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
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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
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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 [...]
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Millard Fillmore
July 1850- March 1853
The Accidental President
Wool-Carder-President
The American Louis Philippe
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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)
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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)
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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 [...]
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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).
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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 [...]
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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.*
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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 [...]
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