THE MOST POWERFUL FACIAL HAIR IN THE LAND
With summer now fully upon us and with The Fourth of July just around the corner has gotten us here at Moustache and Beard Quarterly reflecting on the history of the United States. To be more specific one of the most overlooked part of U.S. history that being presidential facial hair. Of the 43 Commanders and Chiefs only nine of them had the gusto to sport facial hair, and if you are under 94 years of age then you have never know a time when a moustache or beard has inhabited the Oval Office. So here are those nine men.
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President but the first to run on a pro beard platform and win. Abe's Iron Jaw was the fulfillment of the dream set forth by presidential facial hair pioneers John Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren, and Zachary Taylor who all never ventured past slightly longer then normal sideburns. With Lincoln the Golden Age of presidential moustaches and beards begins.
After four clean shaven years under Andrew Johnson the beard made a big come back with the election of Ulysses S. Grant, which kicked off nearly a 30 year run of moustachioed and bearded presidents.
Rutherford B. Hays taking presidential beards to the next level with his full wizard like growth.
Just like Lincoln James A. Garfield fell to the hand of an assassin proving that not everyone had come to accept a beard in the highest office in the land.
Thanks to then Vice President Chester A. Arthur and his delightful friendly mutton chops the run of Presidents who deplored a naked upper lip continued.
Next up is Grover Cleveland who becomes the first solely moustachioed U.S. President. A moustache that the American people liked so much that they re-elected it after four yearsof being led by the beard of Benjamin Harrison.
Benjamin Harrison the last bearded President to date.
After another term under the moustache of Cleveland and the assassination of the bare faced William McKinley Theodore Roosevelt's always active and adventurous moustache takes up residence in the West Wing.
So here is where Presidential moustaches and beards end with William H. Taft our fattest President. If you look closely you can almost see his moustache waving goodbye to the era of pro facial hair Presidents.GUESS THAT STACHE
Hint: He always helps Swayze keep things cool.The answer to last times Guess that Stache was Charles Bronson. We would like to give a special gold star to Beth for being the only one to get it right, now there is a lady who knows her moustaches.
HALL OF FAME
This quarters Moustache and Beard Hall of Fame inductee is the reclusive yet powerful 14 year old Dungeon Master Moustache. What this stache lacks in fullness and body is made up for by the wearers high level of charisma points.