30 US Presidents When They Were Young

Most of us probably have a very vivid picture of how a US president looks. However, before men become the most powerful people in the free world, they are regular guys just like us. For example, Harry S. Truman was a timekeeper in the railway, while Andrew Johnson was a tailor.

To illustrate that one day they were just like us, Bored Panda has collected a list of portraits of US presidents when they were young. You can barely recognize them, and if you think presidency is an easy job - take a look at how presidents look before and after their terms in office.

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Barack Obama, Age 18

Final score:

238points

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Bipolar King 7 years ago

I'm gonna miss this dude

59points

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Theodore Roosevelt, Age 20

Final score:

157points

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Loulou Kai 7 years ago

Omg he s hot!

87points

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John F. Kennedy, Age 21 And 20

Final score:

130points

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giulia earheart 7 years ago

Handsome!

28points

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Gerald Ford, Age 18 And 20

Final score:

103points

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wamexperts 7 years ago

He looks bad a*s. Kinda like Dolph Lundgren

10points

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Abraham Lincoln, Late 30s (Earliest Confirmed Photo)

Final score:

97points

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Fire Bird 7 years ago

Now he has big hands.

77points

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Bill Clinton, Age 22 And 26

Final score:

97points

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Caroline Wong 7 years ago

Hillary looked so carefree

16points

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Ronald Reagan, Age 29

Final score:

93points

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Melanie 7 years ago

Y'all, it's the Heisman pose!!

8points

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Franklin Roosevelt, Age 18

Final score:

85points

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Lisbeth Lopez 7 years ago

You mean... Ryan Gosling

61points

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Jimmy Carter, Age 18

Final score:

82points

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Aunt Messy 7 years ago

He was so stinkin' cute! And he still is.

8points

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Rutherford B. Hayes, Age 30

Final score:

66points

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Lauren Kaufmann 7 years ago

rutherford b heeeeey how ya doin

40points

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Richard Nixon, Age 20

Final score:

55points

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Shari H 7 years ago

Why is it not surprising that he looks like the school bully?

96points

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#12

George H. W. Bush, Age 18

Final score:

54points

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LizzyM 7 years ago

Looked like an idiot even back then

22points

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#13

George W. Bush, Age 19

Final score:

43points

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Anna Versace 7 years ago

handsome

22points

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James Garfield, Age 16

Final score:

41points

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Amanda Panda 7 years ago

Those eyes though, doesn't have to be color for me to know they were gorgeous!

41points

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#15

William Mckinley, Age 21

Final score:

36points

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Timmy Carey 7 years ago

He looks like Link McNeil from Good Mythical Morning

13points

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#16

Calvin Coolidge, Between 19 And 23 Years

Final score:

36points

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Shauday Smith 7 years ago

dem gloves tho...

13points

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Woodrow Willson, About 19 Years Old

Final score:

36points

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Violet Camicat 7 years ago

Wilson* Sorry, I had to. And I'm not even from the US...

36points

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George W. Bush, Age 21

Final score:

35points

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Sofia Bellavista 7 years ago

The others have a certain brightness in their eyes, or a special composure.. he just looks goofy, a daddy's boy

4points

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#19

Warren G. Harding, Age 21

Final score:

35points

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Aunt Messy 7 years ago

Dashing. Eroll Flynn-ish.

23points

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#20

Harry Truman, Age 22 And 33

Final score:

34points

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Raju Sesharaj 7 years ago

James Potter and Harry James Potter

81points

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#21

Dwight Eisenhower, Age 25 and 29

Final score:

32points

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Kjorn 7 years ago

a death star officer

34points

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#22

Lyndon Johnson, Age 18

Final score:

27points

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Kimberly Smith 7 years ago

Adorable!

3points

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Herbert Hoover, Age 25

Final score:

19points

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Jack Giles 7 years ago

I didn't know Quentin Tarantino was a time traveller...

11points

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#24

Ulysses S. Grant, Age 23

Final score:

19points

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Victor Vakaras 7 years ago

I think the age is a little off the mark on this one.

33points

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Benjamin Harrison, Age 17

Final score:

10points

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Mandy Tapley 7 years ago

Must have had a hard paper round

10points

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#26

William Henry Harrison, Age 40

Final score:

10points

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Paulina 7 years ago

"When they were young"...?

12points

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#27

John Tyler, Age 36

Final score:

10points

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Paul Gray 6 years ago

Slave owner

0points

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#28

Millard Fillmore, Undated

Final score:

10points

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Raju Sesharaj 7 years ago

Snape is that you?

19points

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#29

John Adams, Age 33

Final score:

8points

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Mayanne Docherty 7 years ago

What a hottie

31points

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Donald Trump, Age 20

Final score:

-189points

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Amanda Panda 7 years ago

Not surprised he's been downvoted to the bottom. He started off decent looking, looks like he got uglier the more corrupt and greedy he became. Like Gollum from LOTR

81points

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What do you think ?

jacluckycat 7 years ago

It's really interesting to see these people at an age before they ever knew they'd directly shape their country's path

David Payne 6 years ago

Without exception they look clear eyed, rested and healthy. Think the fact it was be4 drugs permeated every institution from 9th grade up?

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Pi... 7 years ago

Result: most everything looks alright, in shades of black n white!

Sarah Thompson 7 years ago

Explain to me why Obama's photo has a photoshopped cigarette in his mouth? And why Trump photo is the only one without historical context behind it? This makes it look like Obama was a pothead and Trump was in the military both false statements.

2points

Trisha Snyder 6 years ago

It’s not photoshopped. He smoked from a very early age on... he quit his first year in the whitehouse. But it was just a cigarette, not pot! And as far as Trump, he was in the military academy as a student. That’s as far as he went! I don’t think it shows what you think. To me it shows Obama being a real person who understands all aspects of American life. He wasn’t some rich kid with a silver spoon in his mouth... he is relatable and “normal”. Trump, was a wannabe who had his best years in a school his daddy paid for and although he wore a “uniform” in college, he never amounted to anything but a trust fund baby who paid doctors to give him excuses to avoid the draft while he played sports and spent daddy’s money. Maybe you have to already know their backgrounds to appreciate the irony of the pictures. Obama went on to be a lawyer and worked his way up through the ranks legitimately - Trump used his daddies money to fail at businesses at his whim and did nothing for anyone.

1point

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30 US Presidents When They Were Young

Barack Obama, Age 18

Theodore Roosevelt, Age 20

John F. Kennedy, Age 21 And 20

Gerald Ford, Age 18 And 20

Abraham Lincoln, Late 30s (Earliest Confirmed Photo)

Bill Clinton, Age 22 And 26

Ronald Reagan, Age 29

Franklin Roosevelt, Age 18

Jimmy Carter, Age 18

Rutherford B. Hayes, Age 30

Richard Nixon, Age 20

George H. W. Bush, Age 18

George W. Bush, Age 19

James Garfield, Age 16

William Mckinley, Age 21

Calvin Coolidge, Between 19 And 23 Years

Woodrow Willson, About 19 Years Old

George W. Bush, Age 21

Warren G. Harding, Age 21

Harry Truman, Age 22 And 33

Dwight Eisenhower, Age 25 and 29

Lyndon Johnson, Age 18

Herbert Hoover, Age 25

Ulysses S. Grant, Age 23

Benjamin Harrison, Age 17

William Henry Harrison, Age 40

John Tyler, Age 36

Millard Fillmore, Undated

John Adams, Age 33

Donald Trump, Age 20

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