The US Presidents for Crossword Solvers
Common Crossword Answers & Clues
Below is a list of all the US presidents, sorted chronologically. After each US president I've listed examples of crossword clues, of varying levels of difficulty, having that president's surname as the answer...
- #1 WASHINGTON, George (1789-97)
- Hero of the American Revolution
- 25c or $1
- Mall locale
- #2 ADAMS, John (1797-1801)
- He called the U.S. vice presidency a "most insignificant office"
- One working close to Washington?
- Washington's successor
- Subject of a David McCullough political biography
- President before Jefferson
- #1 number two who became the #2 number one
- The only US president whose vice president ran against him to succeed him was John ....
- "1776" role
- First vice president
- Portrait on an old 2ยข stamp
- Boston Tea Party V.I.P.
- President from Braintree
- Name of two Presidents
- #3 JEFFERSON, Thomas (1801-09)
- 5c or $2
- A US president who was also an architect, musician and inventor
- Monticello flip side
- #4 MADISON, James (1809-17)
- Picture on a $5,000 bill
- Peak in New Hampshire's Presidential Range
- Big Apple thoroughfare
- #5 MONROE, James (1817-25)
- Doctrine developer of 1823
- Secretary of state during the War of 1812
- President nicknamed Last of the Cocked Hats
- #6 ADAMS, John Quincy (1825-29)
- Monroe's successor
- #7 JACKSON, Andrew (1829-37)
- $20
- #8 VAN BUREN, Martin (1837-41)
- Van ____ administration
- #9 HARRISON, William (1841)
- #10 TYLER, John (1841-45)
- Polk's predecessor
- President born in Charles City, Va.
- First president to marry while in office
- #11 POLK, James (1845-49)
- "54-40 or fight" candidate
- Clay defeater
- President before Taylor
- San Francisco street named for a president
- President after Tyler
- Tyler and Taylor's go-between
- 11th President
- #12 TAYLOR, Zachary (1849-50)
- Polk's successor
- #13 FILLMORE, Millard (1850-53)
- #14 PIERCE, Franklin (1853-57)
- #15 BUCHANAN, James (1857-61)
- #16 LINCOLN, Abraham (1861-65)
- 1c or $5
- Memorial flip side
- #17 JOHNSON, Andrew (1865-69)
- #18 GRANT, Ulysses (1869-77)
- $50
- #19 HAYES, Rutherford (1877-81)
- President after Grant
- First sitting president to visit the West Coast
- Profile on a 19c stamp
- President who won by one electoral vote
- He introduced the Easter egg roll on the White House lawn
- Garfield's predecessor
- #20 GARFIELD, James (1881)
- #21 ARTHUR, Chester (1881-85)
- Vermont-born President
- #22 CLEVELAND, Grover (1885-89)
- $1,000
- Victor over Blaine in 1884
- #23 HARRISON, Benjamin (1889-93)
- #24 CLEVELAND, Grover (1893-97)
- $1,000
- Victor over Blaine in 1884
- #25 MCKINLEY, William (1897-1901)
- #26 ROOSEVELT, Theodore (1901-1909)
- #27 TAFT, William (1909-1913)
- President before Wilson
- President who later served as chief justice
- Chief justice before Hughes
- Mr. Republican
- Roly-poly president
- 1920s chief justice
- For whom Sherman was veep
- Last mustachioed president
- Eisenhower's rival for the 1952 nomination
- 300-pound President
- Bryan defeater, 1908
- Electee of 1908
- Mr. Republican of the old G.O.P.
- White House heavyweight
- ___-Hartley Act
- #28 WILSON, Woodrow (1913-21)
- W.W.I president
- 1919 Peace Nobelist
- #29 HARDING, Warren (1921-23)
- #30 COOLIDGE, Calvin (1923-29)
- Laconic president
- President born on July 4
- #31 HOOVER, Herbert (1929-33)
- Loser to Roosevelt in 1932
- #32 ROOSEVELT, Franklin (1933-45)
- 10c
- #33 TRUMAN, Harry (1945-53)
- Marshall Plan signer
- "Plain Speaking" biographee/DD>
- #34 EISENHOWER, Dwight (1953-61)
- $1
- President whose grandson wed a president's daughter
- 50's leader
- Winning general in 1945
- NATO's first supreme commander
- #35 KENNEDY, John (1961-63)
- 50c
- Half profile?
- Supreme Court justice appointed by Reagan
- Presidential seal flip side
- #36 JOHNSON, Lyndon (1963-69)
- #37 NIXON, Richard (1969-74)
- "Frost/___" 2008 nominee for Best Picture
- 1974 pardon recipient
- Resigned president
- 1995 Oliver Stone film
- Winner of 1968 and 1972
- Stager of a 1968 political comeback
- President with an enemies list
- Checkers master
- #38 FORD, Gerald (1974-77)
- President who was a King
- President before Carter
- '70s president
- Nixon's successor
- #39 CARTER, Jimmy (1977-81)
- 2002 Peace Nobelist
- #39 in a series
- Reagan's predecessor
- Salt II signer
- #40 REAGAN, Ronald (1981-89)
- "An American Life" autobiographer
- President with an airport named after him
- Subject of the biography "An American Hero"
- President who was also a sportscaster
- 1960's "Death Valley Days" host
- The Gipper
- Only Illinois-born President
- #41 BUSH, George H. W. (1989-93)
- #41 or #43
- 41st in a series
- Justice Souter's appointer
- #42 CLINTON, Bill (1993-2001)
- Vice president after Burr
- "An Invitation to the White House" author
- #43 BUSH, George W. (2001-2009)
- #41 or #43
- #44 OBAMA, Barack (2009-)
- Only president born in Hawii
- President sworn in on Lincoln's Bible
- Winner of 2008
- Politician who wrote "The Audacity of Hope"
- Senator who wrote "Dreams From My Father"
Note A small number of US Presidents have not yet appeared in any of the major crossword puzzles consulted for this list, so the corresponding entries in the above list have no example clues.
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