Secret Service Code Names by Gypsy

Code names for family members of a protected person all have to start with the same letter. John McCain's was "Phoenix" and his wife's was "Parasol." His kids were "Popeye," "Pebbles," and this code name. (Apparently "Pink Panther" was already taken.)

George W. Bush's Chief of Staff, Josh Bolten, was a biker, so he didn't take this code name as an insult.

Charles Foster Kane would have appreciated this code name for Malia Obama.

Given Jimmy Carter's famous "Playboy" interview, this code name isn't very surprising, though it is not unique to Baptists.

Lyndon Johnson was born in Texas, not Tennessee, like this code name might imply.

Jacqueline Kennedy's code name was "Lace." What was John F. Kennedy's code name, which played up on the Camelot theme?

What was Richard Nixon's code name, which, in hindsight, was ironic?

You don't have to be a politician to get a Secret Service code name. This was Frank Sinatra's code name, though he was never known as being short.

Rose Kennedy's code name was "Coppertone." Perhaps Ted Kennedy got this code name because he needed his mother. Or should have used her more.

This code name for Dick Cheney was a reference to his love of fishing, not manipulation.

Edith Wilson was the first First Lady to get a Secret Service code name. Woodrow Wilson was widowed during his second year in office. His people were concerned that the public wouldn't like how quickly he married his second wife, so they gave her this deliberately unsexy code name.

Jill Biden's code name was "Capri." Joe's was a nod to his ethnicity. What was it?

Secret Service code names for presidents go back to Harry Truman, who had this one, though he didn't technically deserve it.