Vote now: Which president had the best facial hair? - National Constitution Center

On Martin Van Buren’s birthday today, Constitution Daily wants your opinion on which historic president sported the best facial hair ever. And it is a legitimate historic question, since a sitting U.S. president hasn’t worn sideburns, a beard, a mustache, or muttonchops in early 1913, when William Howard Taft left office. There is some debate over which leader was the first to adopt the 19 century trend of facial hair. John Quincy Adams and Van Buren are shown in images after their presidency with considerably big sideburns. Adams was in office between 1825 and 1829, and some contemporary images show him with no sideburns or very modest ones. Van Buren images from his time in...