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June 11, 2015

The Most Frequently Used Words By All US Presidents [Chart]

Using data compiled from The American Presidency Project, someone has put together a unique series of informative (and fun!) charts detailing the most frequently used words by all US Presidents in their State of the Union Speeches.
You can access all the interactive features here, but we’ve compiled the #1 results below for easy access.
1. George Washington (1789-1797)
– Gentlemen
2. John Adams (1797-1801)
– France
3. Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
– Limits

4. James Madison (1809-1817)
– Enemy
5. James Monroe (1817-1825)
– Parties
6. John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
– Mutual
7. Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
– Bank
8. Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
– Results
9. William Henry Harrison (1841)
– Unavailable
10. John Tyler (1841-1845)
– Texas
11. James K. Polk (1845-1849)
– Oregon
12. Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
– Empire
13. Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
– Deem
14. Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
– Central
15. James Buchanan (1857-1861)
– Slavery
16. Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
– Emancipation
17. Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
– Republican
18. Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
– Products
19. Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
– Coinage
20. James A. Garfield (1881)
– Unavailable
21. Chester Arthur (1881-1885)
– Likely
22. Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
– Treatment
23. Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
– Wages
24. Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
– Reserve
25. William McKinley (1897-1901)
– Puerto
26. Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
– Corporations
27. William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
– Procedure

28. Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
– Processes
29. Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
– Relationship
30. Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
– Veterans
31. Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
– Unemployment
32. Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
– Democratic
33. Harry S Truman (1945-1953)
– Soviet
34. Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)
– Nuclear
35. John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
– Alliance
36. Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
– Tonight
37. Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
– Truly
38. Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
– Barrels

39. Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
– US
40. Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
– Deficits
41. George Bush (1989-1993)
– Idea
42. Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
– 21st
43. George W. Bush (2001-2009)
– Terror
44. Barack Obama (2009-present)
– Unavailable
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