Colonel Jackson and Commander Nixon both earned the right to be a little on the ugly side. This clown has never done anything more strenuous than a round of golf.
The beauty standards for men have changed a lot, Abe is consired ather attractive by many people today, but in is own time his large jaw, long head, and inset features were considered "homeley" and "monsterous".
Apparently his smile was "warm, but overly mobile and somewhat horrifying." I'd like to think that means he smiled like Willam Dafoe XD
He was tall, in great shape, and a nearly unbeatable wrestler. He agreed to a duel and scared his opponent away by lopping off a tree branch with a broadsword. Sometimes just being strong and capable is attractive.
TR was just under 6 foot, and boxed a bit in college.
Lincoln was 6 foot 4, with 300 wins and 1 loss in wrestling. He's in the national hall of fame for wrestling. He wasn't just good, one of the best of his time
“In the rough and ready style of the frontier, “catch as catch can” wrestling was more hand-to-hand combat than sport. Lincoln, an awesome physical specimen at 6-feet-4, was widely known for his wrestling skills and had only one recorded defeat in a dozen years.
At age 19, he defended his stepbrother’s river barge from Natchez thugs by throwing the hijackers overboard. Ten years later, Lincoln was a storekeeper at New Salem when his boss backed him to out-wrestle Jack Armstrong, local tough and county champion. From the start, Lincoln handed out a thrashing. When Armstrong began fouling, Lincoln picked up his opponent, dashed him to the ground and knocked him out.”
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