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Senatorial Nicknames and Nom de Plumes in Print History
A discussion of Mississippi Senate Bill 189 which would penalize editors for printing nom de plumes without real names, with historical examples of nicknames for presidents and public figures. The piece argues such a law would face enforcement and cultural pushback, noting how widely nicknames and pen names appear in journalism and politics.
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Mississippi
Senate
State OF
Webster
Frank Harper
Peachtree
Harper
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
James A. Garfield
Theodore Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
John Quincy Adams
Andrew Jackson
William Henry
John Tyler
James K. Polk
Congress
White House
Rutherford B. Hayes
Tilden
Electoral Commission
Chester A. Arthur
Grover A. Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Tippecanoe
Little Ben
Henry Clay
Harry
West
James G. Blaine
William Jennings Bryan
Platte
Lockless
Jerry’ Simpson
Kansas
Peoples
Ben'’ Tillman
South Carolina
William Sidney Porter
Agarn
O. Henry
Willard Huntington Wright
George S. Chappell
Dickran Kouyoumjian
van Dine
Walter E. Traprock
Michael Arlen
Eli Perkins
Josh Billings
Artemus Ward
Bill Arp
Petroleum V. Nasby
John Phoenix
Abe Martin
Melville D. Landon
Henry
Charles F. Browne
Les Henry Smith
David R. Teae
George Horatio Derby
King Hubbard
Joseph Konrad Korzeniowski
Joseph Conrad
Minnie Mackay
Marie
Ray Stannard
White
Gabby” Hartnett
Rowe
Dizzy’ Dean
Christy’ Mathewson
Matty
George Herman Ruth
Babe
Bambino
Swat
Georgia Peach
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Miracle Man
Muggsy
Frank L. Chance
Charles Comiskey
George Stallings
John J. McGraw
Cornelius McGillicuddy
Connie Mack
Rabbit
Maranville
Rajah
Hornsby
Hack’’ Wilson