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27.) Martin van Buren

He was short and looks strangely like the father from Everybody Loves Raymond, although again, you really have to admire the muttonchops.

26.) James A. Garfield

Not particularly handsome, Garfield mostly lacked confidence, which will get you nowhere (I mean, the man couldn't even manage to win "Most Garfield Like"). But he has to get a little credit for having been assassinated.

25.) Andrew Jackson

When he died, he had over a half-dozen bullets in him from duels throughout his life. Basically, Jackson was the Clint Eastwood of presidents, but he loses serious points for that whole genocide thing.

24.) Gerald Ford

Not the best-looking president, but not the worst. Plus, he was a college athlete. Gerald Ford was like Jersey Shore: jocky and dumb, but you can't look away.

23.) John Tyler 

If you find older men sexy but like them very thin, Tyler's your man.

22.) Andrew Johnson

Johnson was impeached largely for being unpopular, so you have to imagine he was as obnoxious as hell. That can sometimes be sexy, but probably not in this case.

21.) Harry S. Truman

Truman has a certain air about him, but still, the "S" doesn't stand for "Sexiness" (or anything). You might not regret hooking up with Truman, but you wouldn't admit it to anyone either.

20.) Jimmy Carter

Carter's like an ex-boyfriend you stayed friends with; looking back, you realize it wasn't so bad.

19.) Dwight D. Eisenhower

Ike: the goofy-looking guy with a great personality.

18.) Ulysses S. Grant

Not bad-looking, but his face doesn't hide the fact that he was a degenerate drunk. (On the other hand, some people like that kind of thing.) He even looks plastered in his official portrait.

17.) Lyndon Johnson

With a bulbous nose, a chin that seems to recede into his neck and a weird hairline, Johnson is almost awkward to look at.

16.) Woodrow Wilson

Tall, fatherly and only a little bit creepy. He might be a bit too Mr. Rogers for some people, but he has some good bone structure. He's even got a bit of a Cary Grant thing going in some pictures.

15.) James Monroe

Sure, he's a bit jowly ("Muppet-esque," you might say), but you can't deny that the man had a nice chin dimple.

Comments ( 186 )

Feb 12 10 at 11:52 pm
EL

Right on with TR at number one.

Feb 13 10 at 12:06 pm
DK

George W. Bush is actually related to Franklin Pierce through his mother, who's maiden name is Pierce, which is kind of funny.

Feb 13 10 at 12:16 pm
CS

Arthur should be higher; very classy dresser. And while I agree Harding was ugly, he was considered handsome in his time; part of the reason he was nominated was to appeal to women, since they'd just gotten the vote.

Feb 13 10 at 12:16 pm
BRY

Obama has to be #1.

Feb 13 10 at 12:28 pm
DA

TR number one is great. FDR would be number one if not for the polio.

Feb 13 10 at 12:47 pm
wer

This is the most hype Franklin Pierce has ever received. His family thanks you Hooksexup!!

Feb 13 10 at 5:14 am
PO

Everyone knows New Hamshiremen are hot. Pierce no exception. But Bush Jr. and Reagan in the top 10? I call liberal apologist fucktard bullshit.

Feb 13 10 at 5:15 am
h

Nice call for Teddy Roosevelt. And I say that as a descendent of two of the least sexy presidents (to whom I fortunately bear no resemblance), John Adams and John Q.

Feb 13 10 at 8:07 am
DCR

Pierce went to college with Hawthorne and Longfellow, at Bowdoin.
which means A) He played hockey. B) He liked beer. C) He could read to you(in bed).

The answer is D) All of the above.

Feb 13 10 at 10:06 am
we

A giant white-haired baby was laugh out loud funny.

Feb 14 10 at 12:30 am
TwL

Teddy! A fine president and a fine lay. He was also the youngest president elected to office. Danka.

Feb 14 10 at 12:33 am
km

very smart and funny

Feb 13 10 at 1:48 pm
JJ

@TwL:Not trying to be a prick, but technically that's not true. At 42, TR was the youngest to take office after McKinley was assasinated. At 43, JFK was the youngest elected to office. Still a great pick though!

Feb 13 10 at 2:36 pm
AV

When I saw the title of this post, the first President I thought of was Teddy Roosevelt and Ulysses S Grant. Needless to say, SO disappointed to see Ulysses make top 10 as I think he was a stud (https://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/24/70724-004-4CB8AA9B.jpg), but I'm definitely loving the TR love.

P.S. I'm still laughing about the giant white haired baby!

Feb 13 10 at 3:33 pm
bg

43? There's 43 sexy presidents? Really?! Jeez, i must be a f'n 10! ... believe me i'm no ten. There's nothing remotely about 90% of these men that exude sex. This is one of the worst "articles" i have ever skimmed through. Eww.

Feb 13 10 at 3:54 pm
NJ

Teddy was a racist, and a blatant imperialist.

READ SOME FUCKING HOWARD ZINN YOU ASSHOLE

Feb 13 10 at 4:14 pm
CH

I'm related to Herbert Hoover. Sigh.

