You don't have to be a historian to notice the physical toll that a term (or two) as President of the United States takes on a person. It's practically written all over their faces. And hair. They tend to develop a lot more gray hair. While we're not sure whether the older presidents coped any better with stress due to their portraits being painted rather than photographed, we can only assume that most of them wound up looking just as haggard as the following list of POTUSes did once their four to eight years were up. And just to make thinks a little more fun, we decided to put our list in order from least visibly aged to most. We have a feeling things aren't going to bode well for FDR, but there's still time for Obama to pass him up.
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States
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Term: January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961
Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
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Term: January 20, 1993 - January 20, 2001
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
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Term: January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981
John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
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Term: January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States
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Term: November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969
George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States
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Term: January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993
Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States
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Term: August 2, 1923 - March 4, 1929
Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States
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Term: March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
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Term: January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2009
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States
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Term: March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877
Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States
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Term: January 20, 1969 - August 9, 1974
Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States
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Term: March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1921
Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
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Term: January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1989
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
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Term: September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
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Term: January 20th, 2009 - January 20th, 2016
Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States
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Term: August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States
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Term: April 12, 1945 - January 20, 1953
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
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Term: March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States
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Term: March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945
OK, so we threw in a couple of those really old Presidents just for kicks. As you can see, it doesn't look like they were much better off back then, even as paintings.
James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States
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Term: March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849
George Washington, 1st President of the United States
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Term: April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797
Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President of the United States
Term: January 20, 1953 - January 20, 1961
Bill Clinton, 42nd President of the United States
Term: January 20, 1993 - January 20, 2001
Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
Term: January 20, 1977 - January 20, 1981
John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States
Term: January 20, 1961 - November 22, 1963
Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States
Term: November 22, 1963 - January 20, 1969
George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States
Term: January 20, 1989 - January 20, 1993
Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States
Term: August 2, 1923 - March 4, 1929
Herbert Hoover, 31st President of the United States
Term: March 4, 1929 - March 4, 1933
George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States
Term: January 20, 2001 - January 20, 2009
Ulysses S. Grant, 18th President of the United States
Term: March 4, 1869 - March 4, 1877
Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States
Term: January 20, 1969 - August 9, 1974
Woodrow Wilson, 28th President of the United States
Term: March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1921
Ronald Reagan, 40th President of the United States
Term: January 20, 1981 - January 20, 1989
Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States
Term: September 14, 1901 - March 4, 1909
Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States
Term: January 20th, 2009 - January 20th, 2016
Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States
Term: August 9, 1974 - January 20, 1977
Harry S. Truman, 33rd President of the United States
Term: April 12, 1945 - January 20, 1953
Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States
Term: March 4, 1861 - April 15, 1865
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States
Term: March 4, 1933 - April 12, 1945
OK, so we threw in a couple of those really old Presidents just for kicks. As you can see, it doesn't look like they were much better off back then, even as paintings.
James K. Polk, 11th President of the United States
Term: March 4, 1845 - March 4, 1849
George Washington, 1st President of the United States
Term: April 30, 1789 - March 4, 1797