Get Premium
Dark mode theme is available exclusively for premium users. Learn more about the benefits of subscribing.
Dark Mode 
No fees, cancel anytime 
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.
This post may include affiliate links.
#1
Barack Obama, Age 18
#2
Theodore Roosevelt, Age 20
#3
John F. Kennedy, Age 21 And 20
#4
Gerald Ford, Age 18 And 20
#5
Abraham Lincoln, Late 30s (Earliest Confirmed Photo)
#6
Bill Clinton, Age 22 And 26
#7
Ronald Reagan, Age 29
#8
Franklin Roosevelt, Age 18
#9
Jimmy Carter, Age 18
#10
Rutherford B. Hayes, Age 30
#11
Richard Nixon, Age 20
#12
George H. W. Bush, Age 18
#14
James Garfield, Age 16
Amanda Panda 7 years ago
Those eyes though, doesn't have to be color for me to know they were gorgeous!
#15
William Mckinley, Age 21
#16
Calvin Coolidge, Between 19 And 23 Years
#17
Woodrow Willson, About 19 Years Old
#18
George W. Bush, Age 21
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
#19
Warren G. Harding, Age 21
#20
Harry Truman, Age 22 And 33
#21
Dwight Eisenhower, Age 25 and 29
#22
Lyndon Johnson, Age 18
#23
Herbert Hoover, Age 25
#24
Ulysses S. Grant, Age 23
#25
Benjamin Harrison, Age 17
#26
William Henry Harrison, Age 40
#27
John Tyler, Age 36
#28
Millard Fillmore, Undated
#29
John Adams, Age 33
Add New Image
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?
Load More Replies...
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.
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.
Load More Replies...
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?
Load More Replies... 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.
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.
Load More Replies... You May Like 35 Fascinating Historical Pictures That Might Teach You Something New About Our World 50 Interesting Historical Pics From “That’s History” That May Change Your Perspective On Things
Indrė Lukošiūtė
Mindaugas Balčiauskas
Related on Bored Panda
