# Rate the presidents a different way: who was hottest? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 10, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939 "2010-05-10T18:02:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/41 "2010-05-11T02:16:25Z")
The Kennedy thing I see his attractiveness more in casual pictures like [http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset+Tree/Asset+Viewers/Image+Asset+Viewer.htm?guid={1141E6EE-C39E-46C3-A1DD-3984EB5C3C92}&type=Image](http://www.jfklibrary.org/Asset+Tree/Asset+Viewers/Image+Asset+Viewer.htm?guid=%7B1141E6EE-C39E-46C3-A1DD-3984EB5C3C92%7D&type=Image) [http://www.jfklibrary.org/NR/rdonlyres/99F5C193-AE7D-4DF7-BD71-23B15A91129A/37337/KNC2342526AUG1962.jpg](http://www.jfklibrary.org/NR/rdonlyres/99F5C193-AE7D-4DF7-BD71-23B15A91129A/37337/KNC2342526AUG1962.jpg) than in the formal ones with him in a suit. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/42 "2010-05-11T02:35:36Z")
Another vote for Obama. He has the coolest name, too. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/43 "2010-05-11T02:36:43Z")
As much as it shames me to say it, I gotta go with GW. Him and Teddy Roosevelt. Obama’s definitely the coolest president, but I don’t think he is the best looking. He’s a nice-looking guy, don’t get me wrong, but not the hottest president. ---
**Author:** ![Palo\_Verde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Palo\_Verde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palo_Verde)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/44 "2010-05-11T02:41:02Z")
Obligatory Obama shirtless on the beach link: [http://camelsnose.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/obama-beach-photo.jpg](http://camelsnose.files.wordpress.com/2007/01/obama-beach-photo.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/45 "2010-05-11T02:48:21Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I dunno—when I look at that picture, the phrase “geeky earnestness” springs to mind. Well, Wilson is still the only President to gain a PhD, so the geekiness was genuine, not faked. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/46 "2010-05-11T02:49:32Z")
Franklin Pierce, definitely. Obama always brings [this guy](http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z72/sirashlondon/38137f.jpg) to mind, so he’s out of the running in my mind. ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/47 "2010-05-11T04:06:00Z")
Dunno who is objectively the best looking (as objective as that can be, which means not very), but for myself I’d have to say Obama. He’s not my type (unfortunately!) but he’s more my type than any other president we’ve had. I really wouldn’t call him HOT though. He’s attractive in a reserved, respectable way that I would TRY to like, but fail, like with the doctor I was dating. As much as I like slim, smooth-talking, medium-complexioned black guys, he’s too bipartisan. I like rebels. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/48 "2010-05-11T04:24:52Z")
[This article](http://www.nerve.com/dispatches/the-top-43-sexiest-us-presidents?page=1) says Obama is _not_ #1. And which president is compared to Johnny Depp for gorgeousness? I’ve always thought Lincoln had a beautiful face, but people said he was ugly and had an unpleasant voice. I wonder if I would agree if I saw him in person. Of course we see him through the distance of history: to the people who knew him, he was just the dorky guy down the hall. ---
**Author:** ![Trepa\_Mayfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@Trepa\_Mayfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trepa_Mayfield)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/49 "2010-05-11T04:38:35Z")
I know how I’m opening my next history essay! > [@a35362's article](#): > > There’s not much to say about this obscure president, except that he’s gorgeous. ---
**Author:** ![Maiira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Maiira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maiira)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/50 "2010-05-11T05:19:30Z")
I’ll jump on the Obama bandwagon, though I gotta say some of these presidents in their younger years were pretty smokin’. (Also, not a president, but I’d totally do [Rahm Emmanuel](http://playhappy.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/rahm-emanuel.jpg).) The problem with the earliest presidents is that we’re only seeing their painted portraits, which are of course going to be flattering. Some of those guys probably had smallpox scars and horrible teeth, among other things, in real life. And I think there was something in Newsweek about how the presidents (and other figures) that appear on bills have been getting digital “facelifts” when being put on new money. I actually found it pretty amusing. ---
**Author:** ![a35362](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@a35362](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/a35362)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/51 "2010-05-11T05:44:35Z")
> [@Rushgeekgirl](#): > > …Polk looked a lot like Anthony Hopkins… In my link, Polk looks like a cross between Ralph Fiennes and a very young Mel Gibson. Hmmm! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/52 "2010-05-11T07:09:24Z")
> [@a35362](#): > > [This article](http://www.nerve.com/dispatches/the-top-43-sexiest-us-presidents?page=1) says Obama is _not_ #1. And which president is compared to Johnny Depp for gorgeousness? This article is the funniest thing I have read in a long time. > [@](#): > > Rutherford B. Hayes botched Reconstruction, to the lasting detriment of African-Americans. He also had a stupid beard. I died. Thank you so much. ---
**Author:** ![Drain\_Bead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47774/32.png) [@Drain\_Bead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drain_Bead)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/53 "2010-05-11T13:07:13Z")
[Giddy-up](http://breadline.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/obama_cowboy_hat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7cd45c/32.png) [@Angel\_of\_Doubt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_Doubt)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/54 "2010-05-11T13:17:41Z")
Another vote for Woodrow. Behind those glasses, there’s a _man_. (John F.) Kennedy always reminds me of Howdy Doody, or Goofy, or something like that, though. Don’t tell my mom that, though - Kennedy is GAWD to her. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/55 "2010-05-11T15:28:35Z")
> [@Drain\_Bead](#): > > [Giddy-up](http://breadline.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/obama_cowboy_hat.jpg) _He conquered fear and he conquered hate, he turned our night into day…_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/56 "2010-05-11T15:46:02Z")
Others are saying Timothy Hutton and Johnny Depp, but I’m seeing a resemblance between [Franklin Pierce](http://swingvoters.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/franklin-pierce.jpg) and [Tommy Lee Jones](http://www.celebrityviplounge.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/tommyleejones.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/57 "2010-05-11T15:49:41Z")
George Washington. If you can father a country, you can father my baby\*. Then probably TR. He was everything right and good about being a man’s man, and none of the asshole stuff that often comes with man’s man-ness. \*I am a hetero man, attempting to channel a hetero woman’s feelings. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/58 "2010-05-11T16:11:04Z")
[QUOTE=a35362;12439278I’ve always thought Lincoln had a beautiful face, but people said he was ugly and had an unpleasant voice. I wonder if I would agree if I saw him in person. Of course we see him through the distance of history: to the people who knew him, he was just the dorky guy down the hall.[/QUOTE] Lincoln was immensely charismatic. Even considering the unique political situation during the 1860 election, Lincoln’s move from obscurity to the presidency is still pretty remarkable. Part of the reason he was able to do that was that people just plain liked him. ---
**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:** [May 11, 2010, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/59 "2010-05-11T16:47:59Z")
Who was the richest. With men, the richest is the hottest. ---
**Author:** ![kjckjc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e36b37/32.png) [@kjckjc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kjckjc)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939/60 "2010-05-11T17:59:06Z")
I would say Christine Beauchamp (President of Victoria’s Secret then Ann Taylor Stores [Yep, two terms!] and an American) is easy on the eyes, moreso than most mentioned so far. [http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0430\_ceos\_tomorrow/image/003\_christinebeauchamp.jpg](http://images.businessweek.com/ss/09/04/0430_ceos_tomorrow/image/003_christinebeauchamp.jpg) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rate-the-presidents-a-different-way-who-was-hottest/538939.md?page=4)