Feb 13 10 at 6:28 pm
CF

Interesting picks. You didn't consider weatlth as a factor.

Feb 13 10 at 6:32 pm
pe

this list is false.

Feb 13 10 at 6:36 pm
tcg

The rankings are off, because for many of the Presidents you are relying on only a single official portrait, which might or might not accurately reflect one's sex appeal. But also, you cut Reagan a break because you refer to how he looked when he was younger, but you don't do the same for any other, when in fact most of them probably did look much better in their younger days.

Feb 13 10 at 6:41 pm
tcg

...for instance, the portrait of Buchanan here is far more dashing than you give him credit for: https://store.encore-editions.com/gift/PPPP16.html

Feb 13 10 at 6:59 pm
LCB

JFK should have been number 1.

Feb 13 10 at 7:00 pm
BC

Please both Carter and Ford are better looking than TR.Ford even got work as a male model in his younger days. My top five would be JFK,Obama,Ford,Carter and Jefferson

Feb 13 10 at 7:09 pm
bh

This was an excellent read. I am home alone and couldn't help but lol!
B hosk michigan. loved teddy, barack, and oh yeah bill clinton

Feb 13 10 at 7:15 pm
abc

Teddy Roosevelt was the youngest to become president. John F. Kennedy was the youngest elected president.

Feb 13 10 at 7:23 pm
VC

FDR beats TR, even with polio--in Jean Edward Smith's bio, he quotes one socialite calling FDR the "most desirable" man she ever met. Pure animal magnetism. But I have to put Jefferson at #1--everyone loves a weird sexy literary type.

Feb 13 10 at 7:37 pm
AW

Mmmm, Woodrow Wilson. In my book, you're always number 1

Feb 13 10 at 7:40 pm
LC

Barack Obama is #1. Or at least 2nd after Teddy Roosevelt.

Feb 13 10 at 7:51 pm
mar

Liberals (oh forgive me they want to be call progressive now) are blowing gaskets over Reagan and Bush in the top 10. Huge ears,skinny and the innate ability to read a teleprompter is sexy how?

Feb 13 10 at 8:05 pm
p

Dear Hooksexup editors, I appreciate The Huffington Post and the breath of its perspective however, Hooksexup has now defined my line of appreciation; this article lacks substance, correct grammar and any appreciable ability to write. And after reading the comments, Hooksexup lacks also a credible audience.

Feb 13 10 at 8:35 pm
SB

JFK SHOULDA BEEN # 1 :] but great choice for Theodore Roosevelt..he's rugged.

Feb 13 10 at 8:46 pm
AHT

Dear "P" above me:

Your comment "lacks substance, correct grammar and any appreciable ability to write."

Maybe some editing of your own would knock your ass off that pedestal you've elevated yourself to.

With love,
A Credible Audience Member

Feb 13 10 at 10:02 pm
D

Agree with the previos comment.

Feb 13 10 at 10:04 pm
p

Dear AHT, thank you, you are an excellent example.

Feb 13 10 at 10:10 pm
kcv

Yes p, this article DOES lack the ability to write; articles do not write, they are written. When you find a periodical for which the articles write themselves, please alert us.

Feb 13 10 at 10:13 pm
@p

P, you are not the sexiest commentor, but certainly the most bitter. But back to the list - loved it. I think you were generous with Lincoln though

Feb 14 10 at 12:30 pm
Co

I totally see why Teddy is number 1. :D Hot.

Feb 14 10 at 12:37 pm
ToT

I have to say...this has got to be the stupid'est list ever created. Kudo's for your ingenuity! Simply put: what is "hot" today will be "not" tomorrow. Once upon a time, heavy women were all the rage. Now, not so much.

So, you're gonna rate centuries' old dead-guy's on their "sex-appeal...??" Must be a really slow day over there at Hooksexup!

--ThornsofTristan

Feb 14 10 at 1:02 am
not

I think it's just so cool to be talking about fmr presidents in any context. When I watch things like "jaywalking" (jay leno) I am left to wonder if there is any intelligent life in these united states! lighten up "P" there are worse things to talk about!

Feb 14 10 at 1:23 am
q

Barack Obama sexy ? WTF. The guy looks like that cartoon character - what's his name " Curious George ! " As a matter of fact so did Dubya ! LOL !

Feb 14 10 at 1:38 am
WUK

I object to Herbert Hoover being so far down in the list. First off it is simplistic to blame him for a global economic catastrophe, and second, when he was young he was as hot as any President! In that painting he's like 85! Give him a break!

Feb 14 10 at 1:47 am
BCG

James Buchanan never married and lived with his male secretary while President. Hmmm????

Feb 14 10 at 3:14 am
not

Obama is totally hot

Feb 14 10 at 8:01 am
KEL

[Teddy! A fine president and a fine lay. He was also the youngest president elected to office. Danka.]

TR was not the youngest President ever elected. He was the youngest man ever to become President (through assassination). JFK was the youngest man every elected President.

Feb 14 10 at 8:10 am
MLO

Until reading this, I never once in my life had "Richard Nixon" and "sex" together in the same thought. Thanks for nothing. Ugh.

