The US Presidents
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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 2¢ 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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