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Who was America's last bearded president? (hexbear.net)
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Bearded Trump looks like a ship's captain.

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[-] Redcuban1959@hexbear.net 9 points 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago)

I think every president since Wilson was clean shaved. Not that common anymore for western leaders to have facial hair. If you count LatAm as part of the West, Lula da Silva, Bernando Arevalo and Gabriel Boric have full beards, Nicolas Maduro, Daniel Ortega and Manuel Zelaya (first gentleman, but he was president before) have only mustaches.

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 19 hours ago

Trudeau had a goatee for a few years around 2020

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 13 points 1 day ago

Going by official portraits, Benjamin Harrison.

[-] TankieTanuki@hexbear.net 11 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I thought it was Garfield but it looks like you're right.

Garfield was the last of a long line of beards. Then we get two without (Chester A. Arthur's mutton chops don't count). And then Harrison brings it back one last time before it disappears forever. That's 131 years since facial hair!

Fifty points to anyone who can find a picture of a president sporting a beard after 1893.

[-] Ericthescruffy@hexbear.net 5 points 17 hours ago

Fifty points to anyone who can find a picture of a president sporting a beard after 1893.

Do pre-presidency photos count? There's that infamous picture of Bill and Hillary from the 1970s looking like a pair of nerds.

[-] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 3 points 18 hours ago

I forgot there was a second Harrison tbqh

[-] Hestia@hexbear.net 8 points 22 hours ago

Ayyye.

Time to hunt down that ~~white~~ black whale

[-] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 1 points 15 hours ago

Kenny Rogers

[-] AssortedBiscuits@hexbear.net 2 points 1 day ago

Going by official portraits, Benjamin Harrison.

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