Feb 14 10 at 10:09 am
rl

My grandma hooked up with Harry Truman (very early on) -- she said he was "fresh." Obviously way before Bess. Thanks for this entertaining list...agree with the rankings and I'll have to check up on that hottie Franklin Pierce. And Polk, who had definite potential. Yowsa!

Feb 14 10 at 10:19 am
ser

Your choice for number seven-George W. Bush is ridiculous. Arrogance in your own absurdity is never sexy. He isn't eye candy either.

Feb 14 10 at 10:20 am
JW

Obama #2? Surely this ugly man with the evil eyes of hell should not be on any list other than the list of enemies of America and mankind.

Feb 14 10 at 10:55 am
MBP

Buchanan was gay. And Jefferson was not that sexy when he was president. I'd switch him and Clinton.

Feb 14 10 at 11:19 am
H H

Obama should be #1 and Chester A. Arthur # 2. Most WOMEN would agree with the pick for #1 except for the racist ass holes. Men aren't qualified to vote. That includes gay men, most of whom refer to each other as, "She" thereby negating their judgment and credibility.

Feb 14 10 at 11:45 am
DD

"W" doesn't look anything like his father. He's acually looks EXACTLY like his mother. Line up pics of Babs, "W" and Jenna, and it looks like a very successful triple cloning.

Feb 14 10 at 11:47 am
sjk

Obama is the sexiest and should be #1.

Feb 14 10 at 11:53 am
ptf

Re Franklin Pierce, my mother is also a Pierce, but tracing her ancestry I found
that Franklin had no descendants who lived into adolescence. How come Barbara is
so cool? Has anyone asked her?

ptf

Feb 15 10 at 12:01 am
Dona

If I were a women notrhing would urge me to turn my head except when BC is arround....
From the GripeVibew.... & Donag..//

Feb 15 10 at 12:17 am
pjg

#17 is pretty high for LBJ....he doesn't belong in the top 30

Feb 15 10 at 12:40 am
jj

you have let your own personal opinions dictate you choices I disagree with most of them. for obama being third you are way off his mouth is to big and his ears make him look like dumbo getting ready to fly and his face is too skinny and I don't want to see him without his shirt.

Feb 14 10 at 1:34 pm
MB

Who put this list together? Was there a group of people? TR #1? Please. He was short, stout, and asthmatic. Richard Nixon at #43 is silly. GWB is not as attractive as his father was. Jerry Ford is behind a whole bunch of uglies. It really is a lousy list and as a woman, I can tell you that it is just plain wrong.

Feb 14 10 at 2:06 pm
wert

Gerald Ford was a Male Model and was on the cover of COSMO!!

Calvin Coolidge was considered an extremely attractive man while he was in office.

What the hell is the criteria? At first i thought it was just looking at their presidential portrait and nothing else, then all these things about their achievements come into the comments but unfortunately the comments reveal this author doesn't know crap about real American history. They seem to know even less about the presidents who aren't 20th century or later.

Franklin Pierce gets that high on the list as an ALCOHOLIC who drank himself out of the oval office? Yet Nixon gets all of his foibles held against him.

It seems the author didn't even bother to learn about the presidents.

Feb 14 10 at 2:17 pm
wert

Gerald Ford was a Male Model and was on the cover of COSMO!!

Calvin Coolidge was considered an extremely attractive man while he was in office.

What the hell is the criteria? At first i thought it was just looking at their presidential portrait and nothing else, then all these things about their achievements come into the comments but unfortunately the comments reveal this author doesn't know crap about real American history. They seem to know even less about the presidents who aren't 20th century or later.

Franklin Pierce gets that high on the list as an ALCOHOLIC who drank himself out of the oval office? Yet Nixon gets all of his foibles held against him.

It seems the author didn't even bother to learn about the presidents.

Feb 14 10 at 2:49 pm
wert

Gerald Ford was a Male Model and was on the cover of COSMO!!

Calvin Coolidge was considered an extremely attractive man while he was in office.

What the hell is the criteria? At first i thought it was just looking at their presidential portrait and nothing else, then all these things about their achievements come into the comments but unfortunately the comments reveal this author doesn't know crap about real American history. They seem to know even less about the presidents who aren't 20th century or later.

Franklin Pierce gets that high on the list as an ALCOHOLIC who drank himself out of the oval office? Yet Nixon gets all of his foibles held against him.

It seems the author didn't even bother to learn about the presidents.

Feb 14 10 at 2:51 pm
msh

Two of your bottom five fathered illegitimate children. So they couldn't have been all that unsexy.

Feb 14 10 at 3:03 pm
RG

Nobody got more a$$ than Warren G. Harding. His sex life made Bill Clinton look like a choirboy. Obviously a few women found him attractive.

Feb 14 10 at 3:26 pm
ace

Are some of these comments for real? lighten up...its all in fun. You are reading it off a website for "love, sex, culture". Being sexy is more than just looks anyway. Besides everyone has different opinions on what is attractive. And yes, Obama is sexy, ears and all!

