# One of George Washington's soldiers lived long enough to be photographed **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 30, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739 "2015-12-30T17:38:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/1 "2015-12-30T17:38:29Z")
Just stumbled across this on Wikipedia - quite remarkable. He even took part in Washington’s Christmas 1776 crossing of the Delaware: [Conrad Heyer - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad_Heyer) ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/2 "2015-12-30T17:46:29Z")
107 holy hell. That’s really cool and interesting. Thanks for sharing. ---
**Author:** ![Claverhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Claverhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Claverhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/3 "2015-12-30T18:01:35Z")
Nice. However Niépce’s first photograph was taken in 1826; even allowing a decade for it to take off, that’s only half a century after the peace treaty. That little wretch Louis Philippe, the Usurper, was actually [**photographed**](https://www.google.com/search?q=louis+philippe+france+photograph&num=10&sa=X&pws=0&hl=en&biw=1317&bih=939&tbm=isch&imgil=YPz27QWGTB3eiM%253A%253BwjwaabLNVp49BM%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.gettyimages.com%25252Fdetail%25252Fnews-photo%25252Fking-louis-philippe-i-of-france-c1845-1850-louis-philippe-news-photo%25252F463969399&source=iu&pf=m&fir=YPz27QWGTB3eiM%253A%252CwjwaabLNVp49BM%252C_&dpr=0.9&usg= __QanlltzDHwUFdLAx24ev8fQ9LXo%3D&ved=0ahUKEwjivvvRkYTKAhULECwKHWTeCg8QyjcIPA&ei=MhiEVuLdN4ugsAHkvKt4#imgrc=W9ggp1CXgRir8M%3A&usg=__ QanlltzDHwUFdLAx24ev8fQ9LXo%3D) in 1842 and he was born in 1773, and fought for the Revolution in the Army of the North. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/4 "2015-12-30T19:21:40Z")
I have shared before that I was surprised to learn that there is a photograph (daguerreotype) of [Dolley Madison](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolley_Madison). ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2015, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/5 "2015-12-30T21:31:07Z")
The photo of Heyer looks posthumous to me. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/6 "2015-12-31T02:06:22Z")
You might expect that at least a few other Revolutionary War veterans might have been photographed, since a young soldier at Yorktown would have been in his late seventies by the time daguerreotypes became available in the 1840s. ---
**Author:** ![Sattua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sattua/32/11906_2.png) [@Sattua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sattua)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/7 "2015-12-31T02:35:52Z")
Super cool. Thanks for sharing! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/8 "2015-12-31T05:48:24Z")
I hope I look that good at 103. ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/9 "2015-12-31T05:56:02Z")
Very cool! He looked great for 103! ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 12:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/10 "2015-12-31T12:53:55Z")
> [@raventhief](#): > > Very cool! He looked great for 103! Yeah, I woulda guessed no more than 101! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/11 "2015-12-31T13:39:38Z")
There is a photograph of Wellington as well. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/12 "2015-12-31T14:21:23Z")
The last surviving veteran of the Revolution died in 1869. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/13 "2015-12-31T14:28:32Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > There is a photograph of Wellington as well. Indeed there is: [Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_wellington#/media/File:Duke_of_Wellington_Photo_cleaned.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/14 "2015-12-31T19:32:46Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Indeed there is: [Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duke_of_wellington#/media/File:Duke_of_Wellington_Photo_cleaned.jpg) [John Quincy Adams](http://www.mikechurch.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/John_Quincy_Adams_-_copy_of_1843_Philip_Haas_Daguerreotype-banner-612x300.jpg) is the earliest U.S President whose photograph I can find. I can’t find any photographs of Grey; so I am presuming that Wellington is the earliest UK P.M to be photographed. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/15 "2015-12-31T19:59:48Z")
Adams was a Congressman when that picture was taken; the first U.S. President photographed while in office was William Henry Harrison: [![](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison#/media/File:William_Henry_Harrison_daguerreotype_edit.jpg) ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison#/media/File:William_Henry_Harrison_daguerreotype_edit.jpg) > **[William Henry Harrison | Legacy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison#Legacy)** > > Among Harrison's most enduring legacies is the series of treaties that he negotiated and signed with Indian leaders during his tenure as the Indiana territorial governor. As part of the treaty negotiations, the tribes ceded large tracts of land in the west which provided additional acreage for purchase and settlement by the nation. > Harrison's long-term impact on American politics includes his campaigning methods, which laid the foundation for modern presidential campaign tactics. Harrison died n... ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/16 "2015-12-31T20:25:52Z")
As it happens I was looking yesterday at a list of US vice presidents: [List of vice presidents of the United States - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vice_Presidents_of_the_United_States) and they had pictures of them. Up to Millard Fillmore who was Zachary Taylor’s VP, they were all portraits. From then on they all appear to be photographs, starting with William R. King who died in 1853 about 6 weeks into his term as Franklin Pierce’s VP. The first color photo was Spiro Agnew, Nixon’s vice. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-george-washingtons-soldiers-lived-long-enough-to-be-photographed/741739/17 "2016-01-01T05:16:29Z")
> [@Hari\_Seldon](#): > > As it happens I was looking yesterday at a list of US vice presidents: [List of vice presidents of the United States - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Vice_Presidents_of_the_United_States) and they had pictures of them. Up to Millard Fillmore who was Zachary Taylor’s VP, they were all portraits… Maybe this was just added, but there’s now a photo for George M. Dallas, Polk’s VP and Fillmore’s predecessor in that office.