List of US Presidents

This page includes a list of US Presidents in order, from President George Washington to President Barack Obama. Also included are some well known and some not so well known presidential nicknames.

Many Presidents throughout history have had some interesting nicknames! This list of US Presidents is shown in numerical order, starting with President George Washington and ending with President Barack Obama. Their nicknames are listed beside the names in the list of all United States presidents below. If you know of any presidential nicknames that I've missed, please use the "Add your own Fun Fact" form to submit them for publishing to this website. To learn some fun facts about the Presidents, visit our Fun Presidential Facts page.

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1. George Washington, 1789-1797 - Father of his Country, The Sage of Mount Vernon
2. John Adams, 1797-1801 - His Roundity, Atlas of Independence, Bonny Johnny
3. Thomas Jefferson, 1801-1809 - Father of the Declaration of Independence, Long Tom, Sage of Monticello
4. James Madison, 1809-1817 - Father of the Constitution, Little Johnny, Sage of Montpelier, His little majesty
5. James Monroe, 1817-1825 - The Last of the Crooked Hats
6. John Quincy Adams, 1825-1829 - Old Man Eloquent, Publicola, King John II
7. Andrew Jackson, 1829-1837 - Old Hickory, The Old Hero, King Andrew the First
8. Martin Van Buren, 1837-1841 - The Careful Dutchman, The Red Fox of Kinderhook, Old Kinderhook, The Little Magician
9. William Henry Harrison, 1841 - Old Tippecanoe, The Cincinnatus of the West, Old Granny
10. John Tyler, 1841-1845 - His Accidency, Young Hickory, Old Veto
11. James K. Polk, 1845-1849 - Polk the Purposeful, Napoleon of the Stump
12. Zachary Taylor, 1849-1850 - Old Rough and Ready, Old Zack
13. Millard Fillmore, 1850-1853 - The Accidental President, The American Louis Phillipe, the Wool Carder President
14. Franklin Pierce, 1853-1857 - Young Hickory of the Granite Hills, Handsome Frank
15. James Buchanan, 1857-1861 - Ten Cent Jimmy, Old Buck, The Do-Nothing President
16. Abraham Lincoln, 1861-1865 - The Great Emancipator, Honest Abe, The Rail Splitter
17. Andrew Johnson, 1865-1869 - The Tailor, Sir Veto, Father of the Homestead Act
18. Ulysses Simpson Grant, 1869-1877 - American Caesar, The Galena Tanner, Useless S. Grant
19. Rutherford Birchard Hayes, 1877-1881 - His Fraudulency, Old 8 to 7, Lemonade Lucy, Granny
20. James Abram Garfield, 1881 - The Canal Boy, The Preacher President
21. Chester Alan Arthur, 1881-1885 - The Dude President
22. Grover Cleveland, 1885-1889 - Grover the Good, Old Grover, The Elephantine Economist
23. Benjamin Harrison, 1889-1893 - Young Tippecanoe, Little Ben, The Centennial President, The Human Iceberg
24. Grover Cleveland, 1893-1897 - Grover the Good, Old Grover, Uncle Jumbo
25. William McKinley, 1897-1901 - Liberator of Cuba, The Idol of Ohio, Wobbly Willie
26. Theodore Roosevelt, 1901-1909 - The Rough Rider, The Cowboy, Rough and Ready, T.R.
27. William Howard Taft, 1909-1913 - Big Bill
28. Woodrow Wilson, 1913-1921 - The Professor, The Phrasemaker
29. Warren Gamaliel Harding, 1921-1923 - W.G.
30. Calvin Coolidge, 1923-1929 - Silent Cal
31. Herbert Clark Hoover, 1929-1933 - Chief, Grand Old Man
32. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 1933-1945 - F.D.R., The Boss
33. Harry S. Truman, 1945-1953 - Give'em Hell Harry, Haberdasher Harry
34. Dwight David Eisenhower, 1953-1961 - General Ike, Kansas Cyclone, Duckpin
35. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 1961-1963 - J.F.K., Jack, The King of Camelot
36. Lyndon Baines Johnson, 1963-1969 - L.B.J.
37. Richard Milhous Nixon, 1969-1974 - Tricky Dick, Richard the Chicken-Hearted
38. Gerald Rudolph Ford, 1974-1977 - Jerry, accidental president, Mr. Nice Guy
39. James Earl Carter, Jr., 1977-1981 - The Peanut Farmer, Cousin Hot, Jimmy
40. Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1981-1989 - The Great Communicator, The Gipper, Dutch, Ronnie
41. George Herbert Walker Bush, 1989-1993 - Poppy (family nickname), 41, Papa Bush
42. William Jefferson Clinton, 1993-2001 - Bill, Bubba, Slick Willie
43. George Walker Bush, 2001-2009 - W., Bushie, Dubya, 43, baby Bush, Bush Jr., shrub
44. Barack Hussein Obama, 2009- Barry, No drama Obama

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