"1930s Democrat hair cut"

[FedoraFan112390]

In the early 1970s, former US President Lyndon Johnson let his hair grow long:

In an interview with his barber at the time, his barber said: "We've been letting it grow out slowly over a period of months."

"Grant [Johnson's barber] said the new look is influenced to some extent by Johnson's recollections of some politicians of the 1920s and 1930s, particular to what Grant called the "Democrats haircut" of the 1930s."

Without getting overly political, I am curious as to what Democratic politicians from the 20s and 30s sported near shoulder length hair in a time when hair was generally cropped short back and sides?

 

[Atticus Finch]

My grandfather, father and uncles were Democrats in the 'thirties. I don't think they had ever heard of the "Democrat" haircut because they sure hated my long hair in the early 'seventies.

AF

 

[Retro Spectator]

I am not sure what political party he belongs to, but that hair cut resembles the Wizard of Oz's hair.

 

[Burma Schave]

Senator Robert M. LaFollette had longish hair, and he won 17% of the popular vote in the 1924 presidential election. Can't say he was ever a Democrat, though.

 

[jamespowers]

He was just letting his inner hippie out--that's all. lol lol

 

[jamespowers]

Now that I think of it further, it looks like a mullet. :mullet: lol lol

 

[Burma Schave]

Maybe it's a Southern thing?

 

[Benny Holiday]

Looking at the photo I have to wonder if he was letting his earlobes grow long as well?!!!

 

[jamespowers]

Looking at the photo I have to wonder if he was letting his earlobes grow long as well?!!!

:rofl:

 

[The Good]

Looking at the photo I have to wonder if he was letting his earlobes grow long as well?!!!

To go with the length in the back?

I think he's always had big earlobes.

As for the 1920s and '30s "Democrat haircut," I have no idea about which Democrat politicians would have had hair that long in the back. I have almost no doubt that a few Democrats, or Republicans for that matter, had longer hair (with or without longer sideburns as well), worn more in line with earlier 19th century styles. I think it was accepted and normal to have relatively long hair in the 19th century (especially the first half of the century), up until around the 1880s when shorter tapered haircuts like those of the early half of the 20th century became the norm. By around that time, facial hair was also getting smaller, going down from beards to mustaches in many cases, or clean-shaven, and long sideburns had become unfashionable.

 

[Stearmen]

Both of these gentlemen were Democrats, so who knows?

 

[F. J.]

Long-haired Democrats . . .

[...] As for the 1920s and '30s "Democrat haircut," I have no idea about which Democrat politicians would have had hair that long in the back. I have almost no doubt that a few Democrats, or Republicans for that matter, had longer hair (with or without longer sideburns as well), worn more in line with earlier 19th century styles. I think it was accepted and normal to have relatively long hair in the 19th century (especially the first half of the century), up until around the 1880s when shorter tapered haircuts like those of the early half of the 20th century became the norm. By around that time, facial hair was also getting smaller, going down from beards to mustaches in many cases, or clean-shaven, and long sideburns had become unfashionable.

Precisely.


Here are some long-haired nineteenth-century Democrats:

James Knox Polk, eleventh President of the United States, 1845-49.


John Caldwell Calhoun, seventh Vice-President of the United States, 1825-32;
also Secretary of War (1817-25), Secretary of State (1844-45), U. S. Senator (1845-50), and U. S. Congressman (1811-17).


Andrew Johnson, seventeenth President of the United States, 1865-69.

 

[Benzadmiral]

My first thought was the hairstyle of the 1820s and -30s.

ETA: Ah, I see you folk thought even quicker!

 

[jamespowers]

Sam Houston had many nasty things to say of Calhoun after he treated him poorly as a military office. It is said that because of that grudge Sam held, Calhoun never made it to the presidency.

 

[tonyb]

I recall the late-in-life LBJ referring to his longish locks as his "Buffalo Bill" look.

He died fairly young -- 64, I believe. Had health problems going way back. Had his first heart attack in 1955, when he was still in his 40s. I'd heard reports that post-presidency he determined that he would eat what he wished, smoke cigarettes, etc.

 

[The Good]

I recall the late-in-life LBJ referring to his longish locks as his "Buffalo Bill" look.

He died fairly young -- 64, I believe. Had health problems going way back. Had his first heart attack in 1955, when he was still in his 40s. I'd heard reports that post-presidency he determined that he would eat what he wished, smoke cigarettes, etc.

Now that you mentioned it, I remember the same thing about the Buffalo Bill look.


For a 1920s longer haired look, there was also this fellow:

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/show...its&p=1690040&highlight=long+hair#post1690040

He's Gilbert Roland. I don't know if he had his hair like that because he wanted to, or if it was for a film role.