1. “The Dude President” - Chester A. Arthur: given the nickname because of his penchant for fancy attire.
2. “The Elephantine Economist” - Grover Cleveland: President Cleveland was a big fellow.
3. “Granny” - Rutherford B. Hayes: he was considered boring because he didn’t drink or gamble or cuss. His wife was called Lemonade Lucy.
4. “His Little Majesty” - James Madison: He was 5-foot-4.
5. “The Careful Dutchman” - Martin Van Buren: He spoke Dutch. And apparently he was careful.
6. “Ten Cent Jimmie” - James Buchanan: After he suggested in a campaign speech that a man could live on 10 cents a day.
7. “The American Louis Phillipe” - Millard Fillmore: A reference to the last king of France.
8. “The Phrasemaker” - Woodrow Wilson: He was very eloquent and wrote his own speeches.
9. “His Accidency” - John Tyler: Political opponents believed Tyler could only become president by accident (as he did with the death of William Henry Harrison).
10. “The Human Iceberg” - Benjamin Harrison: He was perceived as cold and emotionless.

According to The Chicago Tribune…

1. John Adams
2. Martin van Buren
3. Franklin Pierce
4. James Buchanan
5. Ulysses S. Grant
6. Chester A. Arthur
7. Grover Cleveland
8. William Howard Taft
9. Franklin D. Roosevelt
10. George W. Bush

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1. The latest one takes the biscuit. Barack Obama jokes about the disabled on the Jay Leno show. Afterwards, he calls the head of the Special Olympics to apologise.
2. Joe Biden tells a former Senate colleague who addresses him as “Mr Vice-President” to “give me a f—ing break.”
3. Gordon Brown presents the new President with: a pen holder carved from the timbers of HMS Gannett, a sister ship of HMS Resolute; the commissioning certificate of HMS Resolute; and a seven-volume biography of Winston Churchill. In return, the Prime minister gets 25 DVDS, which don’t work in Britain.
4. Joe Biden tells his wife that he had the choice of being either Secretary of State or vice-president - an offer that was news to Obama aides and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton when Jill Biden spilled the beans on Oprah.
5. A Marine One double. First, on his maiden Marine One trip Obama breaches protocol and makes life uncomfortable for an enlisted marine by shaking the the serviceman’s hand as he’s saluting his commander-in-chief.  Then - Gerald Ford, eat your heart out. Barack Obama bangs his head as he boards his helicopter.
6. Joe Biden jokes about Chief Justice John Roberts fluffing the inauguration oath. The president is visibly annoyed with his veep and Biden later apologises.
7. Barack Obama mixes up the windows and doors at his new home.
8. Joe Biden forgets the “website number” for the White House internet site designed to show how TARP money is being spent.
9. Barack Obama jokes about Nancy Reagan having séances in the White House. He later called her to apologise after the AP noted that although she had consulted astrologers, “she did not hold conversations with the dead.”
10. Just after he’s been sworn in by him, the newly-minted Vice President Joe Biden gets the name of Justice John Paul Stephens, “one of the great justices” of the Supreme Court, calling him “Justice Stewart.”

According to Toby Harnden of The Telegraph…

Martin Van Buren - 8th president, 1837-1841
William Henry Harrison - 9th president, 1841
John Tyler - 10th president, 1841-1845
Millard Fillmore - 13th president, 1850-1853
James Buchanan - 15th president, 1857-1861
Rutherford B. Hayes - 19th President, 1877-1881
Chester A. Arthur - 21st President, 1881-1885
William McKinley - 25th President, 1897-1901
Warren G. Harding - 29th President, 1921-1923
Herbert Hoover - 31st President, 1929-1933

According to Time…

1. E. Gordon Gee
Ohio State University

2. Mark. A. Emmert
University of Washington

3. John T. Casteen III
University of Virginia

4. Mark G. Yudof
University of Texas

5. Mary Sue Coleman
University of Michigan

6. M. Roy Wilson
University of Colorado at Denver

7. Robert H. Bruininks
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

8. J. Bernard Machen
University of Florida

9. Michael M. Crow
Arizona State University

10. Carl V. Patton
Georgia State University

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1. James Buchanan
2. Andrew Johnson
3. Franklin D. Pierce
4. William Henry Harrison
5. Warren G. Harding
6. Millard Fillmore
7. George W. Bush
8. John Tyler
9. Herbert Hoover
10. Rutherford B. Hayes

According to C-SPAN…

1. Abraham Lincoln
2. George Washington
3. Franklin D. Roosevelt
4. Theodore Roosevelt
5. Harry S. Truman
6. John F. Kennedy
7. Thomas Jefferson
8. Dwight D. Eisenhower
9. Woodrow Wilson
10. Ronald Reagan

According to C-SPAN…

Here are 10 of the most famous — and infamous — ceremonies.

