Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged Entertainment, fun facts, History, presidential nicknames, presidential trivia, warren g harding, worst president ever on February 23, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Warren G. Harding
(March 1921 – August 1923)
First Off: A Prize to Anyone who knows what the G stands for without looking it up!!!
Wobbly Warren
Prsident Hardly
Ran on the Slogan: A Return to Normalcy (A word Harding made up for his campaign – which obvs. peeved HL Mencken (see quote below)).
His mother called him ‘Winnie’ (Gotta Admit: [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 28th president, Entertainment, fun facts, History, Humor, us politics, us presidential trivia, woodrow wilson on January 6, 2009 | 3 Comments »
NickNames
The Schoolmaster in Politics
The Professor
The Phrasemaker
Coiner of Weasal Words
Trivia
Wilson didn’t learn his letters until he was 9, didn’t learn to read until he was 13. So, Good News, Illiterate tweens! You too can grow up to be president of Princeton and the good ole US of A. But…you probably won’t.
Though they never met, Sigmund Freud [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 27th president, Blogging, education, Entertainment, fun, fun facts, History, Humor, presidential nicknames, trivia, us presidents, william howard taft on December 15, 2008 | 6 Comments »
William Howard Taft
1909-1913
Nicked Names
Old Bill
Big Lub
FattyFatty 2×4 Can’t Fit Thru The Bathroom Door
The 27th President, 10th Chief Justice of US Supreme Court, 1st Provisional Governor of Cuba, 42nd US Secretary of War, 1st Civil Governor of the Philippines, 5th US Solicitor General, 1st in line at a buffet
Taft is really the president that ought to [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 26th president, 26th president of the united states, Blogging, education, Entertainment, fun facts, History, presidential nicknames, presidential trivia, presiednt trivia, roosevelt, rough riders, teddy, theodore roosevelt, TR on October 29, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore the Meddler
Trustbuster
TR or Teddy
The Cyclone Assemblyman
Rough Rider and Hero of San Juan Hill
Old Four Eyes
The Lion
(Walk softly and stand near a big globe).
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 25th president, Entertainment, fun facts, History, trivia, us history on September 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
William McKinley
Served 1897-1901
The Napolean of Protection (For his love of tariffs)
The Major (referring to his rank in the Civil War; used by intimates and family, not publically)
The Idol of Ohio
The Stocking-footed Orator (Cute!)
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged Entertainment, grover cleveland falsified facts, Humor, satire on September 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
For More on Cleveland see the original post on #22 Grover Cleveland here.
NickNames for Cleveland:
Mistake by the Lake
Blunder from Down Under
The Query from Lake Erie
Faux Pas by His Ma and Pa
Impropriety from High Society
The Black Eye from the Buckeye
The Blooper of a trooper
Square nut in an oval hole
An Error of an Heir
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged benjamin harrison, fun facts, our presidents, presidential nicknames, presidential trivia, US president 23 on September 8, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Benjamin Harrison
In Office: 1889-1893
KidGloves Harrison (attributed to the mudslinging or to the fact that he was prone to skin rashes and wore gloves frequently)
The White House Iceberg or Human Iceberg (Gave warm speeches to groups but was very cold one-on-one)
Young Tippecanoe (Grandson of Ol Tippecanoe)
The Front Porch Campaigner (gave more than 90 impromptu speeches from [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 22nd president of the US, Entertainment, grover cleveland, Humor, politics, presidential fun facts, presidential trivia on September 1, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Grover Cleveland
(1885-1889)
Uncle Jumbo
The Perpetual Candidate
The Stuffed Prophet
Elephantine Economist
The Hangman of Buffalo
His Obstinancy or The Veto President
The Beast of Buffalo
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged Chester A. Arthur, chet arthur, Entertainment, fun facts, History, Humor, presidential nicknames, trivia, US president #21 on August 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Chester A. Arthur
Sept 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885
Elegant Arthur
The Gentleman Boss
The Dude President (Inspiration for the “Big Lebowski”)
Our Chet
