Aaron Burr (1756-1836) is a fascinating figure in early American history who is often overlooked. Beyond being vice president and shooting Alexander Hamilton, he was the subject of a famous trial, was friends with Jeremy Bentham, and had a plethora of legitimate and illegitimate children. His daughter Theodosia was lost at sea at 29, while his son John Pierre was an abolitionist and active member of the Underground Railroad.

The 76-year old Burr had been a widower for nearly forty years when he remarried to a wealthy widow in 1833, the 58-year old Eliza Bowen Jumel (1775-1865). His continued financial mismanagement led to a divorce, which was finalized on the day of his death. She went on to live for another thirty years.

Eliza Burr, born a British colonial subject, died during the presidency of Andrew Johnson. No photographs of her are known to exist.

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Now that I have you hooked statistically speaking, let's break down the numbers.

57 posts are about specific presidents. 23 of those are about Obama.

10 posts are about presidential candidates. 2 of those are also basically about Obama.

12 posts are about lots of presidents, or no president in particular.

10 posts feature group shots.

3 posts are about vice presidents.

7.5 posts are now considered Rule 3. The other half features Thomas Dewey.

Each of these received anywhere between 8.2K (Biden's cancer diagnosis) to 44K upvotes (a controversial post about whether or not Obama has scandals).

Detailed breakdown

• T. Roosevelt: 1 (diary note, not present in picture)
• F. Roosevelt: 1 (grave site, not present in picture)
• Kennedy: 2
• Johnson: 1
• Ford: 1
• Carter: 10 (incl. one of his funeral with all the living presidents)
• Reagan: 7
• Bush Sr.: 1
• Clinton: 2
• Bush Jr. 8
• Obama: 23
• Many presidents: 5
• Dukakis: 1
• McCain: 7 (incl. two where he's talking about Obama)
• Romney: 2
• VP Cheney: 1
• VP Biden: 2
• Reagan and Clinton: 1
• Clinton and Gore: 1
• Gore and Bush: 1
• Bush and Gore, Romney and Obama: 1
• Obama and McCain: 1
• McCain and Nixon: 1
• Bill and Hillary: 1
• the Bush/Obama handover: 3 (incl. two with all the presidents and one with the families)
• N.A.: 7 (incl. a tier list)
• Rule Three: 8

Barker portrayed Jefferson at Colonial Williamsburg from 1993 to 2019, and has portrayed him at Monticello ever since. It's rare for an actor to inhabit a role for such a long time, especially that of a historical figure.

Maclay kept a diary of the 1st Congress, today considered a valuable historical resource.

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EDIT: DISREGARDING THE 22ND AMENDMENT

• Washington: 1789, 1793
• Adams: 1789, 1793, 1797, 1801, 1805, 1809, 1813, 1817, 1821
• Jefferson: 1789, 1793, 1797, 1801, 1805, 1809, 1813, 1817, 1821
• Madison: 1789, 1793, 1797, 1801, 1805, 1809, 1813, 1817, 1821, 1825, 1829
• Monroe: 1797, 1801, 1805, 1809, 1813, 1817, 1821, 1825
• Adams: 1805, 1809, 1813, 1817, 1821, 1825, 1829, 1833, 1837, 1841
• Jackson: 1805, 1809, 1813, 1817, 1821, 1825, 1829, 1833, 1837
• Van Buren: 1821, 1825, 1829, 1833, 1837, 1841, 1845, 1849, 1853, 1857
• Harrison: 1809, 1813, 1817, 1821, 1825, 1829, 1833, 1837
• Tyler: 1825, 1829, 1833, 1837, 1841, 1845, 1849, 1853, 1857
• Polk: 1833, 1837, 1841, 1845
• Taylor: 1821, 1825, 1829, 1833, 1837, 1841, 1845
• Fillmore: 1837, 1841, 1845, 1849, 1853, 1857, 1861, 1865, 1869
• Pierce: 1841, 1845, 1849, 1853, 1857, 1861, 1865
• Buchanan: 1829, 1833, 1837, 1841, 1845, 1849, 1853, 1857, 1861
• Lincoln: 1845, 1849, 1853, 1857, 1861
• Johnson: 1845, 1849, 1853, 1857, 1861, 1865, 1869
• Grant: 1861, 1865, 1869, 1873, 1877, 1881
• Hayes: 1861, 1865, 1869, 1873, 1877, 1881, 1885
• Garfield: 1869, 1873, 1877
• Arthur: 1865, 1869, 1873, 1877, 1881
• Cleveland: 1873, 1877, 1881, 1885, 1889, 1893, 1897, 1901
• Harrison: 1869, 1873, 1877, 1881, 1885, 1889, 1893
• Cleveland: 1873, 1877, 1881, 1885, 1889, 1893, 1897, 1901
• McKinley: 1881, 1885, 1889, 1893, 1897, 1901
• Roosevelt: 1897, 1901, 1905, 1909, 1913
• Taft: 1893, 1897, 1901, 1905, 1909, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1925
• Wilson: 1893, 1897, 1901, 1905, 1909, 1913, 1917
• Harding: 1901, 1905, 1909, 1913, 1917
• Coolidge: 1909, 1913, 1917, 1921, 1925
• Hoover: 1913, 1917, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957
• Roosevelt: 1917, 1921, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1941
• Truman: 1921, 1925, 1929, 1933, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965
• Eisenhower: 1929, 1933, 1937, 1941, 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965
• Kennedy: 1953, 1957
• Johnson: 1945, 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969
• Nixon: 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989
• Ford: 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001
• Carter: 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013, Rule 3
• Reagan: 1949, 1953, 1957, 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997
• Bush: 1961, 1965, 1969, 1973, 1977, 1981, 1985, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, 2013

To give you an idea of how long ago this was. As Speaker of the House, Colfax led the effort to pass the Thirteenth Amendment. He served as VP during Grant's first term, 1869-1873.

