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SixFoot · 2023-02-13T15:28:26.738Z

Whoever kept the warmest in the winter had the best beard.

Whoever kept the warmest in the summertime had the stupidest beard.

Conservative_frk · 2023-02-13T15:47:49.768Z

I like big beards and I cannot lie…

Safiel · 2023-02-13T16:03:17.258Z

I suppose I could nominate Harry Truman’s Jeff Davis facial hair (mustache, goatee), but I don’t think any pictures exist. He only wore it during his vacation in the Keys after the 1948 election.

Orygun · 2023-02-13T16:11:59.163Z

We can all imagine…

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TheRedComet · 2023-02-13T16:14:47.295Z

Dude where is Teddy???

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TheRedComet · 2023-02-13T16:15:14.228Z

All are dramatically improved.

Especially Trump. That’s a complete 180.

Orygun · 2023-02-13T16:15:37.088Z

Teddy kills it.

SixFoot · 2023-02-13T16:15:48.307Z

TheRedComet:

Dude where is Teddy???

On Mt. Rushmore , looking down on the losers.

Orygun · 2023-02-13T16:16:07.985Z

Safiel:

I suppose I could nominate Harry Truman’s Jeff Davis facial hair (mustache, goatee)

I’m not feelin’ it for Trump but here ya go…

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Orygun · 2023-02-13T16:16:44.136Z

TheRedComet:

Especially Trump. That’s a complete 180.

Agreed- Trump lookin’ good with the beard. (although I’m getting Alec Baldwin vibes…)

TheRedComet · 2023-02-13T16:18:04.100Z

I’ve always wondered why we haven’t had a president without noticeable facial hair since Taft.

Anybody got any theories?

I know both Nixon and Obama were both seen with five o’ clock shadows pretty often. But why no actual styled facial hair?

We are way overdue for another bearded or mustached president.

Orygun · 2023-02-13T16:18:45.396Z

Agreed - long overdue! Taft left office in like…1912? Its been 111 years since a president with facial hair??

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TheRedComet · 2023-02-13T16:19:47.840Z

Taft may have been just a below average president, but the man had a fantastic mustache.

Orygun · 2023-02-13T16:20:53.981Z

Poor Billy Taft- stood in the shadow of Teddy R and hated his term in office. Heres to waxing that 'stache up tho Billy.

TheRedComet · 2023-02-13T16:24:31.530Z

He did get to live his dream later on though. Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

Only individual to be the “guy in charge” of two different branches of the federal government during his life.

Orygun · 2023-02-13T16:25:35.895Z

For those who are deeply delving into this insanely important topic, somebody actually created a wikipedia page for it because…of course!

And now I am realizing that John Quincy Adams is cleaning up with his Amish look.

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en.wikipedia.org

List of presidents of the United States with facial hair

The majority of presidents of the United States have been clean-shaven, including the Founding Fathers. Between 1861 and 1913, all but two presidents (Andrew Johnson and William McKinley) wore either beards or mustaches during their tenure in office. Since 1913 all presidents have been clean-shaven except for Harry Truman for a brief period of time in 1948. John Quincy Adams (1825–1829) was the first U.S. president to have notable facial hair, with long sideburns. But the first major departur...

TheRedComet · 2023-02-13T16:26:16.284Z

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Now there is a thing called “way too ridiculous” when it comes to a mustache.

Kaiser Wilhelm II comes to mind immediately. Dude probably spent two hours a day styling that ‘stache.

SixFoot · 2023-02-13T16:28:18.154Z

Look at that chin booty!

Orygun · 2023-02-13T16:29:03.861Z

God!

I still think Ambrose Burnside took it to the place it needed to go.

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TheRedComet · 2023-02-13T16:34:22.637Z

Too bad he was always drunk and trying to sleep with his officer’s wives.

The rotating doors of Union generalship were a complete mess early in the war.

I wonder how different it would have been had Grant or Sherman had command of the east at the beginning of the war.