Arthir was chosen by Garfield to be his running mate at the 1880 Republican National Convention because he was a [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 20th president, Entertainment, fun facts, History, Humor, james garfield, presidential nicknames, presidential trivia on August 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
James A. Garfield
March 4, 1881-September 19, 1881
The President Preacher (was a lay preacher for the Church of Christ)
Boatman Jim or The Canal Boy (referring to early occupation)
The Plow-Boy of Ohio
At the time of the Republican National Convention, Garfield was a current member of the House of Representatives. Right before he left for the convention, he had been [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged elections, Entertainment, facts, fun, History, Humor, rutherford b hayes, trivia on August 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Rutherford B Hayes
1877-1881
NICKNAMES:
Rutherfraud
His Fraudulancy
The Usurper
Granny Hayes
Queen Victoria in Riding Britches
The Great Unknown
President de Facto
Dark Horse Prsident
[Is that a reconstructed nation in your beard or are you just a scary old dude?]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged Entertainment, fun, History, presidential nicknames, presidential trivia, US Grant, US President 18 on July 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Ulysses S. Grant
1869-1877
Unconditional Surrender Grant
The Hero of Appomattox
Useless Grant
The Galena Tanner (Due to his Artificially Orange pallor)
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 17th president of the US, American presidents, andrew johnson trivia, fun facts, presidential trivia on July 21, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Andrew Johnson
April 1865-March 1869
Father of the Homestead Act
Andrew the Sot (for giving an inaugural address as Veep in a less than sober state)
Old Andy
The Tennessee Tailor
Sir Veto
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged abe lincoln, abraham lincoln, fun facts, nicknames, president lincoln, trivia on June 16, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Abraham Lincoln
(1861-1865)
Honest Abe
The Great Emancipator
The Floatboatman
The Rail Splitter
The Sage of Springfield
The Abolition Emperor or King Linkum the First
The Uncommon Friend of the Common Man
The Original Gorilla and The Orangutan in the White House
The Sectional President
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, Uncategorized, tagged 15th president, bachelor, homosexual president, james buchanan, presidential fun facts, presidential nicknames, presidential trivia on May 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
James Buchanan
(1857-1861)
The Bachelor President – Only President Never to Marry
Ten Cent A Day Jimmy – Thought that was a decent, living wage
The Sage of Wheatland – His home in Lancaster County , PA
Old Buck
Old Public Functionary
Old Fogey
The Cannon – Play on his last name
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged Entertainment, Franklin Pierce, fun facts, History, presidential nicknames, presidential trive on May 5, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Franklin Pierce
(1853-1857)
Handsome Frank- He found this embarrassing
The Hero of A Well-Fought Bottle – Refers to his lack of military command and his known drinking habits.
The Fainting General- Reference by his opponents to an incident when an artillery blast blew his saddle horn into his abdomen, causing him to loose consciousness for a few moments.
Young Hickory [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 13th president of the US, American presidents, fun facts, History, millard Fillmore, presidential nicknames, trivia on April 29, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Millard Fillmore
July 1850- March 1853
The Accidental President
Wool-Carder-President
The American Louis Philippe
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged Entertainment, History, odd facts, president nicknames, presidential trivia, Zachary Taylor presidency on April 22, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Zachary Taylor
(March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850)
Old Rough and Ready (disdained the luxurious afforded to senior officers, preferring to ‘rough it’ along with all the other ranks)
Old Zach
Hero of Buena Vista (referring to Mexican War)
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged education, fun facts, History, james k polk, presidential nicknames, presidential trivia on April 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »
James K. Polk (1845-1849)
Young Hickory -Because he was backed by “Old Hickory,” Andrew Jackson
Napoleon of the Stump -Due to fiery speeches at the stump
Dark Horse Candidate – Le Duh.
(Wait. – Are you seeing what I’m seeing? James Polk rocked a mullet. Kudos).
