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Secret Service Codenames
The White House Communications Agency chooses codenames for the Secret Service to use for presidents, first ladies, and other prominent individuals. A good codename should be easy to pronounce and understand and should be a relatively uncommon word that is not often used in everyday speech. Following is a list of the codenames that the Secret Service has given to various people:
Presidents and first ladies
- Dwight Eisenhower: Scorecard or Providence
- John F. Kennedy: Lancer or Dazzle
- Jacqueline Kennedy: Lace
- Lyndon Johnson: Volunteer
- Lady Bird Johnson: Victoria
- Richard Nixon: Searchlight
- Pat Nixon: Starlight
- Gerald Ford: Pass Key
- Betty Ford: Pinafore
- Jimmy Carter: Lock Master or Deacon
- Rosalynn Carter: Dancer
- Ronald Reagan: Rawhide
- Nancy Reagan: Rainbow
- George H. W. Bush: Timberwolf
- Barbara Bush: Snowbank or Tranquility
- Bill Clinton: Eagle
- George W. Bush: Tumbler or Trailblazer
- Laura Bush: Tempo
Vice presidents
- Nelson Rockefeller: Sandstorm
- Walter Mondale: Cavalier or Dragon
- Dan Quayle: Scorecard or Supervisor
- Al Gore: Sawhorse or Sundance
- Dick Cheney: Angler
Presidential candidates
- Ted Kennedy: Sunburn
- Jesse Jackson: Pontiac or Thunder
- John Kerry: Minuteman
- Barack Obama: Renegade
- Hillary Clinton: Evergreen
- John McCain: Phoenix
Others
- Prince Charles: Unicorn or Daily
- Chelsea Clinton: Energy
- Queen Elizabeth II: Kittyhawk or Redfern
- Pope John Paul II: Halo
- Caroline Kennedy: Lyric
- Henry Kissinger: Woodcutter
- Scott McClellan: Matrix
- Frank Sinatra: Napoleon
