Presidents' Day Hairstyles

Let's take a look back at wacky hairstyles some of the United States Presidents have sported over the first century and a half of our democracy. (I stopped around year 1920 because the presidents' styles start getting less free-spirited and more controlled after that. I'll save those for another post.)


such a pretty president
John Adams, second President
years in office: 1797- 1801
photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-USZ62-13002


just-rolled-out-of-bed
Martin Van Buren, eighth President
years in office: 1837-1841
photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, LC-BH82401-5239 DLC



ever since I can remember I been poppin' my collar
James K. Polk, eleventh President
years in office: 1845-1849
photo: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, cph.3a28518


he's got chops
Chester A. Arthur, sixteenth President
years in office: 1881-1885
photo: Pile of Photos


upside down triangle blond beard+comb over
Benjamin Harrison, twenty-third President
years in office: 1889-1893
photo: National Archives/Newsmakers


tidy hair, great mustache, killer accessories
Theodore Roosevelt, twenty-sixth President
years in office: 1901-1909
photo: Advisor Marketing


such a curly president
William Howard Taft, twenty-seventh President
years in office: 1909-1913
photo: Chatfield Senior High