Presidential Nicknames

Many U.S. presidents have had popular nicknames. For instance, George Washington was often referred to as the Sword of the Revolution, and John Adams is known to historians as Old Sink or Swim. Other presidential monikers are as follows: Old Granny (W.H. Harrison), Purse (Franklin Pierce), Sir Veto (Andrew Johnson), His Fraudulency (Rutherford B. Hayes), and Coiner of Weasel Words (Woodrow Wilson).