U.S. Presidents

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1 Theodore Roosevelt 128x

2 Richard Nixon 113x

3 Abraham Lincoln 102x

4 Dwight David Eisenhower 100x

5 John Fitzgerald Kennedy 100x

6 Lyndon Baines Johnson 100x

7 Harry S. Truman 99x

8 Woodrow Wilson 97x

9 Ronald Reagan 95x

10 Franklin Delano Roosevelt 92x

11 Gerald Ford 84x

12 Thomas Jefferson 80x

13 Andrew Jackson 79x

14 Jimmy Carter 77x

15 Herbert Hoover 75x

16 Ulysses S. Grant 72x

17 George Washington 71x

18 William Howard Taft 61x

19 John Adams 58x

20 Martin Van Buren 56x

21 Bill Clinton 55x

22 Grover Cleveland 53x

23 Calvin Coolidge 49x

24 William McKinley 49x

25 John Quincy Adams 43x

26 Warren G. Harding 43x

27 William Henry Harrison 42x

28 James Madison 41x

29 James Buchanan 41x

30 Andrew Johnson 38x

31 Aaron Burr 33x

32 Zachary Taylor 32x

33 George Herbert Walker Bush 30x

34 Benjamin Harrison 29x

35 Spiro Agnew 25x

36 John Tyler 25x

37 Hubert Humphrey 25x

38 Franklin Pierce 24x

39 James Garfield 23x

40 James Monroe 22x

41 Nelson Rockefeller 20x

42 Walter Mondale 19x

43 Rutherford B. Hayes 19x

44 George Bush 19x

45 James K. Polk 17x

46 Dan Quayle 16x

47 Virginia 15x

48 Millard Fillmore 14x

49 Ohio 13x

50 George W. Bush 13x

Sample Clues

He climbed the Matterhorn, explored Brazil & practiced judo

Theodore Roosevelt

This 1968 candidate reportedly urged South Vietnam's President Thieu to scuttle possible peace talks

Richard Nixon

1864: "Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream"

Abraham Lincoln

This future 1950s president is scared when Mom uses these three names, especially when followed by "Come here this instant"

Dwight David Eisenhower

He's the subject of 2003's "An Unfinished Life"

John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Theodore Roosevelt (131) Richard Nixon (108) Lyndon Baines Johnson (104) John Fitzgerald Kennedy (104) Abraham Lincoln (100) Harry S. Truman (99) Ronald Reagan (95) Dwight David Eisenhower (94) Franklin Delano Roosevelt (91) Woodrow Wilson (91)

Modern (post-1990) 188

Bill Clinton (58) Barack Obama (11) George Clinton (5) James Madison (4) Chelsea Clinton (3) Hope (2) Whitewater (2) Hillary Rodham Clinton (2) The Audacity of Hope (2) Hillary Clinton (2)

Civil War 52

Ulysses S. Grant (8) Andrew Johnson (4) the Civil War (3) Abraham Lincoln (3) Jefferson Davis (2) the Articles of Confederation (2) Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg (2) William McKinley (2) Eisenhower (2) Reconstruction (2)

Ancient 51

Hannibal Hamlin (11) Abraham Lincoln (4) Ulysses S. Grant (3) Spiro Agnew (2) Greek (2) Thomas Jefferson (2) Eisenhower (2) Euclid (1) Michael Douglas (1) Teddy Roosevelt (1)

Revolutionary Era 51

John Adams (4) James Monroe (3) the Declaration of Independence (3) the Statue of Liberty (3) Thomas Jefferson (3) the American Revolution (2) Andrew Jackson (2) Tennessee (1) the Marines (1) Franklin (1)

Cold War 39

Richard Nixon (5) Vietnam (3) the Korean War (2) Kennedy (2) Joe McCarthy (2) Nikita Khrushchev (2) Gerald Ford (2) Lyndon B. Johnson (1) Luci Baines Johnson (1) Back Channel (1)

World War I 34

Wilson (5) Eisenhower (4) Theodore Roosevelt (2) John F. Kennedy (2) Belgium (2) Harry Truman (2) George H.W. Bush (1) Italy (1) a map (1) Barbara (1)

World War II 14

FDR (2) Mein Kampf (1) the atomic bomb (1) live in Infamy (1) Eisenhower (1) May (1) Pearl Harbor (1) Truman (1) Austria (1) Casablanca (1)

Colonial / Exploration 13

Calvin Coolidge (4) Dr. Strangelove (1) Williamsburg (1) Andrew Johnson (1) Abraham Lincoln (1) Calvin "Silent Cal" Coolidge (1) Virginia (1) George Washington (1) William Harrison (1) Pancho Villa (1)

Medieval 9

Ronald Reagan (2) Dwight David Eisenhower (2) Dan Quayle (2) Joe Biden (1) (Warren G.) Harding (1) Spiro Agnew (1)