# Who was the best looking U.S. President? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 24, 2013, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714 "2013-11-24T23:31:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/41 "2013-11-27T16:24:21Z")
> [@astro](#): > > As a hetero male I’m not getting the Obama = good looking determination. He’s attractive to women in the way powerful, confident alpha male men are attractive, but in terms of “good looking” he’s a “B”, a solid “B”, but a “B” at best. Wait, you say you’re a hetero male and then you tell women why they find Obama attractive? ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/42 "2013-11-27T16:46:25Z")
> [@Bruce\_Wayne](#): > > Anyone else notice the resemblance to actor Ryan Gosling? Oh man…I wish more people saw this and then took off on a “[Hey girl](http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/ryan-gosling)” meme spree using pictures of young FDR! “Hey girl. I know you’re ugly and we’re cousins, but I’ll marry you if that’s what you want.” ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/43 "2013-11-27T19:08:13Z")
Obama-partially because he’s the first president close to my own age, but mostly because I’m a sucker for a great smile. Besides, have you seen his a$$? And he can totally rock the [cowboy hat](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/blogs-prod-photos/a/4/9/5/a/a495a82d752e58f0ae1d36dd7d2b501c.jpg%3Fstmp%3D1341924637&imgrefurl=http://blogs.canoe.ca/parker/tag/obama/&h=290&w=300&sz=59&tbnid=qpmteLPIiyw-BM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=93&zoom=1&usg=__xH5I90RrI9MStjDn6cHibCBj9Iw=&docid=LB90W17xTVtK7M&sa=X&ei=mkKWUq9ZgcyxBKWVgvAN&ved=0CCsQ9QEwAA). ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/44 "2013-11-27T19:14:25Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > [Franklin Pierce.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Pierce) I’ve always thought President Pierce rather dapper. Glad to see I’m not the only one. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/45 "2013-11-27T19:50:33Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Not sure how you can give JFK a + on character. He was every bit as much a horn dog as Clinton. Yeah, I was wondering about that: What’s your standard for character, on which JFK gets a +1 and Clinton and Obama get 0? ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/46 "2013-11-27T19:54:57Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > Obama-partially because he’s the first president close to my own age, but mostly because I’m a sucker for a great smile. Besides, have you seen his a$$? And he can totally rock the [cowboy hat](http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://storage.canoe.ca/v1/blogs-prod-photos/a/4/9/5/a/a495a82d752e58f0ae1d36dd7d2b501c.jpg%3Fstmp%3D1341924637&imgrefurl=http://blogs.canoe.ca/parker/tag/obama/&h=290&w=300&sz=59&tbnid=qpmteLPIiyw-BM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=93&zoom=1&usg=__xH5I90RrI9MStjDn6cHibCBj9Iw=&docid=LB90W17xTVtK7M&sa=X&ei=mkKWUq9ZgcyxBKWVgvAN&ved=0CCsQ9QEwAA). Mmmm I had that photo up on my bulletin board at work for a long time. I never saw the JFK handsome until I was an adult. Now if I can squint and forget the Kennedy half-dollar look, I’d count him as handsome. GWB, though, I will never see as as remotely good-looking. Too much deer-in-the-headlights and dopey “looka what Ah painted” personality. My Top Presidents, Shallow Good Looks division, are 1) Clinton. I’ve never even met him and I’m affected by the pheremones; and 2) Obama. I have a weakness for a great smile. ---
**Author:** ![rucciface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ba9def/32.png) [@rucciface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rucciface)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/47 "2013-11-27T20:17:08Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > [Even Richard Nixon looked OK when he was young.](http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxyh26godP1qz84n6o1_500.jpg) Heaven help me. That is one sexy photo. Another vote for the younger Bush…with a young Nixon a close second. ---
**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:** [November 27, 2013, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/48 "2013-11-27T21:07:30Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > [Young Gerald Ford](http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/images/avproj/new-images/H0016-03.jpg) > > If you’re into blond football players with a cleft chin, Ford might trip your trigger. Two pictures of Ford when he was in the Navy: [chilling](http://www.fototime.com/E802DB3F2B2AD48/orig.gif) and [determined](http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2007/01/02/fordnavy.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/49 "2013-11-27T21:44:44Z")
It’s a damn shame that [John Tyler](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tyler_Daguerreotype_crop_(restoration).jpg)never ever gets love in these polls. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/50 "2013-11-27T21:48:42Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Two pictures of Ford when he was in the Navy: [chilling](http://www.fototime.com/E802DB3F2B2AD48/orig.gif) and [determined](http://images.usatoday.com/news/_photos/2007/01/02/fordnavy.jpg) Its a shame that Ford will go down in history as out klutziest president. He was by far the best athlete of all of them. > [@](#): > > It’s a damn shame that John Tyler never ever gets love in these polls. Or Taft. That’s just pure weightism. ---
**Author:** ![Gestalt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/90ced4/32.png) [@Gestalt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gestalt)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2013, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/51 "2013-11-27T23:47:42Z")
If JFK is archie, then Ford is bull ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2013, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/52 "2013-11-28T10:17:23Z")
> [@Gestalt](#): > > If JFK is archie, then Ford is bull I hope you mean [Moose](http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/original/11/111746/3341389-0418967990-moose.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2013, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714/53 "2013-11-29T14:51:49Z")
No, [TR is Bull Moose](http://www.npg.si.edu/img2/roosevelt/zoo2.jpg). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-looking-u-s-president/674714.md?page=2)