A little Presidential political trivia.

Question:
Who was the last US President with a beard?

Choices:
James Garfield
Benjamin Harrison
Barack Obama

 

Are we talking about facial hair?

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Originally posted by zingo:
Are we talking about facial hair?

Facial hair can include mustaches and mutton chops. The key term here is beard.



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I believe Taft was the last to have facial hair. But Benjamin Harrison was the last to have a full beard I believe.

What did I win? What? Huh, huh!?!? Is it good?


ARman

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Originally posted by ARman:
I believe Taft was the last to have facial hair. But Benjamin Harrison was the last to have a full beard I believe.

What did I win? What? Huh, huh!?!? Is it good?
ARman

Correct. It was the Civil War that cause American men to go hairy. Until then beards were socially unacceptable. Muttonchops on John Quincy Adams and Van Buren not that's it until Lincoln.

Joseph Palmer (1791-1873) was one of the very few men that wore a beard. He was subjected to harassment and name calling. In 1830 he was attacked by four men that tried to cut his beard off. He defended himself and then was arrested and convicted for "unprovoked assault." This lead to a 15 month stint in jail.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...ph_Palmer_(communard)
https://www.thoughtco.com/no-b...-politicians-3367737

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Originally posted by TigerDore:

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Originally posted by zingo:
Are we talking about facial hair?

Facial hair can include mustaches and mutton chops. The key term here is beard.



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I didn't know if you were making a gay joke. (Michelle being the beard)

The correct answer is Barack Obama. Photographic evidence of each President with a beard:

James Garfield 1881-1881




Benjamin Harrison 1889-1893





Barack Obama 2009-2017

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Originally posted by zingo:

(Michelle being the beard)

You're a perceptive fellow.



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Harrison being the last president with a beard roughly coincides with the invention of the safety razor.

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Originally posted by Icabod:
It was the Civil War that cause American men to go hairy.

Civil War generals