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We did the same thing. All the girls are named for First Ladies and the boys for Presidents. Some were named for historical significance. I watched them for a few weeks to determine what personality they had so I could match that with a name.
For instance, I saw a picture of Grace Coolidge wearing a coat with a fur muff, so our Auraucana/Americana is named for her.
I got a couple wrong. Someone told me our Delaware pullet chick was our Columbian Wyandotte, so the Delaware is named Frances Cleveland because Grover Cleveland was president when the Columbian Wyandotte was introduced at the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Mary Lincoln, who is really our Columbian Wyandotte, was named for Mrs. Lincoln because her feathering reminded me of the inaugral dress picture.
Eleanor Roosevelt investigated issues of her day, our White Faced Black Spanish pullet is the first in our flock to investigate a new situation. Our Barred Plymouth Rock is named for Abigail Adams of Massachusetts, and our GOLDen Laced Wyandotte is Jackie Kennedy, of course.
Pullets-
Silver Lakenvelder - Martha Washington
Gold Laced Wyandotte - Jackie Kennedy
Silver Laced Wyandotte - Ida McKinley
White Wyandotte - Pat Nixon
Columbian Wyandotte - Mary Lincoln
Auraucana/Americana - Grace Coolidge
Barred Plymouth Rock - Abigail Adams
Partridge Plymouth Rock - Rachel Jackson
Rhode Island Red - Patsy Jefferson
Jersey Black Giant - Lou Hoover
Buttercup - Ellen Wilson
Ancona - Lucy Hayes
Buff Orpington - Betty Ford
Delaware - Frances Cleveland
Silver Spangled Hamburg - Bess Truman
Golden Penciled Hamburg - Lady Bird Johnson
White Faced Black Spanish - Eleanor Roosevelt
Cockerels-
Golden Campine - Sam Grant
Single Comb Brown Leghorn - Ike Eisenhower