John Fitzgerald Kennedy was named after John F. “Honey Fitz” Fitzgerald, his maternal grandfather. To his mates, he was known as Jack and popularly known as JFK. He was described to stood six feet and five inches. He had expressive blue eyes, a mass of reddish-brown hair, and sound straight teeth, and … Read more
Dwight David Eisenhower, also known as “Ike” or “Duckpin,” was the thirty-fourth President of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. His presidency spanned the Cold War Era events and Space and the Cold War Arms Race eras. He was a member of the Republican political party, which guided his administration’s … Read more
President Herbert Hoover’s nickname gives insight into how the American public perceived him during his presidency. His nickname “The Great Engineer” came from his early career as a civil engineer, and it represented his flood control work when the Mississippi River burst its banks in 1927. However, the Great Depression ravaged the … Read more
Warren Gamaliel Harding was named after Reverend Warren Gamaliel Bancroft, his great-uncle and a Methodist chaplain at the Wisconsin State Prison. Warren’s mother had wished for him to be named Winfield, but she complied with her husband’s wishes. However, she referred to him as “Winnie.” He was described as darkly handsome with … Read more
Named after his maternal grandfather, Thomas Woodrow Wilson was born on December 26, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia. As the twenty-eighth president, he was known as the man who led the United States of America into World War I; also, he was famous for reforming the nation through antitrust laws. Woodrow Wilson … Read more
Around five foot six inches tall, Benjamin Harrison stood with a fair skin, blue eyes, and light brown hair that in his youth had been corn-silk blond. He is described as having a stocky body set atop short stubby legs with a wide paunchy torso. He was among the last statesmen to … Read more
Stephen Grover Cleveland was born on March 18, 1837 and was named after Reverend Stephen Grover, the first minister of First Presbyterian Church in Caldwell, New Jersey. He is described to possess a massive and hulking figure and considered the heaviest president of their time weighing two-hundred and fifty pounds. Grove Cleveland … Read more
Chester Alan Arthur served as the twenty-first president of the United States of America, who displayed a sturdy built, and handsome figure. He stood six feet and two inches with a chubby round face, high forehead, black eyes, and fleshy nose. Remembered with his side-whiskers and mustache, which became his most distinctive … Read more
James Abram Garfield was described as a robust muscular man, with a handsome figure. He stood six feet tall with a sizeable unproportioned forehead, light brown hair, and blue eyes. He wore his beard since he was a young adult, and he was also left-handed. James Garfield was raised in a pugnacious … Read more
Hiram Ulysses Grant stood five feet and seven inches tall and slightly muscular. He entered West Point as he was just five feet and one inch, which is an inch above the academy’s minimum height requirement and grew six inches by his graduation. Ulysses possessed soft blue eyes, wavy brown hair, and … Read more