His son, Schuyler Colfax III (1870-1925), remains to this day the youngest ever mayor of South Bend, Indiana, a position he held from 1898 to 1902. South Bend would not see another mayor under 30 until 2012, when 29-year old Pete Buttigieg took office.

I came across this IMO pretty balanced piece on Taft in the NY Daily Mirror, 11 Mar 1930. I like how it bridges what I call the progressive critique of Taft and the conservative critique of Taft.

What do you think? Is this a fair assessment of the Taft presidency?

I wonder if the advent of mass media has had a Darwinian effect on the perceptions of candidates. Images of presidential candidates have always circulated, but nothing like today. Broadly speaking of course. It's not a beauty contest.

But given that the tallest candidate is often the one to win, the best-looking candidate may also have a slight advantage. It doesn't need to be much. But maybe just enough to close the margin of victory.

Not a lot of presidents have made it to 80. Let's take a closer look at where they were at that point in their lives.

John Adams turned 80 on October 30, 1815. Madison was president, and the country was just coming off the War of 1812. Adams remained sharp into old age, continuing to correspond with Jefferson and playing the role of a senior mentor in his community. In 1820, he would serve as a delegate to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention. He was also served on the electoral college that year.

Thomas Jefferson turned 80 on April 13, 1823. James Monroe was president. Like many people of his age, his philhellenism drew him to support the Greek War of Independence. The follow year, he was visited by the Marquis de Lafayette. Although he lived comfortably, Jefferson died deeply in debt, making him unable to pass on his estate to his heirs.

James Madison turned 80 on March 16, 1831. Andrew Jackson was president then. Madison spent his final years editing and re-editing his personal papers, worried how posterity might view his earlier writings on the constitution. He also suffered many illnesses, spending much of 1831 and 1832 in bed.

John Quincy Adams turned 80 on July 11, 1847. James K. Polk was president, and the country was in the midst of the Mexican-American War. Adams opposed the war on moral terms, and continually spoke out against it. He continued to serve in the House of Representatives until his dying breath the following year.

Herbert Hoover turned 80 on August 10, 1954. Dwight Eisenhower was president, the first Republican in twenty years. Hoover spent his twilight years mostly away from the limelight, disgraced by his presidency and the election of 1932. Eventually, he came to be embraced as an elder statesman within the party.

Harry Truman turned 80 on May 8, 1964. Lyndon Johnson was president. Truman would occasionally comment on current events, always colorful as he did so. His birthday was celebrated in Washington, and he addressed the Senate. The following year, President Johnson invited him to join the signing of the Medicare Bill, and he received the first Medicare card.

Richard Nixon turned 80 on January 9, 1993. Bill Clinton was president, and the world was quickly moving on from the Cold War. Nixon continued to be active in public life, and spoke about the dangers for Russia and Eastern Europe during this period. He was heartbroken when he lost his wife Pat that year.

Gerald Ford turned 80 on July 14, 1993. He was less politically active than his predecessor or his successor, but his good health allowed him to be present on many public occasions. He enjoyed spending time with his children and grandchildren.

Jimmy Carter turned 80 on October 1, 2004. Carter remained very politically active on his post-presidency, building houses for the poor and acting as a de facto diplomat in foreign affairs. Much to the chagrin of his successors in office. Carter's humanitarian work is often regarded as the capstone of his life's work, and of the greatest post-presidencies of all time.

Ronald Reagan turned 80 on February 6, 1991. George H. W. Bush was president. Reagan retired from public life shortly after the end of his presidency. In 1994, he announced that he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He spent his final years in obscurity, as his mind receded deeper and deeper.

George H. W. Bush turned 80 on June 12, 2004. His son was president. Bush was careful to make few public statements on politics during this time, but often turned up at public gatherings.

Charles Milton Bell (1848-1893) was one of Washington's premier portrait photographers during the Gilded Age. Nearly 30,000 glass plate negatives from the period 1873 to 1916 were saved from his studio and digitized by the Library of Congress. Among the sitters were presidents and other prominent political figures, who often received requests from fans or admirers to send a cabinet card.

This set of portraits of Frances Cleveland was taken in the summer of 1886, shortly after her 22nd birthday and only two months after taking on the role of First Lady.

A letter from C. M. Bell to Colonel Lamont (the president's private secretary) survives in the Grover Cleveland papers at the Library of Congress:

>Washington D.C., Aug 5th,1886
Col. Lamont

>Dear Sir
Your letter received this morning, and in reply, I wish to thank you for the the kindness in which you have shown to me. In reference to the photographs of Mrs Cleveland you can assure the President that his request shall be complied with in every way. I have not sold any but those that Mrs Cleveland approved of.
I have a frame made up of those she likes and I wish if you can drive down in the morning and see for your self. If there is anything objectionable in it, I would make such corrections as you may suggest.

>Yours Very Respectfully
C. M. Bell