#42 Ida McKinley

First Lady 1897 - 1901

wife of 25th U.S. president William McKinley...

...until someone put him out of his misery

#41 Anna Harrison

First Lady 1841

wife of 9th president William Henry Harrison

Harrison died less than a month after taking office and before she moved to Washington. So she changed her name to terry and spent years As a member of the Monty Python comedy troupe.

#40 Eliza Johnson

First Lady 1865 - 1869

wife of 17th president Andrew Johnson

and also that guy!

#39 Florence Harding

First Lady 1921-1923

wife of 29th president Warren G. Harding

lucky for her husband that the wizard gave her some courage so she could destroy most of his papers in an attempt to preserve his reputation, after he died of a stroke.

#38 Abigail Fillmore

First Lady 1850 - 1853

wife of the 13th president Millard Fillmore

nothin' to see here folks!

#37 Julia Tyler

First Lady 1844 - 1845

Second wife of 1oth president John Tyler

She was also the Prime Minister of Italy 1922 – 1943, and looked quite smashing in a variety of hats.

#36 Mary Todd Lincoln

First Lady 1861-1865

Wife of the 16th President Abraham Lincoln

also famous as one of the Grumpy Old Men

#35 Martha Washington

First Lady 1789-1797

wife of the first US President, George Washington

along with her first lady duties she starred in such movies as Amadeus and Ferris Bueller's Day Off

#34 Hillary Clinton

First Lady 1993-2001

Wife of 42nd president William Jefferson Clinton

isn't she smoken! she's like a fine wine, gets better with age.... or at least less repulsive.

#33 Sarah Polk

First Lady 1845 - 1849

wife of 11th president James K. Polk

for religious reasons she banned dancing and music at the White House on Sundays... until a young Kevin Bacon moves to town from big city Chicago and gets footloose with a delightful combination of dance choreography and gymnastics to the song "Let's Hear It for the Boy."Oh wait, that was John Lithgow.

#32 Margaret Taylor

First Lady 1849-1850

wife of 12th president, Zachary Taylor

watch your fingers children!

#31 Caroline Harrison

First Lady 1885 - 1889

wife of President Benjamin Harrison

not to be confused as band mate of George Harrison. That mullet will never go out of style; timeless!

#30 Lou Hoover

First Lady 1929 - 1933

wife of President Herbert Hoover

does she look like Casey Affleck to you?

#29 Edith Wilson

First Lady 1915 - 1921

Second wife of 28th president, Woodrow Wilson

#28 Ellen Wilson

First Lady 1913 -1914

first wife of 28th president, Woodrow Wilson

#27 Barbara Bush

First Lady 1989 - 1993

wife of 41st President George H. W. Bush, Mother of 43rd President George W. Bush

she did have class and dignity

#26 Mamie Eisenhower

First Lady 1953 - 1961

wife of Dwight D. Eisenhower

she looks friendly!

#25 Grace Coolidge

First Lady 1923 - 1929

wife of 30th president, Calvin Coolidge

#24 Helen Taft

First Lady 1909 - 1913

wife of 27th president, William Howard Taft

Kaboooom! Nice Hair!

#23 Julia Grant

First Lady 1869 - 1877

wife of 18th president, Ulysses S. Grant

Nein Fräulein!

#22 Bess Truman

First Lady 1945 - 1953

wife of 33rd President Harry S. Truman

#21 Betty Ford

First Lady 1974 - 1977

wife of 38th President Gerald Ford

Now here's a lady who had fun on Spring Break!

#20 Eleanor Roosevelt

First Lady 1933 - 1945

wife of 32nd President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Yes, Eleanor Roosevelt! I couldn't believe it myself but her younger pictures are not quite as horrible as those of her middle years and she really did make quite a sweet looking old lady, rather handsome old bat actually.

#19 Lady Bird Johnson

First Lady 1963 - 1969

wife of 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson

well she certainly looks like a bird of some sort

#18 Jane Pierce

First Lady 1853 - 1857

wife of 14th President Franklin Pierce

Jane had the potential to rank much higher but most of her photos are from a profile angle and as she seems grumpy, which is illustrated by the fact that she left most of her First Lady duties to her aunt and Varina Davis, wife of Secretary of War Jefferson Davis- and #3 on this list, I can't in good conscience place her any higher.

#17 Abigail Adams

First Lady 1797-1801

wife of the second President of the United States, John Adams and Mother of sixth President John Quincy Adams

How hot is that? One president went in, and another came out, she's got loins of success. Rivaled by only Barbara Bush. Her younger pictures are quite attractive which account for the high rank but she looses position because in the portraits of her later years she looks like a European prince.

#16 Lucy Webb Hayes

First Lady 1877 - 1881

wife of 19th President Rutherford B. Hayes

If smart girls are hot to you; Lucy was the first First Lady to have a college education. Although Lemonade Lucy may not have had much fun on spring break as her and Ol' Ruthy banned all alcoholic beverages at state functions and in the White House.

#15 Lucretia Garfield

First Lady 1881

wife of 20th President James Garfield

#14 Michelle Obama

Future First Lady 2009 -

Wife of President - Elect Barack Obama

She is a snappy dresser, and somewhat attractive but media hype aside Michelle Obama loses points for being often frightening, and far more attractive at some angles than others. The fact that she is only 44 in these photos is also considered as many of the first ladies are significantly older in their popular photos.