Top 10 Ugliest U.S. Presidents

Not every president was elected for their looks. Sure, history remembers their speeches and policies, but this list is more about what history might prefer to forget.

Some faces look like they've been through a hundred years of bad lighting, and others just seem a little too confident in 19th century wig technology. But being president is hard. Stress ages people, and fashion and grooming weren't exactly doing anyone favors during certain decades. You're not voting on political skills, charisma, or the ability to handle a crisis. You're voting on who had a face that might have launched zero ships.

1. Donald Trump

   

   Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946, in Queens, New York) is an American businessman, television personality, politician, and the 45th and 47th President of the United States.

   Born and raised in Queens, New York City, Donald J. Trump received an economics degree from the Wharton School of the... read more

   When he was young, he looked good. What happened as he aged, and I guess as his hatred grew, he just got so ugly he is not recognizable inside and out. Everything he says comes out wrong, no tact, definitely no class.

   He is so jealous of President Obama. He shows it every time he mentions the past and is the only President I see who acts like he wants to erase everything he did as if he did not exist.

   Hopefully, this man finishes his 4 years and gets out. He has truly put all Americans in a hole financially speaking. It will take the rest of my life, and I'll be gone before we recover from the hole he has buried our country in.

   Okay, first of all, this is not the ugliest U.S. president. This is the ugliest man in the entire universe. He looks almost like a daddy alien, even worse. No one can look that ugly. Can you imagine how the mother of this cow would feel about giving birth to this goat?

   Second of all, Obama is not ugly at all. Racist people are just jealous of him and are trying to put him down in any way, but it isn't working. So back off him, green-eyed monsters, you know you're jealous.

2. Martin Van Buren

   

   Martin Van Buren was an American statesman who served as the eighth President of the United States from 1837 to 1841. He was a key organizer of the Democratic Party and previously served as Vice President under Andrew Jackson. Van Buren also held positions as Secretary of State and Governor of New York... read more

   Just really awful hair that makes him look like an unsophisticated scientist.

   No way people think Trump is uglier than this dude. I mean, just look at him.

   What is up with his hair? He looks like a mad scientist!

3. John Quincy Adams

   

   John Quincy Adams (July 11, 1767 - February 23, 1848) was an American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829. He previously held several important roles, including diplomat, U.S. Senator, Secretary of State, and U.S. Representative from Massachusetts. As Secretary... read more

   An ugly version of his father, who's quite ugly.

   He looks like the combination of a pot and a South Park Canadian.

4. William Howard Taft

   

   William Howard Taft served as the 27th President of the United States and as the tenth Chief Justice of the United States, the only person to have held both offices. He served as President from 1909 to 1913 and was later appointed Chief Justice in 1921, serving until 1930. Taft is remembered for his... read more

   He looked fine younger, but as he put on more weight his looks decreased.

   Why was Taft on number three? He should be number one. There's no excuse for all that body fat.

   He probably comes from British inbreeding...

5. Millard Fillmore

   

   Millard Fillmore was an American politician who served as the 13th President of the United States from 1850 to 1853. He was the last Whig president and the last U.S. president not to be affiliated with either the Democratic or Republican parties.... read more

   Is this the guy who comes through the chimney on Christmas?

6. James Buchanan

   

   James Buchanan Jr. was the 15th President of the United States, serving from 1857 to 1861. He held office immediately before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Buchanan is often criticized for his inability to address the secession crisis effectively.

   Look at this monkey. He looks like a chicken, no kidding.

   Looks like baby face gone wrong.

   Imagine a chicken in real life. This would be what it looks like.

7. Warren G. Harding

   

   Warren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 - August 2, 1923) was the 29th President of the United States. He served from March 4, 1921, until his death in office on August 2, 1923. Harding's presidency is often remembered for its economic initiatives and several scandals involving members of his administration... read more

   This dude literally looks like if I took a block of wood, left it out in the rain, and threw it.

   Looks like your angry old neighbor who tells you to get off his lawn.

8. George H. W. Bush

   

   George Herbert Walker Bush (June 12, 1924 - November 30, 2018) was an American politician who served as the 41st President of the United States from 1989 to 1993. Before becoming president, he served as the 43rd Vice President under Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1989. He also held several other major roles... read more

   Weird smile. It looks like he has a fake smile.

9. Bill Clinton

   

   William Jefferson Clinton (born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Before that, he was Governor of Arkansas. As a Democrat aligned with the "New Democrat" centrist movement, he enacted policies reflecting a "Third Way" governance... read more

   Oh my God. He is one of the world's worst presidents. He is ugly. He looks like he never brushes his teeth.

10. Chester A. Arthur

    

    Chester Alan Arthur was an American attorney and politician. He served as the 21st President of the United States, assuming office after the assassination of James A. Garfield in 1881. During his presidency, Arthur supported civil service reform and signed the Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act into... read more

    This is a bad photo of Chester. He was considered to be a lot better looking in person, but even then, this photo is pretty damn bad.

    Chester Arthur? More like Cheddar Arthur. Sorry Cheddar, but you look like a piece of cheese that grew hair and got fat.