When Polk took office he had four clear objectives:
Purchase of California from Mexico
Reduction of [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 10th president, annexation of texas, John Tyler, president fun facts, President Tyler, presidential nicknames, presidential trivia on April 7, 2008 | 10 Comments »
John Tyler (1841-1845)
Honest John
His Accidency
The President without a Party
Traitor Tyler
The Veto President
John Tyler was the first Vice President to assume the office of President after William Henry Harrison’s untimely death one month into his term. The 25th Ammendment which codifies the assumption of power was not actually ratified until 1967. In Tyler’s time, some were calling for an [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged History, ninth president, presidential nicknames, shortest presidency, tip a canoe, trivia, william henry harrison on March 31, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Ladies and Gentlemen…Let’s Welcome…
Old Tippacanoe (Commemorates his 2 victories over Tecumsah)
Granny Harrison (At 68 he was then the oldest president to be elected)
General Mum (Denotes his avoidance to speak on controversial issues)
Log Cabin Candidate (positioning him as a man of the people, even though he did come from a privileged background)
Cinncanatus of the West (Comparing [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged fun facts, nicknames Martin van buren, presidential history, trivia on March 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
Old Kinderhook (from Kinderhook, NY)
Little Magician
Machiavellian Belshazzar
Martin Van Ruin (in office during the economic crisis 0f 1837)
Petticoat Pet (after his fancy dress)
The American Tallyrand (comparison to the devious Frenchman)
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged Andrew Jackson, badass president, History, presidential fun facts, Seventh president, trivia on March 17, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
Old Hickory (During Creek War nothing would keep him from battle, causing his troops to compare him to the hardest of woods)
King Andy (Far reaching programs seemed to some as excessive use of power)
Hero of New Orleans (Victory over the British in January 1815)
Caped Crusader (only President to wear a cape in his [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged john quincy adams, sixth president united states on March 10, 2008 | 7 Comments »
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
Old Man Eloquent
Publicola
King John II
Judging by this picture I think he also found a lot of work as a character actor, always relegated to playing the crotchety miser. The archetypal Man-In-The-Spooky-House (“My ball went in old man Adams’ yard so there’s no way we’re getting that one back).
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 5th president, fifth president, President James Monroe, presidential trivia on March 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
James Monroe (1817-1825)
The Last of The Cocked Hats (Still wore the tricorne hat, long out of fashion)
James the Second (As he succeeded James Madison)
James the Lesser (As Madison was seen as the stronger leader of the 2)
Era of Good Feelings President (Era reflected the time after War of 1812, the country was less politically divided)
For [...]
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged 4th president, brief history, founding fathers, james madison, us presidents on February 25, 2008 | 1 Comment »
James Madison (served 1809-1817)
His Little Majesty (At 5′4″ Madison was the shortest president)
Little Jemmy
The Father of the Constitution
Sage of Montpelier
Withered Little Apple John
The Fugitive President
James’ wife Dolly Madison apparently had a sweet tooth and therefore has her own line of cookies and snack cakes which continue today.*
Posted in Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged third president, thomas jefferson, United States history on February 18, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Thomas Jefferson
Where to begin? I mean, you could write a book about this guy.
The Moonshine Philosopher of Monticello
The Man of the People
The Red Fox
The Pen of the Revolution
Father of the University of Virginia
President: Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
Vice-President: Aaron Burr (1801-1805)
George Clinton (1805-1809) - (Uh, Not the one in Parliament Funkadelic)
These weekly features aim to focus on the men [...]
Posted in Culture, Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged quasi war, the XYZ Affair on February 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
El Numero Dos. The second in our on-going series to get to know our Prezzies.
The Father of the American Navy.
His Rotundity.
The Duke of Braintree.
His Superfluous Excellency.
The Atlas of Independence
Old Sink or Swim
Bonny Johnny Adams
John Adams (1797-1801).
VP: Thomas Jefferson.
What do you know about Adams. Generally, not a lot, right? I mean compared to the phenomenal men [...]
Posted in Culture, Man I Don't Know My Presidents, tagged DC, History, Revolutionary War, White House. Washington on February 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We here at the Life Tussle aim to entertain and inform you.
Call it “Edu-Tainment.”
This begins a year long look into the history of the presidents of our United States Presidents. We promise that it will consistently be 98% factual.
Unfortunately, we have decided to go in order. So we have to first start with the most [...]
