U.S. presidents love looking badass

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U.S. presidents love looking badass
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Presidential badassery

TL;DR: Lots of cowboy outfits.

Alex Q. Arbuckle

1905-1995

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President Theodore Roosevelt hunts for bear in Colorado. Credit: Photo12/UIG/Getty Images
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William Howard Taft fishes off Middle Bass Island, Ohio. Credit: Louis Van Oeyen/Western Reserve Historical Society/Getty Images
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Woodrow Wilson throws out the first ball of the baseball season in Washington, D.C. Credit: Underwood Archives/Getty Images
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Warren G. Harding at the White House with his dog, Laddie Boy. Credit: Library Of Congress/Getty Images
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Calvin Coolidge celebrates the 4th of July and his 55th birthday with his wife Grace at a Game Lodge in South Dakota. Credit: New York Times Co./Getty Images
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Herbert Hoover stands on board the cruiser USS Salt Lake City. Credit: Imagno/Getty Images
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Franklin D. Roosevelt disembarks from a seaplane. Credit: Fotosearch/Getty Images
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Harry Truman fishes at Puget Sound. Credit: Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Getty Images
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, Winston Churchill and Gen. Omar Bradley fire carbines during a tour of an army camp in England. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images
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John F. Kennedy rides a mule during a campaign visit to the stockyards at Sioux City, Iowa. Credit: Underwood Archives/Getty Images
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Richard Nixon greets Elvis Presley at the White House. Credit: Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
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Gerald Ford does push-ups in the White House. Credit: David Hume Kennerly/ Getty Images
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Jimmy Carter and an aide hop a fence at LaGuardia airport in New York City. Credit: Dan Farrell/NY Daily News Archive/Getty Images
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Ronald Reagan rides a horse at his California ranch. Credit: Express/Getty Images
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George H.W. Bush fishes in the surf in Florida. Credit: ROBERT SULLIVAN/AFP/Getty Images
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Bill Clinton enjoys some whitewater rafting on the Snake River in Wyoming. Credit: LUKE FRAZZA/AFP/Getty Images
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George W. Bush hunts doves in Hockley, Texas. Credit: Paul Howell/Liaison/Getty Images
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