Feb 14 10 at 3:43 pm
pls

Obama looks like a black Alfred E. Newman. What me worry.

Feb 14 10 at 5:42 pm
akr

Blll Clinton, always my #1

Feb 14 10 at 5:59 pm
dmg

I thought I'd see Obama and Kennedy as numbers 1 and 2. I saved that picture of him with his shirt off. And I still have it! ;)

Feb 14 10 at 6:06 pm
dmg

To h, 8th down from top - Anyone born in Massachusettes has been in some way a decendent of John and John Quincy Adams. And Sam Adams! ;)

Feb 14 10 at 6:26 pm
KJD

Move Grant up. Not a drunk (common misperception), the guy Kicked Robert E. Lee's ass and saved the Union...gotta count for something!!!

Feb 14 10 at 7:56 pm
KCH

The Mr. Cool Obama photo with the sunglasses and the black suit.....sigh.

Feb 14 10 at 8:39 pm
cs

JFK should have been number one
https://newsy1.wordpress.com

Feb 14 10 at 9:43 pm
MD

Right on with TR, he was one our great Renaissance Men, a fighter, peacemaker, author, outdoorsman, conservationist, a great speaker and inspiration for modern men. Yeah, he had his flaws, but he pretty much created the national parks and was once shot on the way to a speech... and went on to give the speech and finish out the event, before finally going to the hospital hours later.

Feb 14 10 at 9:48 pm
ac

Aw...cmon, it's just contrariarism not to put JFK in number one. He makes me feel a little gay.

Feb 14 10 at 9:49 pm
GBS

I guess tastes change. My American text book in high school referred to Warren G. Harding as "one of the handsomest men of his generation." His playboy good looks seem to be the one of the only positive things to say about his regrettable term in office.
On the other hand, maybe some people's looks actually IMPROVE with in the light of history. In his own lifetime, Abraham Lincoln was considered a singularly ugly man. Every few years modern scientist and medical researchers publish some new theory to explain this face only a mother could love. Based largely on analysis of surviving photographs, his facial features have been used as evidence for a whole catalog of medical disorders, from Marfans to cranial facial microsomia.

Feb 14 10 at 9:58 pm
js

Barack Obama is so hot!
Total babe with personality and intelligence.
President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are the sweetest couple around.

Feb 14 10 at 10:01 pm
js

Why did you guys use such a goofy photo of President Obama?

Feb 14 10 at 10:06 pm
SA

Um... Where's James Monroe?

Feb 14 10 at 10:19 pm
ar

why this photo of Obama? You want to make him as if he is not a President.

Feb 14 10 at 10:47 pm
dm

what are you friggin smokin, this list in this order is a look back at LSD...!

Feb 14 10 at 11:08 pm
EM

Andrew Jackson was responsible for sending the Cherokee on the Trail of Tears. If not 43rd, that should land him at 42nd.

Feb 14 10 at 11:21 pm
TMI

James Monroe is #15

Feb 14 10 at 11:28 pm
ww

You clearly don't know about the "Warren Harding Error"

Feb 15 10 at 1:13 am
cpc

OBAMA is not a valid prez!

Feb 15 10 at 2:17 am
Xx

Obama is soooooo sexy, he is definately the hottest we've had.

But poor choice in photos.

Feb 15 10 at 2:31 am
Cc

Obama is def #1.

Presidents have been uncute except Obana and JFK. Dubya was cute before he was prez and aged.

Feb 15 10 at 4:32 am
dw

just talked w/ a colleague who met johnson in the 60's and found him to be very sexy. also, there's something about william henry harrison that should bring him up to the top ten...

Feb 15 10 at 7:31 am
MON

What on earth do you consider sexy. Looks, personality, intelligence, power, wealth.

I need to be able to look at the man during and after for sexy to be considered. So Bush II is out. The man is just stupid in the way he thinks and acts. Bush I is a nerd - so he is out too.

JFK definitely has the looks, the personality, the intelligence, the power and the wealth. So I would put him 1st.

Obama can go second - maybe not the power and the wealth, but definitely the next best looking and one of the smartest up there - and a smile to die for.

Feb 15 10 at 7:59 am
PO

Good thing this isn't "sexiest person on currency" cuz Andrew Jackson begins and ends that list. Crazysexycool, and a sawbuck to boot. Awwwwww, yeeeeaaahhhhhh, muthufucka.

Feb 15 10 at 8:23 am
sp

Typical liberal BS got nothing better to do. Had to be created by ether a woman or gay man that needs to get laid. Really Now get a life!

Feb 15 10 at 9:04 am
FM

The reason Obama's picture looks different than the rest is not a secret move to devalue him in our eyes. I'm pretty sure it's just because he hasn't been president long enough to have his official portrait painted. Although, there likely is a sexier photo of the man out there....

Feb 15 10 at 9:49 am
see

Teddy Roosevelt was a sickly asthmatic who created all the macho stuff as an image. He was a marketer. Read a little history.

Feb 15 10 at 10:09 am
EE

I'm excitedly waiting for the hottest first ladies list!

