What letter did most of the Presidents’ first names start with?
See if you know your President name ABC’s:
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J – Eleven (11) – James (6 Presidents – Madison, Monroe, Polk, Buchanan, Garfield, Carter), John (5 Presidents – Adams, Quincy Adams, Tyler, Coolidge {he was John Calvin Coolidge}, Kennedy)
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W – Five (5) – William (4 Presidents – William Henry Harrison, McKinley, Taft, Clinton), Warren (Harding)
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G – Four (4) – George (3 Presidents – Washington, HW Bush, W Bush), Gerald (Ford, although his birth name was Leslie Lynch King, Jr.)
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A – Three (3) – Andrew (2 Presidents – Jackson, Johnson), Abraham (Lincoln)
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R – Three (3) – Rutherford (Hayes), Richard (Nixon), Ronald (Reagan)
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T – Three (3) – Thomas (2 Presidents – Jefferson, Wilson {Thomas Woodrow Wilson}), Theodore (Roosevelt)
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B – Two (2) – Benjamin (Harrison), Barack (Obama)
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D – Two (2) – Dwight (Eisenhower), Donald (Trump)
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F – Two (2) – Franklin (2 Presidents – Pierce, FDR Roosevelt)
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H – Two (2) – Herbert (Hoover), Harry (Truman), *
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M – Two (2) – Martin (Van Buren), Millard (Fillmore)
Sidenotes: The letters that are most often used at the start of a President’s middle name(s) are:
H – 3-1/2 Presidents: (1 President – William (William Henry Harrison), 1 – President – Howard (William Howard Taft), 1/2 President – Herbert (George Herbert Walker {George HW Bush had two middle names so I will count each one as a half}), 1 President – Hussein (Barack Hussein Obama))
W – 3-1/2 Presidents: (Woodrow (Thomas Woodrow Wilson), Wilson (Ronald Wilson Reagan), 1-1/2 Presidents – Walker (George Herbert Walker Bush {George HW Bush had two middle names so I will count each one as a half}), (George Walker Bush))
* You may also be able to count Grant in with the first letters being “H.” His birth name was Hiram Ulysses Grant. Later in life he changed it to Ulysses S Grant.
