disciple of Christ
Took office: November 22, 1963
Left office: January 20, 1969
Party: Democratic
Presidential Salary: $100,000/year + $50,000 expense account
Vice President: None (1963–1965); Hubert Humphrey (1965–1969)
Preceded by: John F. Kennedy
Succeeded by: Richard Nixon

Other Government Positions

• Congressional Secretary, 1931-37
• Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1937-49
• United States Senator, 1949-61
• Vice President, 1961-63 (under Kennedy)

Presidential Nicknames

• L.B.J.: He liked to be known by this abbreviation, which was used in the slogan, “All the way with L.B.J.”. Coincidentally, when he married Claudia Taylor, who had been nicknamed, “Lady Bird” since infancy, her initials also became L.B.J. The L.B.J. theme was taken to extremes when he called his dog, “Little Beagle Johnson”
• Landslide Lyndon: Sarcastic reference to the hotly-disputed 87-vote win that took him to the Senate in 1949
• Light-Bulb Johnson

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Richard Milhous Nixon Milhous was his mother’s maiden name

Born: January 9, 1913 (1913-01-09)Yorba Linda, California
Died: April 22, 1994 (aged 81) New York City
Father: Francis Anthony Nixon
Mother: Hannah Milhous Nixon
Spouse: Thelma "Patricia" Catherine Ryan (1912-1993), on June 21, 1940
Education: Graduated from Whittier College (1934) and Duke University Law School (1937)
Occupation: Lawyer, public official
Religion: Quaker
Took office: January 20, 1969
Left office: August 9, 1974
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $200,000/year + $50,000 expense account
Vice President: Spiro Agnew (1969–1973); vacant (Oct.–Dec. 1973); Gerald Ford (1973–1974)
Preceded by: Lyndon B. Johnson
Succeeded by: Lyndon B. Johnson

Other Government Positions

• Attorney for U.S. Office of Emergency Management, 1942
• Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1947-51
• United States Senator, 1951-53
• Vice President, 1953-61 (under Eisenhower)

Notable Events

• Nixon resigned and was almost impeached over the Watergate Scandal, named for the burglaries at the Democratic National Committee headquarters at the Watergate Hotel in Washington. D.C by men found to be connected to Nixon's re-election campaign fundraising committee.
• The Pentagon Papers, a top-secret U.S. Dept. of Defense study, were leaked to The New York Times in early 1971. This document showed that the Johnson administration had secretly been expanding U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, further hurting the credibility of the Nixon administration.
• Nixon was praised during his presidency for ending American Involvement in the Vietnam War.
• The Nixon administration dramatically improved relations with China. Nixon made a public visit to China in February, 1972, following Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's secret visit to China in October, 1971.

Presidential Nicknames

• Dick: When he announced his (short-lived) retirement from politics after failing to become Governor of California in 1962, he told the media, "You won't have Dick Nixon to kick around any more".
• Tricky Dick (also, Tricky Dickie): Coined by Democratic politician Helen Gahagan Douglas during the 1950 U.S. Senate race in California, in reference to Nixon's alleged use of dirty tricks during the campaign.
• The Trickster: A variant of "Tricky Dick"
• Richard the Chicken-Hearted: For his refusal to face his Democratic opponent, Hubert Humphrey, in debate during the 1968 election campaign.
• The Mad Bomber: Reference to Nixon's large-scale bombing of Cambodia, Laos, and North Vietnam during the Vietnam War; this was partly a self-cultivated image, intended to inspire fear in the leaders of North Vietnam (and other countries) in order to achieve a peace agreement on terms favorable to the United States.
• The Mad Monk: Given to him by White House aide John Ehrlichman and alluded to in the television series, "Washington Behind Closed Doors" (Paramount, 1977) by the Nixon-equivalent character being named "Richard Monckton"
• Iron Butt: Law school nickname because he studied so hard
• Gloomy Gus: Another nickname awarded by his fellow students at Duke University Law School, referring to his serious nature

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Gerald Rudolph Ford originally named after his biological father, Leslie Lynch King, Sr. and renamed at the age of two by his adopted father Gerald R. Ford, Sr.

Born: July 14, 1913 (1913-07-14)Omaha, Nebraska
Died: December 26, 2006 (aged 93) Rancho Mirage, California
Nationality: American
Father: Leslie Lynch King
Mother: Dorothy Ayer Gardner King Ford
Spouse: Elizabeth "Betty" Bloomer Warren (1918- ), on October 15, 1948
Education: Graduated from the University of Michigan (1935) and Yale University Law School (1941)
Occupation: Lawyer, public official
Religion: Episcopalian
Took office: August 9, 1974
Left office: January 20, 1977
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $200,000/year + $50,000 expense account
Vice President: none (August–December 1974); Nelson Rockefeller (December 1974–January 1977)
Preceded by: Richard Nixon
Succeeded by: Jimmy Carter

Other Government Positions

• Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1949-73
• Vice President, 1973-74 (under Nixon)

Presidential Nicknames

• Jerry: Usually, "Jerry" is short for Jeremiah, Jeremy or Jerome, while Gerald or Gerard are normally shortened to "Gerry". For some reason, "Jerry" Ford was an exception to this rule
• The Accidental President: Uniquely, Ford was never elected to the presidency or vice-presidency. He was appointed by Nixon as vice-president from the House of Representatives, and inherited the presidency upon Nixon's resignation.
• Mr. Nice Guy: Because of his clean-cut and non-partisan image
• Jerry the Jerk: Coined by enemy William Loeb, editor of the Manchester Union Leader (New Hampshire) in 1976

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James Earl Carter, Jr. named after his father, James Earl Carter, Sr.

