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american presidents: a salute to beardos

prior to 1861, america was led by a clean shaven face (with the exception of a few mutton chops here and there). the election of abraham lincoln ushered in a brave new era of facial hair for U.S. presidents. unfortunately, lincoln's successor, a former tailor named andrew johnson, preferred a clean face. america was without beardo leadership for the next 4 years until 1869 when ulysses s. grant was elected the 18th president of the united states. there might have been a few missteps in the following years (yeah, grover cleveland, i'm talking to you), but we had a good run until 1897 when william mckinley essentially signaled the beginning of the end. sure, teddy roosevelt and billy taft had some good 'staches but we can't consider them full-fledged beardos. the era came to an end in 1913 when woodrow wilson and his razor moved into the white house.

beardos of the white house, we salute you.


abraham lincoln, 1861-65


ulysses s. grant,1869-77


rutherford b. hayes, 1877-81


james garfield, 1881


chester arthur, 1881-85


grover cleveland, 1885-89 and 1893-97


benjamin harrison, 1889-93


theodore roosevelt, 1901-09


william h. taft, 1909-13