1. Abraham Lincoln, 1865
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933
3. John F. Kennedy, 1961
4. George Washington, 1789
5. Ronald Reagan, 1981
6. Thomas Jefferson, 1801
7. Andrew Jackson, 1829
8. Warren G. Harding, 1921
9. William Henry Harrison, 1841
10. James A. Garfield and William Taft

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1. Long winded
The longest inaugural speech in U.S. history was given by President William Henry Harrison, clocking in at one hour and 45 minutes. Harrison delivered the long-winded speech during a snowstorm and without an overcoat, circumstances that are often blamed for his untimely death by pneumonia.

2. Sneaking out the back door
President Andrew Jackson, regarded as a “man of the people,” had to flee through the back door of his own inaugural reception in 1829 when the crowd crashed his party.

3. Don’t feed the pigeons
On the day of Richard Nixon’s 1973 inauguration, Pennsylvania Avenue was dotted with sick and dead pigeons

4. Less is more?
After criticism for his first inauguration in 1981, which cost $16.3 million for nine white-tie balls, President Ronald Reagan attempted to scale back the budget and have a more “for the people” celebration. However, the budget ballooned from $12 million to $20 million, and there were 10 balls instead of nine and two galas instead of one

5. Turn up the heat
After the north wing of the Treasury Building proved too small for President Ulysses S. Grant’s first inaugural ball in 1869, a temporary structure was built in Judiciary Square for his second inaugural ball in 1873. Unfortunately, the structure had no heat or insulation, so guests danced in their coats and hats to stay warm in the minus-4-degree temperature.

6. Sink or swim
The weather was so bad at Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration that pedestrians who could not swim were urged to stay away from the muddy, rain-soaked streets.

7. Rats!
For Richard Nixon’s second inauguration, Vietnam War protesters dragged around a 25-foot-long rat made out of paper and chicken wire. To the protesters, the rat was symbolic of President Nixon.

8. Coat check, please
Ulysses S. Grant’s first inauguration in 1869 ended with fights in the coat-check line and many guests abandoning their coats and hats due to an extremely long wait. The Washington Post reported that the coat check was staffed by illiterates who were unable to read the claim tickets, which surely slowed down the line even more.

9. It’s getting hot in here
At the first inaugural ball, held for James Madison in 1809, it reportedly got so hot inside the hotel that revelers broke out windows for ventilation.

10. All dressed up with no place to go
Woodrow Wilson refused to have a ball for his 1913 inauguration because he considered it inappropriate for such a dignified and solemn occasion.

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1. ‘Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb’ (Stanley Kubrick, 1964)
Actor: Peter Sellers Screen name: President Merkin Muffley

2. ‘Air Force One’ (Wolfgang Petersen, 1997)
Actor: Harrison Ford Screen name: President James Marshall

3. ‘Dave’ (Ivan Reitman, 1993)
Actor: Kevin Kline Screen name: President William H. Mitchell

4. ‘Primary Colors’ (Mike Nichols, 1998)
Actor: John Travolta Screen name: Governor Jack Stanton

5. ‘The American President’ (Rob Reiner, 1995)
Actor: Michael Douglas Screen name: President Andrew Shepherd

6. ‘Independence Day’ (Roland Emmerich, 1996)
Actor: Bill Pullman Screen name: President Thomas J. Whitmore

7. ‘Deep Impact’ (Mimi Leder, 1998)
Actor: Morgan Freeman Screen name: President Tom Beck

8. ‘Mars Attacks!’ (Tim Burton, 1997)
Actor: Jack Nicholson Screen name: President James Dale

9. ‘Escape from New York’ (John Carpenter 1981)
Actor: Donald Pleasence Screen name: President

10. ‘W.’ (Oliver Stone, 2008)
Actor: Josh Brolin Screen name: George “Dubya” Bush

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