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Who was the first president to sport facial hair?

Retry Correct Incorrect Although Americans wouldn’t see a president sport a beard until Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, only the sixth man to hold the highest office in the nation would be the first to sport a facial hairstyle. According to the National Archives blog, John Quincy Adams was often pictured with long mutton chops, a style that was later adopted to an even more noticeable effect by Martin Van Buren.

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Who was the first president to sport facial hair?

• Martin Van Buren
• John Quincy Adams
• Abraham Lincoln
• Benjamin Harrison