Eddie from Austin

Feb 15 10 at 10:25 am
mr

Teddy well deserves the top spot! The man killed a grizzly bear and who knows about that "big stick" he's so famous for carrying!

Feb 15 10 at 10:45 am
RAE

I'm as liberal as the day is long, but I totally wouldn't kick W out of bed for eating crackers. Especially young W.

And when Robin Williams played TR is that museum movie, that kind of ruined any sexiness Roosevelt might have exuded.

Fun list though! Made me laugh.

Feb 15 10 at 10:59 am
sat

A young Thomas Jefferson. He purportedly had a really big library

Feb 15 10 at 11:22 am
dfy

George W Bush is by far the Sexiest, Bravest, Sexiest, Bravest, Sexiest, Bravest(sorry my computer is stuck) Sexiest, Bravest, Sexiest, Bravest President in History and going forward. Especially NOW. Obama is not even sexy.He's a wanna be. Obama is so jealous of Bush.

Feb 15 10 at 11:27 am
DJFA

My favorite part of this list is the comments. THIS IS SATIRE: What's funny about it is that they're judging presidents by something completely unrelated to their performance in office, but isn't this an important factor in how we elect them anyway?

I especially love the people who know WAY too much about presidents who are so outraged.

Finally, TR was no racist. He could have done more, sure, but he was far more liberal than most people of his day on the matter and was the first president to entertain a black man, was in favor of a desegregated army and school system (as governor of New York he desegregated the schools) and was a proponent, it simply wasn't the core of his platform. If Howard Zinn says otherwise, then he is wrong.

Feb 16 10 at 12:31 am
MF

George Bush Jr should of been pushed up a little more Barack is one ugly mother fucker he should be next be like 31

Feb 15 10 at 1:26 pm
kb

Fuck Clint Eastwood: Andrew Jackson was the 50 Cent of the Oval Office. Remember that next time you're rolling with a roll of Jacksons.

Feb 15 10 at 1:38 pm
SW

Time to lay off the pipe! If you think Obama is a "certifiable genius"....then you're a "certifiable crackhead"!

Feb 15 10 at 4:10 pm
jkb

You should go read John Adam's correspondence with Abigail. He may not be a looker, but that's some sexy letter-writing.

Feb 15 10 at 4:15 pm
DA

Malcolm Gladwell has an interesting essay about Warren Harding, asserting that he was only elected because of his appearance which at the time was considered very sexy, or at least regally presidential.

Feb 15 10 at 5:06 pm
dfg

oh for christ's sake.

Feb 15 10 at 5:31 pm
cg

Franklin Pierce is listed in Wikipedia as one of the worst presidents of all time, so it is not surprising he is related to GWB. He was an ineffectual drunk and died of cirrhosis of the liver.

Feb 15 10 at 5:42 pm
EM

I thought the list was good until Obama. I was SHOCKED. Obama is so goofy looking that I entirely forgot about him. He should be down in the 20's or even thirties. Seriously, compare him to Bush. W was/is so handsome, Obama is a goofball.

Feb 15 10 at 6:18 pm
KB

Some lament that our country is going to hell. I say we carry on the most important traditions of our founding fathers: https://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/news/beard-team-usa-dominates-200...

Feb 15 10 at 7:42 pm
JK

Um, aren't there 44 Presidents?????

Feb 15 10 at 7:50 pm
TN

I'm kind of surprised Gerald Ford rates doesn't rate higher...He was VERY good looking when he was young, like Jack Armstrong All American, and he was quite athletic to boot. Grant was an outstanding equestrian, that should count for something.

On the negative side, both Johnsons. Andrew was proof that an a__h___ does not a president make. Lyndon had that embarrasing first name, and a way of addressing people which was like Vaseline on a camera.

Feb 15 10 at 7:50 pm
CFR

JK.

There are only 43 presidents.

Grover Cleveland was elected to two non-consecutive terms. He was the 22nd and the 24th POTUS.

If you were to count all the people who were in office, just by name, its 43.
If you look at this list, and count, its 44.

https://www.potus.com/

Feb 15 10 at 7:53 pm
mg

Obama gets me ALL hot & bothered every darn time...OMG OMG *scream* *scream*

Feb 15 10 at 8:14 pm
by

#42 looks like he swallowed a bowling ball. JFK, my, what a gorgeous specimen! And Obama is extremely succulent...wish I could bite him. Yum...

Feb 15 10 at 8:51 pm
KN

JFK should really be #1. My God, he is gorgeous.

Feb 15 10 at 10:55 pm
Diz

Where's Cheney?

Feb 15 10 at 11:22 pm
MTK

Look up Gerald Ford's college photo. That's a sexy winner!

Feb 16 10 at 1:14 am
CL

@ NJ: Howard Zinn is a self-acknowledged radical historian. Absorb some variety, asshole.

@MR: "...who knows about that "big stick" that [TR] was famous for carrying."
I think you are joking. I hope you are joking.
"Speak softly and carry a big stick."

