U.S. Presidents and First Ladies

Tired of names like Madison, Taylor, and Tyler? Why not use McKinley or Pierce?

In recent years, surnames have become popular to use as first names. Classrooms are full of little Taylors, Tylers, and Madisons. Relative newcomers like Carter, Kennedy, Reagan, Grant and Harrison are zooming up the charts. What do these names have in common? They are all the names of former U.S. Presidents. Why these names? Perhaps parents feel they are distinguished and have more prestige than your average Smith and Jones. Perhaps it's a nod to our nation's history. Perhaps it's just because WASPy names are in vogue right now. Whatever the reason, here is a list of the Presidents of the U.S.A. and their First Ladies. The lists are organized chronologically as well as alphabetically.

President First Lady George Washington Martha Dandridge John Adams Abigail Smith Thomas Jefferson Martha Wayles Skelton James Madison Dolly Payne Todd James Monroe Elizabeth "Eliza" Kortright John Quincy Adams Louisa Catherine Johnson Andrew Jackson Rachel Donelson Robards Martin VanBuren Hannah Hoes William Henry Harrison Anna Tuthill Symmes John Tyler Julia Gardiner James Knox Polk Sarah Childress Zachary Taylor Margaret mackall Smith Millard Fillmore Abigail Powers Franklin Pierce Jane Means Appleton James Buchanan - Abraham Lincoln Mary Todd Andrew Johnson Eliza McCardle Ulysses Simpson Grant Julia Boggs Dent Rutherford Birchard Hayes Lucy Ware Webb James Abram Garfield Lucretia Rudolph Chester Alan Arthur Ellen Lewis Herndon Grover Cleveland Frances Fulsom Benjamin Harrison Caroline Lavinia Scott Grover Cleveland Frances Fulsom William McKinley Ida Saxton Theodore Roosevelt Edith Kermit Carow William Howard Taft Helen Herron Woodrow Wilson Edith Bolling Galt Warren Gamaliel harding Florence Kling DeWolf Calvin Coolidge Anna Grace Goodhew Herbert Clark Hoover Lou Henry Franklin Delano Roosevelt Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Harry s Truman Elizabeth "Bess" Virginia Wallace Dwight David Eisenhower Mary "Mamie" Geneva Doud John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Lyndon Baines Johnson Claudia "Lady Bird" Alta Taylor Richard Milhous Nixon Thelma Patricia "Pat" Catherine Ryan Gerald Rudolph Ford Elizabeth "Betty" Bloomer Warren James Earl Carter Eleanor Rosalynn Smith Ronald Wilson Reagan Nancy Davis George Herbert Walker Bush Barbara Pierce William Jefferson Clinton Hillary Rodham George Walker Bush Laura Welch



