Presidents Popularly Known By Middle Names or Nicknames
- Hiram Ulysses Grant went by Ulysses
- Stephen Grover Cleveland went by Grover
- John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. went by Calvin
- Thomas Woodrow Wilson went by Woodrow
- James Earl Carter, Jr. went by Jimmy
- William Jefferson Clinton went by Bill
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Famous quotes containing the words presidents, popularly, middle and/or names:
“Our presidents have been getting to be synthetic monsters, the work of a hundred ghost- writers and press agents so that it is getting harder and harder to discover the line between the man and the institution.”
—John Dos Passos (1896–1970)
“The element running through entire nature, which we popularly call Fate, is known to us as limitation. Whatever limits us, we call Fate.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Now like an insane man, you seek water in the middle of a stream.”
—Propertius Sextus (c. 50–16 B.C.)
“The names of those who in their lives fought for life,
Who wore at their hearts the fire’s centre.
Born of the sun they traveled a short while towards the sun,
And left the vivid air signed with their honour.”
—Stephen Spender (1909–1995)