Feb 10, 2013 · Abraham "Honest Abe" Lincoln actually couldn't look a person straight in the eye, because he had strabismus. You can see this in some photos or portraits of the 16th president. Lincoln's left eye tended to roll upward, especially when he was tired or excited.

Lincoln's face is so familiar to us that we no longer recognize how unusual his appearance was. This page, extracted from The Physical Lincoln Sourcebook , shows how Lincoln struck eyewitnesses (mostly).

Aug 13, 2007 · Artists, sculptors and photographers knew Abraham Lincoln’s face had a good side. Now it’s confirmed by science. Laser scans of two life masks, made from plaster casts of Lincoln’s face,...

Feb 16, 2011 · Abraham "Honest Abe" Lincoln actually couldn't look a person straight in the eye, because he had strabismus. You can see this in some photos or portraits of the 16 th president. Lincoln's left eye tended to roll upward, especially when he was tired or excited.

While Abraham Lincoln’s eye color remains a subject of some debate, the overall evidence points to his eyes being predominately a light gray, perhaps tending towards blue-gray.

Jul 21, 2008 · While delivering his most famous speech, Abraham Lincoln asserted that all men are created equal. But according to recent research, perhaps not all men, our nation's 16th president included, were...

Feb 22, 2012 · The Museum of Vision, a public service program of the Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, marked Presidents’ Day by presenting a look at the vision problems of U.S. Presidents Abraham Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Woodrow Wilson.

Aug 9, 2021 · Twenty-six of those guys had blue eyes. I find this to be the most amazing and interesting thing I have learned during the long campaign season. According to the clipping, the eye-color breakdown...

Feb 21, 2017 · Look carefully at this image. Notice how his left eye appears to be looking higher than his right. This is suggestive of a vertical strabismus (eye misalignment), as are the reports that Lincoln suffered from double vision and that his left eye would "roll upward when he was excited or tired."

Feb 12, 2024 · Abraham “Honest Abe” Lincoln (1809-1865) had strabismus, which is when your eyes are not lined up properly and they point in different directions. Lincoln’s left eye tended to roll upward, especially when he was tired or excited. You can notice this in some photos or portraits of the 16th president.