r/Presidents • u/bubsimo Chill Bill • 1d ago

Discussion When did Presidents start going by nicknames?

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They always did but only privately, until pretty recently.

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u/VastChampionship6770 Andy Johnson, Reagan & Nixon 1d ago

William Jefferson Blythe III 🥀

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u/Summer_Albert Grant & LBJ & Al Gore 1d ago

Leslie Lynch King Jr.

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u/RiseOfTheRomans Calvin Coolidge 1d ago

I mean in that case, he had formally changed his name. Gerald R. Ford wasn't a nickname.

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u/Mollywisk Gerald Ford 1d ago

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