Presidents Day Trivia

Presidents Day Trivia: Here are some useless facts about facial hair and our national leaders on this day of remembering our US Presidents. Abraham Lincoln the 16th President, 1861 -1865 was the First President to wear a beard while in office. Prior to Lincoln, three Presidents wore sideburns; John Q. Adams, Martin Van Buren, and Zachary Taylor, the 6th, 8th and 12th Presidents respectively. Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd President, 1889-1893, was the last US President to wear a beard while in office. William H. Taft, the 27th President,1909-1913, was the last to have a mustache / any facial hair. In all only 5 Presidents have worn beards while in office and with the exception of Benjamin Harrison, the elected bread wearing Presidents Lincoln, Grant, Hayes and Garfield served in succession of each other. Of course Andrew Johnson finished Lincoln's term, as a beardless president but he was never actually elected to office. Had he had a beard, things may have played out differently for him. The mustache wearing Presidents include four of the five bearded Presidents, Lincoln never wore a mustache. Making U.S. Grant the first president to wear a mustache. The others are Chester A. Arthur, Grover Cleveland, Teddy Roosevelt and William H. Taft. As to why Lincoln never wore a mustache, I don’t know, maybe Mary Todd didn’t like a mustache or it was patchy and didn’t grow in full. I cannot find a suitable answer. Technically we could count Grover Cleveland twice as he was 22nd President and the 24th President, but we won’t because he is only one person. From U.S. Grant to B. Harrison 1869 to 1893 The Presidents of the United States wore facial hair. We could start in 1861 if you don’t count Andrew Johnson, but he served from 1865 to 1869, that’s a lot not to count. Excluding the side burns all the facial hair of the US Presidents occurred from 1861 to 1913 In all only 12 of the 44, technically 43, again because of Grover Cleveland, have worn facial hair We have been without a beard or mustache in the White House for over 100 years. The last candidate with facial hair, a mustache, to run for the Presidency with a party nomination was Thomas E. Dewey, who lost to FDR, twice, 1944 and 1948. We may not see another mustache and or beard in the White House again. Unless Jon Stewart decides to keep his beard and runs for President. https://timedotcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/10/jon-stewart-emmy.jpg?quality=75&strip=color The Glory of the Beard could return to the Oval office Stewart 2016 Well, that’s all for now, other stuff to follow most likely Happy Birthday if it’s your birthday and a very merry un birthday if it isn’t your birthday Thank you for reading, please subscribe, Have a great day and play nice in the neighborhood. Ciao, Invisible Don PS 3 / PS4 Gamer Tag: invisible don Invisible Don PO Box 4425 Roanoke VA 24015 Send me Post Cards … I love Post Cards