Most of us probably have a very vivid picture of how a US president looks. However, before men become the most powerful people in the free world, they are regular guys just like us. For example, Harry S. Truman was a timekeeper in the railway, while Andrew Johnson was a tailor.

To illustrate that one day they were just like us, Bored Panda has collected a list of portraits of US presidents when they were young. You can barely recognize them, and if you think presidency is an easy job – take a look at how presidents look before and after their terms in office.

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#1 Barack Obama, Age 18

© Photo: Lisa Jack

#2 Theodore Roosevelt, Age 20

© Photo: Harvard College Library

#3 John F. Kennedy, Age 21 And 20

#4 Gerald Ford, Age 18 And 20

© Photo: Gerald R. Ford Museum

#5 Abraham Lincoln, Late 30s (Earliest Confirmed Photo)

© Photo: Library of Congress

#6 Bill Clinton, Age 22 And 26

© Photo: Georgetown School of Foreign Service

#7 Ronald Reagan, Age 29

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#8 Franklin Roosevelt, Age 18

© Photo: U.S. National Archives and Records Administration

#9 Jimmy Carter, Age 18

© Photo: Jimmy Carter Library

#10 Rutherford B. Hayes, Age 30

#11 Richard Nixon, Age 20

© Photo: Richard Nixon Foundation

#12 George H. W. Bush, Age 18

© Photo: United States Navy

#13 George W. Bush, Age 19

© Photo: George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum

#14 James Garfield, Age 16

© Photo: Unknown

#15 William Mckinley, Age 21

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#16 Calvin Coolidge, Between 19 And 23 Years

© Photo: wikipedia

#17 Woodrow Willson, About 19 Years Old

© Photo: Pach Brothers

#18 George W. Bush, Age 21

#19 Warren G. Harding, Age 21

© Photo: Library of Congress

#20 Harry Truman, Age 22 And 33

© Photo: Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

#21 Dwight Eisenhower, Age 25 and 29

© Photo: Fotosearch

#22 Lyndon Johnson, Age 18

© Photo: Southwest Texas State Teachers College

#23 Herbert Hoover, Age 25

© Photo: Herbert Hoover Presidential Library/Museum

#24 Ulysses S. Grant, Age 23

#25 Benjamin Harrison, Age 17

© Photo: Picture History

#26 William Henry Harrison, Age 40

© Photo: Rembrandt Peale

#27 John Tyler, Age 36

© Photo: unknown

#28 Millard Fillmore, Undated

© Photo: James Boyle

#29 John Adams, Age 33

© Photo: Benjamin Blyth

#30 Donald Trump, Age 20

© Photo: Yearbook Library

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