@ JK: "Ummmmmm.....aren't there 44 presidents?"
Ummmmm, No. Cleveland served 2 separate terms, which I'm pretty sure was mentioned. 22 and 24 (I think?), with Harrison serving in between.

@Diz: "Where's Cheney?"
I think you, too, are joking. I hope so.
If not, Cheney was VICE President. Not President. They're sort of different.You know...like first and second...

And ditto to the Jefferson-is-a-sexy-nerd notes. Everyone loves a "quiet, literary type."

@ H H: "Men aren't qualified to vote."
That made me laugh as much as - if not more than - any of the comments on the presidential sexiness contenders.

And Obama gains plenty of hottie points for going on the Colbert Report (filming in Iraq) and making fun of his own massive ears. Plus he's a nerd. And I have major nerd love.

Feb 16 10 at 5:20 am
TJ

Grant was NOT a drunk ... could a drunk have whipped the dashing RE Lee? Grant had the sexiness of a champion & he was nice to blacks and indians. I agree with the rest.

Feb 16 10 at 7:39 am
MD

Such hostility, lighten up! I'm pretty sure this was meant as a bit of quasi-holiday fluff, not a serious dissertation on U.S. history.
By the way, over at the Daily Beast they had a list of "best-read presidents," guess who topped that list as well? Coincidence? I don't think so.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2010-02-14/the-best-read-...

Feb 16 10 at 3:03 pm
JOK

George Washington is sexier than we commonly realize. I'm not saying how I know.

Feb 16 10 at 7:46 pm
anon

I cannot see Obama as"damn sexy"- nor can Michelle be considered sexy by ANY stretch of the imagination! & a certifiable genius? yeah right- he has cheapened the office of president as well as the Noble Peace Prize. WAKE UP people!!

Feb 16 10 at 9:23 pm
DCB

Ok, George W could be rated high on this list but #43 on every other list.

Feb 17 10 at 1:03 am
jonb

Pierce looks like Tommy Lee Jones

Feb 17 10 at 9:46 am
pmb

i think benjamin harrison is hot. what's he doing so low?

Feb 17 10 at 11:50 am
sedg

Lincoln is SO #1! Sexy sexy!!

Feb 17 10 at 2:41 pm
EF

I totally came to sexual awareness during the Clinton era. So, Billy C. will always be numero uno for me!

Feb 17 10 at 3:17 pm
pike

What a list, I'd say Teddy's integrity was sexier than his looks. I don't know about placing him as number one, Oh but wait, didn't he have a big stick?

Feb 17 10 at 4:25 pm
Flib

Jump off the Obama train, mind controlled idiots. Liberals must die.

Feb 17 10 at 7:31 pm
ok

my gawd just how gay can a survey be. what a waste of resources. as you can see i am unemployed rofl

Feb 17 10 at 8:23 pm
kndl

Obama is the only president unrelated to all the others

Feb 17 10 at 8:24 pm
kndl

Obama is the only president unrelated to all the others

Feb 17 10 at 11:43 pm
MW

Actually not true, kndl:

https://rawstory.com/news/2007/FOX_Obama_related_to_Bush_Cheney_1017.html

Feb 18 10 at 12:01 pm
jrf

what about ben franklin, wasnt he a ladies man?

Feb 18 10 at 2:02 pm
DJFA

@jrf - Ben Franklin was never president.

Feb 18 10 at 4:26 pm
Drea

Obama should have definitely been number 1. Not only is he sexier than all those others but he's also more ethnic. I mean look at the man, he's hot. Then JFK should have been #2. I could care less about all the other ones.

Feb 18 10 at 4:26 pm
No!!

No way is obama #3 ... his sheer stupidity, inexperience, and lack of any common sense makes him the ugliest!

Feb 15 11 at 9:53 pm
Carrie

Go watch Fox News. He's hot.

Feb 19 10 at 1:00 pm
aust

right on. great #1 pic. Those eyes..... I'd have a helluva time figuring out a reason not to go home with that one.

Feb 19 10 at 1:50 pm
JJG

JFK should be number one. Hahaha x]

Feb 19 10 at 8:21 pm
DD

TR was a man's man who can attract the women with that appeal. He had 5 or 6 kids as well.

Feb 20 10 at 10:43 am
Dan

TR lost his first wife in childbirth and was haunted by his love for her the rest of his life. Writing his autobiography thirty years later, he still couldn't manage to plumb the wells to express much about her -- it was too painful.

His second wife was a dear friend for childhood. It may not have had the same romantic implications as the first, but there was a tremendous amount of a different, equally healthy kind of love.

That's sexy.

Feb 21 10 at 4:08 pm
Chup

I think the Bush Jr unibrow has to at least be acknowledged, if not bump him down a few places.

Feb 23 10 at 11:52 am
Dyla

I spent forever trying to figure out who you missed, then i read that grover cleveland served twice, non consecutively, messing up everything.

Mar 01 10 at 3:17 pm
GM

Obama's purple lips vs. G.W. Bush's southern charm.
Hmmm... I think I know how these rankings were really based on.