The Newcomers
11. ?

    Calvin Coolidge

    

    John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was an American politician who served as the 30th President of the United States from 1923 to 1929. He was a Republican lawyer from New England, born in Vermont, who advanced through Massachusetts state politics to become governor. Coolidge assumed the presidency upon the death... read more

12. ?

    James Garfield

    

    James Abram Garfield was the 20th President of the United States. He served from March 4, 1881, until his assassination on September 19, 1881. Garfield was in office for only six months before being fatally shot by Charles J. Guiteau.

The Contenders

13. Gerald Ford

    

    Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. was an American politician who served as the 38th President of the United States from August 9, 1974, to January 20, 1977. He assumed the presidency following Richard Nixon's resignation and is the only person to have served as both vice president and president without being elected... read more

    Underrated gem of ugliness. The side wings of hair, the bulbous nose, the never sincere smile, the dull look in his eyes. You can see the picture, right?

    He looks like he's going to commit arson.

    Mr. Potato Head was modeled after him!

14. Benjamin Harrison

    

    Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd President of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. He was the grandson of William Henry Harrison, the ninth President of the United States. During his presidency, he supported the McKinley Tariff and the Sherman Antitrust Act and oversaw the admission of six new... read more

15. John Tyler

    

    John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States. He was also briefly the tenth Vice President, elected to that office on the 1840 Whig ticket with William Henry Harrison. Tyler became president after Harrison's death, making him the first vice president to succeed to the presidency due to the... read more

    My dude be looking like he got all his blood sucked out of him.

16. Herbert Hoover

    

    Herbert Clark Hoover was an American engineer, businessman, and politician who served as the 31st President of the United States from 1929 to 1933. His presidency coincided with the onset of the Great Depression, during which he implemented economic measures that were widely criticized for being ineffective... read more

    Looks like his face was inflated.

17. Andrew Johnson

    

    Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He became president after the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, having been vice president at the time. Johnson is known for his clashes with Congress during the Reconstruction era and was the first U.S. president... read more

    Too lazy to look at the camera, showing his long hair that goes to his ear.

18. Dwight D. Eisenhower

    

    Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was an American politician and military leader who served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army during World War II and served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe.... read more

    He is totally like halfway bald, haha.

19. Abraham Lincoln

    

    Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War and succeeded in preserving the Union, abolishing slavery, bolstering... read more

    Lincoln only looks good in this photo because he has that cold beard that gave him a wise, statesman-like look. Without the beard, he was described as looking unnatural, even alien-like. He was not a handsome man. Even President Trump said when he was younger that, "Because television has hurt the process of getting good people elected, Abraham Lincoln probably wouldn't be electable today. He wasn't a handsome man, and he didn't smile at all." That doesn't make him a bad president, though.

    Ugly of face and of manner. A tyrant responsible for the murder of hundreds of thousands of people who would have preferred peace. Invaded the South only for the taxes he wanted to collect. Corrupt from the inside out.

20. Zachary Taylor

    

    Zachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States, serving from March 1849 until his death in July 1850. Before his presidency, Taylor had a long military career as an officer in the United States Army. He rose to the rank of major general and gained national recognition for his leadership during... read more

    Carved out of old wood and left out in the rain.

21. Andrew Jackson

    

    Andrew Jackson was an American statesman who served as the seventh President of the United States from 1829 to 1837.

    He was born near the end of the colonial era, close to the then-unmarked border between North and South Carolina, into a recently immigrated Scots-Irish farming family of relatively... read more

    Donald Trump is only number two in worst hair.

22. Barack Obama

    

    Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017, becoming the first African-American to hold the office. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as a U.S. Senator from Illinois (2005 to 2008) and as an Illinois state senator... read more

    Very strong clown resemblance, especially when Dumbo was in clown makeup. Extreme elephant ears.

    He is not only a bad president, but his mouth is so wide.

23. Lyndon Baines Johnson

    

    Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States from 1963 to 1969, assuming the office after serving as the 37th Vice President under President John F. Kennedy. He signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, a major legislative achievement in the fight for... read more

    Ugly face. Ugly spirit. Ugly, ugly.

24. Richard Nixon

    

    Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 until his resignation in 1974. He is the only U.S. president to have resigned from office. Nixon had previously served as the 36th Vice President from 1953 to 1961, and prior to that, as a U.S. Representative and Senator... read more

    His make-up people did a great job covering up that 5 o'clock shadow. It made him look like a chimney sweep and cost him the election.

    Famously ugly, but at times charismatic.

25. John Adams

    

    John Adams was born on October 30, 1735, in Quincy, Massachusetts. He served as the second President of the United States from March 4, 1797, to March 4, 1801. He passed away on July 4, 1826, at the age of 90.

26. Ronald Reagan

    

    Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 - June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and maintained a career as a Hollywood actor and... read more

    Old, wrinkly, gross man. Looks like he smells like nickels.

27. Grover Cleveland

    

    Stephen Grover Cleveland was an American politician and lawyer who served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States.

    On January 20th, 2025, Donald Trump was inaugurated as the 47th President, joining Cleveland as the only presidents to serve non-consecutive terms.