List of U.S. Presidential nicknames
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This is a list of U.S. Presidential nicknames.
| # | President | Nicknames |
| 43 | George W. Bush | W, often pronounced "Dubya" in Texas style, also: GW, GWB 43, or Bush 43 Bush Jr. Bush The Younger Baby Bush Shrub (used by Molly Ivins as the title of a book) Uncurious George [1] (http://www.uncuriousgeorge.org/) Incurious George [2] (http://www.incuriousgeorge.org/) The Smirking Chimp (used in the name of a well-known anti-Bush web site) [3] (http://www.smirkingchimp.com/) The Great Divider [4] (http://www.democraticunderground.com/articles/04/01/31_divider.html) Dumbya, and Dubbia the Incoherent, (both play on his normal nickname)[5] (http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/horsey/empirerising/) King George III (with strong allusion to the monarch the Thirteen Colonies rebelled against during the American Revolution) Commander Cuckoobananas (from a Simpsons episode) |
| 42 | Bill Clinton | Slick Willie Bubba Big Dog Comeback Kid "The first black president" (As with Jimmy Carter, President Clinton is better known by his nickname "Bill" than by his legal name, William Jefferson Clinton.) |
| 41 | George H. W. Bush | 41, or Bush 41 Bush Sr. Bush the Elder Poppy Daddy Bush |
| 40 | Ronald Reagan | The Gipper - after his role as George "The Gipper" Gipp in the film Knute Rockne, All American The Great Communicator Ronnie Raygun - after his proposed Strategic Defense Initiative, derided as "Star Wars" Teflon President/Teflon Ron - because supposedly nothing negative "stuck" on him Dutch Reagan Rawhide (his Secret Service codename) |
| 39 | Jimmy Carter | Peanut Farmer Jimmy Peanut (As Carter's legal first name is "James"; "Jimmy" is actually a nickname. Carter successfully sued to be placed upon the ballot as "Jimmy" in several states.) |
| 38 | Gerald Ford | Jerry Mr. Nice Guy |
| 37 | Richard Nixon | Tricky Dick The Trickster |
| 36 | Lyndon B. Johnson | LBJ Landslide Lyndon—ironically dubbed for his 87-vote victory in a Senate primary |
| 35 | John F. Kennedy | JFK King of Camelot - after the King Arthur legend, specifically after the 1960 musical Camelot Jack |
| 34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Ike |
| 33 | Harry S. Truman | Give 'Em Hell Harry Haberdasher Harry |
| 32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | FDR That Man in the White House Roosevelt II |
| 31 | Herbert Hoover | Hermit Author of Palo Alto Great Humanitarian Great Engineer |
| 30 | Calvin Coolidge | Silent Cal |
| 29 | Warren G. Harding | President Hardly |
| 28 | Woodrow Wilson | Schoolmaster of Politics |
| 27 | William Howard Taft | Big Bill |
| 26 | Theodore Roosevelt | Teddy (he personally disliked this nickname) TR Trustbuster Rough Rider Roosevelt I the Cyclone Assemblyman the Hero of San Juan Hill |
| 25 | William McKinley | Idol of Ohio Stocking-footed Orator |
| 23 | Benjamin Harrison | White House Iceberg Kid Gloves Harrison |
| 22/24 | Grover Cleveland | Hangman of Buffalo Veto President Uncle Jumbo |
| 21 | Chester A. Arthur | Gentleman Boss Elegant Arthur |
| 20 | James A. Garfield | Preacher President Boatman Jim |
| 19 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Old Eight to Seven Rutherfraud |
| 18 | Ulysses S. Grant | U.S. Grant Unconditional Surrender Grant |
| 17 | Andrew Johnson | Father of the Homestead Act Sir Veto Tennessee Tailor |
| 16 | Abraham Lincoln | Honest Abe The Rail-Splitter Great Emancipator |
| 15 | James Buchanan | Ten-cent Jimmy Old Public Functionary Old Buck |
| 14 | Franklin Pierce | Young Hickory of Granite Hills Handsome Frank |
| 13 | Millard Fillmore | His Accidency Wool-Carder President |
| 12 | Zachary Taylor | Old Rough and Ready Old Zach |
| 11 | James K. Polk | Young Hickory Napoleon of the Stump |
| 10 | John Tyler | His Accidency |
| 9 | William Henry Harrison | Ol' Tippecanoe Granny Harrison |
| 8 | Martin Van Buren | Machiavellian Belshazzar Old Kinderhook (possible origin of "OK") Red Fox of Kinderhook Little Magician |
| 7 | Andrew Jackson | Old Hickory Hero of New Orleans King Andy |
| 6 | John Quincy Adams | Old Man Eloquent King John II |
| 5 | James Monroe | Last of the Cocked Hats |
| 4 | James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
| 3 | Thomas Jefferson | Father of the Declaration of Independence |
| 2 | John Adams | His Rotundity Atlas of Independence |
| 1 | George Washington | Father of the Country Sword of the Revolution |