Mar 01 10 at 3:19 pm
GM

what... not how

Mar 08 10 at 3:38 pm
KK

fuck yeah! Teedie definitely deserved # 1. ROUGH RIDERS!!!

Mar 23 10 at 2:17 am
Kim

Bold move not putting JFK at the top the way you did. Bonus points for finding a not terribly sexy picture of Obama, that must have taken work. But I really think John Adams should be higher, maybe you should read some of those letters to Abby...hot.

Mar 25 10 at 3:04 am
yush

George H W Bush is totally the sexiest one! <3

May 20 10 at 10:52 am
mac

Didn't TR also completely screw over the entirety of South America? Super unsexy.

May 20 10 at 4:40 pm
annoying stickler

FYI -- in #1, it should be "led the way," not "lead."

May 21 10 at 9:45 pm
mgc

"undeniable genius" or "damn sexy wife". Can't decide which statement is more bug fuck stupid.

May 21 10 at 9:47 pm
mgc

Sorry--"certifiable". *cough*

May 22 10 at 8:06 pm
...

obama should be #1!

May 24 10 at 1:30 pm
Thos Weatherby

The author doesn't really know the Presidents. And that comment about Obama being a certifiable genius is hilarious. He'll be a one termer. Same class as Jimmy Carter. Two of the worse Presidents (therefore not sexy) we have had.

May 25 10 at 8:02 pm
Keith

Is there any doubt that this list was put together by a leftist?
Always getting their digs in against Republicans. They just cannot help themselves.

May 26 10 at 6:48 am
dave

Ok, first I will leave politics and 'winger out of this. Next, I guess I do not know sexy. Anyway I say #1 was a good choice!

May 27 10 at 12:13 am
TC

Lord, I love how conservatives are coming onto this and trying to turn it into legitimate political discourse. Take it for what it is, a comedic piece. I'd say if you want to talk politics, go to a tea party rally where everyone agrees with you. That way you won't be trounced intellectually. If you want to laugh, keep reading stuff on here. Simple, no?

May 28 10 at 7:08 pm
Name

Jimmy Carter should be higher just for pure niceness
chicks dig that sort of thing

Jun 03 10 at 5:44 am
JB

Barack Obama is a damn sexy man, with a damn sexy wife,...he's git giant dumbi ears and always looks annoyed. She has an ass bigger than John Candy did. It kind of makes her look like someone stabbed a broom through a beach ball. Obviously you've been drinking.

Jun 03 10 at 5:45 am
JB

Opps, Dumbo ears...I just woke up, sorry.

Jun 16 10 at 6:39 pm
Mister Wu

Surely the writer isn't familar with the famed Warren Hardy closet in the whitehouse. Also Tricky Dick was the only president with a penis for a nose.

Jul 17 10 at 10:59 pm
Tania

This list was great! Wish it'd been a bit longer written to enjoy it more though. Very envious of the author that got paid to look at 43 pictures and rank on sex appeal. I must say there are a few crazy picks though. Harding was actually considered very good looking in his day; in fact that was why he was chosen as nominee, he had that conventionally attractive face despite being rather dull ineffectual and a terrible leader.

Barack definitely deserves a high spot although the past few years have aged him about a decade! When I saw him in that army bomber jacket walking in to that presidental music to give a speech once I was just WOW. Sexy. Nice dresser, great body.

Bill Clinton should be higher! Although he's quite old now looking back on photos of him in his thirties and forties is impressive. Very sexy. Also he's well known to be one of the most charismatic people and quite irresistable in person. I like his choice in women coz I wouldn't feel out of his league if I met him! I'd do him anyday even now he's older

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Aug 10 10 at 7:58 pm
jim

wow,,,,what a liberal biased piece of shit list!

Aug 12 10 at 12:36 am
Jess

Franklin Pierce FTW! You should see Australia's Prime Ministers - eyebrows that take up half their face :D

Aug 13 10 at 8:25 am
tim

Someone's letting their politics get in the way of their judgment here.

Take a good look at Harding (41). Yes, he was dumb as a post, and a total tool of the oil companies. So was Bush II, and you rated him 6th.

Harding was a babe magnet, with more mistresses than he had honest cabinet secretaries. He did things in the Oval Office that Clinton could only dream of.

And Cleveland (39) -- well, he's no looker, but he must have had something going on. He famously fathered an illegitimate child as a young man in Buffalo. (Hence the campaign taunt, "Ma, Ma, where's my pa?" and the gleeful retort, "Gone to the White House, ha ha ha!") More to the point, at age 49 he became the first president ever to be married in the White House -- and the woman he married was a 21-year-old college student, the daughter of his former law partner.

Aug 19 10 at 10:38 pm
mideel

So if there are 44 us presidents, who was the one left out? I don't know I'm not from the US

Aug 20 10 at 12:04 pm
Nads

DUDE! Warren G. was the original gangsta! He should have been in the top 10...just sayin'.

Aug 28 10 at 12:23 pm
SF

mideel:
1 president served 2 non-consecutive terms, as was mentioned in the article. so 43 men serving 44 terms, not 44 presidents total.