Born: October 1, 1924 (1924-10-01) (age 83) Plains, Georgia
Father: James Earl Carter
Mother: Lillian Gordy Carter
Spouse: Eleanor Rosalynn Smith (1928- ), on July 7, 1946
Education: Graduated from U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md. (1946)
Occupation: Politician, peanut farmer
Religion: Baptist
Took office: January 20, 1977
Left office: January 20, 1981
Party: Democratic
Presidential Salary: $200,000/year + $50,000 expense account
Vice President: Walter Mondale
Preceded by: Gerald Ford
Succeeded by: Ronald Reagan

Other Government Positions

• Georgia State Senator, 1963-66
• Governor of Georgia, 1971-75

Presidential Nicknames

• Jimmy: First President to use his nickname in an official capacity. He was known as ‘Jimmy Carter’, ‘James Earl Carter’ or ‘James Earl Carter, Jr.’. He was never called ‘James Carter’ or ‘James E. Carter’
• The Peanut Farmer or The Peanut President: References to one of his pre-presidential occupations
• The Grin: For his trademark toothy grin
• Cousin Hot or Hot Shot: His nicknames at U.S. Navy officer training school in World War II

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Ronald Wilson Reagan: Wilson was his mother’s maiden name

Born: February 6, 1911(1911-02-06) Tampico, Illinois
Died: June 5, 2004 (aged 93) Bel Air, Los Angeles, California
Nationality: American
Father: John Edward Reagan
Mother: Nelle Wilson Reagan
Spouse: Jane Wyman (1914- ), on June 25, 1940 (divorced in 1948); Nancy Davis (1923- ), on March 4, 1952
Education: Graduated from Eureka College (1932)
Occupation: Actor, public official
Religion: Presbyterian
Took office: January 20, 1981
Left office: January 20, 1989
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $200,000/year + $50,000 expense account
Vice President: George H. W. Bush
Preceded by: Jimmy Carter
Succeeded by: George H. W. Bush

Other Government Positions

• Governor of California, 1967-75

Notable Events

• 1981
  On March 30, shot in an assassination attempt by John W. Hinkley, Jr. outside of the Washington, D.C. Hilton Hotel.

Presidential Nicknames

• The Gipper: After his role as George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American. Gipp's exhortation to his team-mates to "Win one for the Gipper" came in useful during Reagan's election campaigns.
• The Great Communicator: As much an attempt by media pundits to account for Reagan's electoral success as a compliment
• The Great Prevaricator: A less-complimentary play on his "Great Communicator" nickname
• Dutch: Because of his "Dutch-boy" haircut when he was a youth
• Bonzo: From his role in the film, Bedtime for Bonzo. Reagan played Prof. Peter Boyd, opposite Bonzo the chimpanzee.
• Ronnie Raygun: Joking reference to the "Star Wars" Strategic Defense Initiative
• The Teflon President or Teflon Ron: Because none of the scandals during his administration seemed to stick to him.

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George Herbert Walker Bush Named after his maternal grandfather, George Herbert Walker

Born: June 12, 1924 (1924-06-12) (age 83) Milton, Massachusetts
Father: Prescott Sheldon Bush
Mother: Dorothy Walker Bush
Spouse: Barbara Pierce (1925- ), on January 6, 1945
Education: Graduated from Yale University (1948)
Occupation: Businessman (Oil), public official
Religion: Episcopalian
Took office: January 20, 1989
Left office: January 20, 1993
Party: Republican
Presidential Salary: $200,000/year + $50,000 expense account
Vice President: Dan Quayle
Preceded by: Ronald Reagan
Succeeded by: Bill Clinton

Other Government Positions

• Member of U.S. House of Representatives, 1967-71
• U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, 1971-72
• Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, 1976-77
• Vice President, 1981-89 (under Reagan)

Presidential Nicknames

• Poppy: Family nickname used within his personal circle rather than publicly
• Bush 41 Bush the Elder and Papa Bush: Only applied to him after his son became president, in order to distinguish between the two of them
• The Résumé Candidate: An expression which suggests that he had a good record of public service but lacked popular appeal
• The Wimp President: Given to him by Newsweek in 1988. In June 1991, Bush remarked that he would "never forgive" the magazine for their insult
• Old Read My Lips: Commemorating his 1988 election pledge: “Read my lips — no new taxes!” which he failed to keep

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