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Beards in Congress Declares Southern Style and Northern Neat
A special correspondence from Wasumetox surveys the beard culture among U.S. lawmakers. The piece contrasts southern rugged half moon mustaches with northern care, naming numerous senators and representatives from California to Georgia, Oregon to Alabama, highlighting long white whiskers, full beards, and the rare beardless faces in Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Senate
Cnorth
South
North
Pacific Coast
Senator Butler
South Carolina
Lake Erie
Breckinridge
Arkansas
Dilie
California
Oregon
Nevada
Washington Territory
Union
United States Senate
Dolph and
Mitchell
Hermann
Jones
Senator Stewart
Joe Brown
Georgia
Mitchkell
Pennington
Delaware
Thomas
Kentucky
Cowles
North Carolina
Little Joe Wheeler
Alabama
Abbott
Texas
Lanham
United States
el Paso
Riddleberger
Virginia
West
New York
Hawley
Carleton
Chace
Rhode Island
Senator Manderson
Nebraska
Representative Gibson
Maryland
Senator Pasco
Florida
Bayne
Pennsylvania
Adams
Chicago
Bowden
Ingalls
Wade Hampton
Hampton
Senator Voorhees
Joe Cannon
Hare
Southwestern
Belden
Bowats
Key
Williams
Cooper
Ohie
O'Neill
Randall
Buckalew
Atkinson
Arnold
Illinois
Lyman
Iowa
Perkins
Ryan
Kansas
Ford
Michigan
Lind
Minnesota
Nutting
Colquitt
Gorman
Sainsbury
Wilson
Reagan
Kenna
Daniel
Forney
Laffon
Taulbee
Carlisle
Henderson
Stewart
Yost
Goff
West Virginia
Robert Graves