Guess who was the first?

[kshapero]

Guess who was the first US president to have his picture taken?

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Was it Polk?

 

[BillBingham2]

Gerald Ford as his was the first white house photographer to use a Leica!

I think.....

B2 (;->

 

[julianphotoart]

If you mean a photo of a president made while he was president, I think it's Polk. On the other hand, I believe that the earliest president to have his photo made was John Quincy Adams (President #6). The photo was made later in his life while he was a member of the House but no photos of his predecessors (Monroe, Madison, Jefferson, Adams or Washington) were ever made.

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Didn't Matthew Brady photograph Lincoln?

 

[rogue_designer]

I'm guessing John Quincy Adams

 

[Tuolumne]

Don't you people know how to Google?


From Wikipedia:
"Harrison was the first sitting president to have his picture taken. The original daguerreotype has been lost, although copies of it exist.[4]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison

/T

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Old Hickory (Andrew Jackson). I mean, if anything, photographed as president.

 

[rogue_designer]

Don't you people know how to Google?

The OP didn't specify sitting. Also from Wiki about JQ Adams:

"He was the first president to have his photograph taken, although not till many years after his presidency."

 

[Tuolumne]

Well, then, we're both right!

🙂

 

[bob cole]

According to The
White House, those who said Polk were correct...

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cach...+photograph&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&ie=UTF-8


"President James Polk (1845-49) was the first President to have his photograph taken..." [while President]...

 

[SolaresLarrave]

Mystery solved!!

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

Don't you people know how to Google?


From Wikipedia:
"Harrison was the first sitting president to have his picture taken. The original daguerreotype has been lost, although copies of it exist.[4]"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Henry_Harrison

/T

Poor man, another victim of poor health care and a mindset of "rest = lazy".

 

[rogue_designer]

According to The
White House, those who said Polk were correct...

I've long since stopped using the White House as a valid source. 😉

 

[Gabriel M.A.]

According to The
White House, those who said Polk were correct...

http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cach...+photograph&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us&ie=UTF-8


"President James Polk (1845-49) was the first President to have his photograph taken..." [while President]...

I didn't even have to look it up! I just remember his photo. Mean face, a la Schwarzenegger 😉

 

[kshapero]

John Quincy Adams 1843!!!

 

[bob cole]

I didn't even have to look it up! I just remember his photo. Mean face, a la Schwarzenegger 😉

George says they"re all good looking...You decide:

 

[Tuolumne]

Whaddya mean - Wikipedia is never wrong. Never! 🙂

/T

 

[kshapero]

I got the answer from the History Channel and they are never wrong. .....Hell I dunno.