And Van Buren with those mutton chops – could something have been going on? But these are just observations, we have no evidence.Īnd what about the creation of monsters? Were any of the presidents smart enough to have built a Frankenstein-esque creature? Going on facial hair alone, you have to look at Hayes, Carter, Harrison and Garfield. I’m not making a claim that this might be a conspiracy, but it does raise a question of why they have all chosen to strike a hairless appearance. I’ve consulted some of my colleagues and they suggest that there seems to be a trend that’s developed since World War II – none of the presidents have had facial hair. We’ve talked about presidents who could take on monsters, but have there been any presidents who were monsters themselves? Werewolves in the White House? Lincoln was known as such a tough wrestler, known for hand-to-hand combat, frontier style. I think in some ways, however, if it was just a conflict between a president and the abominable snowman, this might be where Lincoln would shine. He was a member of the Harvard boxing club. Roosevelt was a sportsman and a hunter, he went to Africa looking for game and he was a well-known hunter in this country. Sasquatch? Would he put up the best presidential fight in a scuffle with bigfoot? He would make a more predictable vampire hunter.
Roosevelt was adventure seeking, looking for conflict, a real rough and ready type of character. When he was a cowboy out in Dakota he hunted outlaws he carried a big stick so to speak. Someone who would go out and seek that kind of adventure and defense, and the character that colleagues have suggested to me – that’s Teddy Roosevelt. In those respects, he’s not the vampire slayer I imagine. There were a number of cases when he got into wrestling matches to demonstrate his toughness and to impress people, but he didn’t go looking for that kind of conflict. He sought to avoid conflicts and personal fights. But Lincoln was not a very militaristic kind of individual. He grew up on the frontier, so he was used to operating in the wilderness and he possessed a sharp, cunning mind.
I don’t really think of Lincoln as a vampire hunter, to be honest. What personality traits, personal strengths or abilities did Abraham Lincoln possess that would have made him a skilled vampire hunter? Eisenhower had extensive military experience and was responsible for the organization of D-Day and other military campaigns of World War II, which would put him in good stead to defend Americans against a zombie invasion. On the other hand, if it was a large, international-scale zombie uprising, the best for the job would be Dwight Eisenhower. However, it is young, pre-presidential Jackson that would do well against a zombie uprising when he was the president, he would have been too old to lead a battle against zombies. His frontier experience, battle-tested organization skills and abilities proven during his defense of New Orleans in the War of 1812 showed him to be a strong military leader with the ability to rally a band of people. As a frontier fighter, he would do a good job. I think if it was a small, local uprising, a young Andrew Jackson would lead the campaign. In the event that the United States was attacked by an army of zombies, which president would best direct a defensive military campaign? Harry Rubenstein, chair and curator of the National Museum of American History’s Division of Political History, fields questions posed by Smithsonian magazine editorial intern Kat J.
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This past weekend’s release of the movie Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunterraises the question of how other American presidents might have dealt with monsters and conspiracy theories. Was President Martin Van Buren’s beard a symptom of a sinister secret? Photo courtesy Wikicommons
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