The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-12-09
COMPREHENSIVE COMPILATION
OF WELL KNOWN SOBRloUETS.
SOME ALMOST FORGOTTEN.
HOW PRESIDENTS WERE LISTED
Few Are Aware That Aaron Burr was
Author Of AppeIlation, Father Of
His Country'-Nickname Of States
and Cities.

many of our presidents ana generals
and other public characters and many
of our cities and states has for half
century given me good deal of
interest and innumerable hours of re-
search; although, OF course, it would
be impossible for anyone to present
an article ON such a complex subject
with completeness.
We are all aware that Washington
became known early after the revolu-
tionary war as the Father of His
Country but how few OF us are
aware OF the fact that Aaron Burr,
the man who killed Alexander Hamil-
ton in a duel at Weehawken, n. j.,
about a hundred years ago, was the
author OF the appellation? We all
know that Andrew jackson received
the nickname of old Hickory" early
in the '2Us, but how many people
have traced the bestowal of the nick
name to an old New Hampshire DEM
ocrat named Isaac Hill?
Or that Jackson bestowed the nick
name OF "Martie" on Martin Van Blu
rem? We are all on affectionate
terms with odd Abe" but not many
are aware of the fact that II was
stephen A. Douglas who referred first
to Abraham Lincoln in that way, and
that it was George Alfred Townsend
who accompanied Mr.. Lincoln from
Springfield to Washington in Febru-
ary, 1861, as correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press, who first applied
the term OF Father Abraham" In a
newspaper. And it was President
Lincoln, after Andrew Johnson had
made one of his last union speeches
in the United States senate, In Feb
uary, 1862, who called the great Ten
nesseean the Andrew Jackson OF
the War" who was afterwards gen
orally known as "Old Andy or just
plain Andy Johnson.
Many OF our presidents We're given
nicknames. John Quincy Adams was
known as the Great Commoner."
Monroe will always be remembered
by the Doctrine" that is connected
with his name. William Henry Har-
rison was "Tippecanoe." on account
of his splendid Indian victories in In
diana in the late '30s. And Benjamin
Harrison was widely cartooned and
referred TO by democrats as MY
Grandfather Hat President Zach
airy Taylor earned the sobriquet of
Rough aud Ready" during the Mex
"Old Buck" and as Jimmy Buchan-
an" Andrew Johnson was often re
ferred to by his enemies as His Ac-
cidency." Grant earned his nick
names during the war the best of
them being unconditional Surrender
Grant" Dana of the Sun called Hayes
IS to Hayes" and still meaner
names, none of which followed the
President to his grave. Another was
often Prince Arthur" Mckinley
was either Major" or bill McKin-
ley" Cleveland was Just Grover ''
Regarding the nicknames of our
cities and states,I will not attempt
to present them all, as they are too
numerous and varied and too obscure
and local But We all know that Vir-
ginia was early called the Mother
of Presidents" New York was given
the name of the Empire State" by
Washington in speech made by the
then ex-President on a certain occa-
sion: Maine was for a long time
known as the Pine Tree State"
New Hampshire is the White Noun
tain State" Vermont Is the Green
Mountain State" Massachusetts is
the "Old Bay State" Rhode Island
Is Little Rhody," and Connecticut is
the Wooden Nutmeg State" or the
Land of Steady Habits" Pennsyl-
vania perpetuates the name of vii
liam Penn. Maryland is the "Oriole
State" and Delaware is the Blue
Hen and Chickens"
Ohio is the Buckeye State" on ac-
count of the tree that is Indigenous
IN many of its parts; the first set
tiers in the northwestern section
from New England and New York
called it the Western Reserve" IL
linois, for some reason unknown is
the "Hoosier State" Michigan is the
Badger State" and Kentucky has
long been referred to as the Dark
and Bloody Ground" not on account
of its many and tragic political VEN
dettas, but because of the lisdian
murders there nearly two hundred