The Presidents When They Were Young

In this video, we take a look at portraits and photographs of American Presidents when they were young.

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Music

Star Spangled Banner - Cooper Cannell
Battle Hymn of The Republic - US Naval Academy

[Fireoflearning]

1. Why FDR looks like a girl:

Traditionally, young boys were put in dresses until they were properly toilet trained, as the pants of the time were too complicated for a child to undo in a hurry. Furthermore, pants were expensive and much more easily outgrown than dresses. A boy getting his first pair of breeches was considered a kind of rite of passage towards manhood, though "breeching" was not considered effeminate, but rather a gender neutral practice.

2. Abraham Lincoln, like many presidents who were omitted, did not have a surviving childhood portrait or photograph. Lincoln, for example, grew up in the 1810's and 20's and was extremely poor, and thus it would have been unlikely for him to have been depicted in a portrait prior to the photograph taken for him upon his entry into politics in his 30's.

[o_]

Imagine telling these children that they would one day be president of the United States.

[steelballrunner]

Carter just keeps on going. At this point I'm not sure he can die.

[scj]

4:30 "Hey, can I walk ya home?"

[turdytootsan]

Really freaky how Bill Clinton's old photo looks almost the same as his presidential one.

[PowerMatrixAnime]

The first time i discovered the Franklin D. Roosevelt picture, I was shocked.
Breeching was the occasion when a small boy was first dressed in breeches or trousers. From the mid-16th century until the late 19th or early 20th century, young boys in the Western world were unbreeched and wore gowns or dresses until an age that varied between two and eight. (From Wikipedia)

[defox]

Harry S. Truman looks like that one annoying kid who reminds the teacher of the homework.

[TheWarwolf]

0:36 man never even went bald, hair just crawled from his scalp to his chin

[registeelix]

Everyone's saying how William McKinley and Warren G Harding look twice their age, here I am saying wtf happened to Taft...

[knightshade]

2:47 I can't help but laugh at how simular Truman looked when he was a kid.

[klawiehr]

my goodness, warren g. harding looks about twice his age...

[Shopwood]

Kennedy should have kept the helmet on.

[zacharytaylor]

Why am I not in here? Oh yeah, because my mom burned my child album when I got a 17 year old pregnant.

[Gabriel-ipme]

James Madison is the oldest 21 year old I've ever seen.

[martiddy]

2:02 He was 17 yo in that photo?, Holy shit!, he looks like freaking 40 years old.

[helenfagan]

Its messed up seeing cute kid photos next to death reasons.

[Trekkoazam]

15 year old McKinley over here looking older than some of the current people in the american government

[pawbgles]

There's something really striking about pictures of all these great influential men as young and inexperienced boys, accompanied with their eventual causes of death.

[knightshade]

4:26 Looks like Clinton found his preferred photo-style early on.

[George_Washington_]

0:14 Why, who is this strapping young gentleman?