Aug 30 10 at 3:03 pm
Curtis

SF really? Do you rally think that only one president ever served 2 terms? There have been 44 unique presidents, not 44 terms.In fact there have been 55 four year terms served by US presidents in history.

Sep 18 10 at 2:16 pm
JPalto

I am sure the writer of this article doesn't know shit about politics. Who the hell looks at a fucking politican and be like "Damn! Now that what I'm talking about!" Maybe since I am a dude, but this article is fucking retarded. www.youtube.com/user/JPalto www.youtube.com/user/JPalto

Sep 18 10 at 10:24 pm
aly

So sick of reading/hearing/seeing people swoon over Obama. It's disgusting and condescending; like he is not good enough to be able to stand on his two damn feet like a man and take his licks from the media and disgruntled youth like every president before him.

That said, Michelle Obama looks like a Klingon. I'm sorry, but it's the truth, and sometimes it hurts.

Sep 21 10 at 4:49 pm
Infra-Sam

Curtis: Although Obama is the 44th president, it's correct that only 43 men have held the office. Yes, many served multiple terms, but Grover Cleveland was the only one to serve two NON-CONSECUTIVE terms. Hence he is counted as both the 22nd and the 24th president. (Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd.)

Oct 20 10 at 10:35 pm
nonamo

coolidge should be alot higher than30 top five at least

Oct 29 10 at 9:07 am
Deonte

3. BU was not likely to meet the US$ 75,000 per defendant threshold for suing in federal court on various other claims under state law (e.g., tortious interference with university-student relationships, fraud, aiding and abetting fraud). Id. at 77.

Oct 29 10 at 9:07 am
Deonte

3. BU was not likely to meet the US$ 75,000 per defendant threshold for suing in federal court on various other claims under state law (e.g., tortious interference with university-student relationships, fraud, aiding and abetting fraud). Id. at 77.

Oct 31 10 at 12:46 am
deaddrift

It CRACKS ME UP that wingnuts automatically interpret any negative comment whatsoever about a Republican as being motivated by a liberal agenda.

Keep drinkin that Kool-Aid, boys; you're right--every Republican anywhere, ever, has been an absolutely perfect human being. And anyone who doesn't understand this is a statist communist socialist fascist leftist.

Nov 01 10 at 4:35 am
SC

Leftist bias? #1 Teddy Roosevelt was a Rebublican. I'm confused.

Nov 10 10 at 2:25 pm
Whatev

It's so funny how people are hatin' on the Obama's
Anyway everyone knows its.
Thomas Jefferson
Barack Obama
John F Kennedy
Bill Clinton
and I hate to say it
George W Bush
even his wife and two daughters were nice lookin

Nov 12 10 at 10:42 pm
Madeline

JFK should be #1, in my opinion.

Nov 17 10 at 1:54 am
Elizabeth

I am sick of people being unpatriotic. Obama is your president whether you like it or not. I HATED Bush in office but never once would bad-mouth him. He did run our country and I had to respect him. Grow up and stop being immature and voice your opinion by just voting. THIS is an article about attractiveness. Good day Tea partiers

Nov 19 10 at 11:03 pm
Mahina

Teddy is NUMBER ONE! WHOO!

But why the hell are some people making this about left vs. right? This ought to be the kind of cross-aisle humor we can all laugh about. Half of these Presidents belonged to political factions that no longer exist, anyway. As a tea-party sympathizer, may I ask my compatriots to chill out? And liberals, please don't paint us with a broad brush?

The real problem in American politics is that we feel compelled to personally hate the opposition based on their political views. It's as bad as any other stereotyping. It hurts when people at my very liberal school physically step away from me at social events once I let my conservative background slip. Republicanophobia.

Nov 26 10 at 5:32 pm
Tyler

Ok people - this isn't a list of presidential fuck-ups. Settle down.

Dec 30 10 at 11:59 pm
Tony

JFK is AWESOME (no homo) but being him in black ops puts him in my no 1 list

Jan 15 11 at 12:57 am
MJB

Warren Harding was known to have had numerous mistresses and was a renown hound dog. Grover Cleveland married in the White House a woman of 21. He was the Bill Clinton of the 19th Century Presidents. It is said that when Woodrow Wilson asked his second wife to marry him, that she was so surprise she fell out of bed. One should read al little history before trying to apply 21st century standards to this kind of list.

Feb 15 11 at 5:29 pm
nope

Polk: Starts Mexican war, instigates Bloody Kansas. Otherwise unremarkable. Makes top 15.
Jackson: Changes the face of the modern presidency, has the greatest land acquisition of all time, is a lauded general and war hero, generally manly as hell. Doesn't break the top 25.
Poorly done, Hooksexup. Poorly done.

Feb 15 11 at 11:35 pm
RB

Ah, Teddy. You were damn sexy. Not to mention the fact that the man mapped an entire South American river after he lost his first run for presidency. "Well fuck this shit, let's go to South America!"

Feb 16 11 at 1:37 pm
G Unit

JFk 1, Reagan 2, Pierce 3, Jefferson 4, GW Bush 5, Obama 6, clinton 7, TR 8

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