In October 1860, the eleven-year-old Bedell saw a campaign photo of Lincoln and was inspired—150 years ago this month—to write to him and urge him to grow a beard to improve his AMAZING FACTS ...

In what has to go down as one of the all-time great moments of political image consulting, an 11-year old girl suggested to a fresh-faced Abe Lincoln that he grow a beard. And then he did.

'All the ladies like whiskers!' Revealed, the girl, 11, who convinced Lincoln to grow his iconic beard . By DAILY MAIL REPORTER . Published: 21:25 EDT, 29 November 2012 | Updated: 06:55 EDT, 30 ...

In 1860, 11-year-old Grace Bedell wrote Abraham Lincoln a letter to suggest that growing a beard might help him win the presidential election. Business Insider Subscribe Newsletters ...

Lincoln, A., Letter to a Little Girl ... HOW A LITTLE NEW-YORK GIRL PERSUADED HIM TO LET IT GROW. Share full article. ... the custodian of the Lincoln Monument at Springfield, ...

In honor of the anniversary of his death 150 years ago, hear how a letter from an 11-year-old girl may have inspired the then-presidential candidate to grow his iconic facial hair.

Abraham Lincoln wrote this letter October 19, 1860 to 11-year old Grace Bedell, in response to a letter she wrote him, asking him to grow a beard. In Grace’s letter (written October 15, 1860 ...

She told Lincoln she wanted him to become president. The problem, in Grace’s view, was that his clean-shaven face was too thin. She said Lincoln "would look a great deal better" with a beard.

Bedell, of Westfield, New York, offered a solution: Lincoln should grow a beard. “If you will let your whiskers grow,” she wrote, “you would look a great deal better for your face is so thin.” ...

The girl who grew Lincoln's beard. ... October 1860, the 11-year-old Bedell saw a campaign photo of Lincoln and was inspired to write to him and urge him to grow a beard to improve his appearance.