Whats the oldest photo of a US president?
William Henry Harrison had his snapshot taken during his brief stint as president number nine in 1841, but it didnt survive. So its the sixth president, John Quincy Adams, who takes the accolade. He was in office from 18259, although the daguerreotype in question  taken by Germanborn Philip Haas, with a seated Adams looking very serious in his Massachusetts home  comes from 1843. At this time, the 76-year-old was still in politics as a congressman fighting against slavery. To add another name into the mix, the oldest surviving photo of a president in office is of James Polk, who served from 1845 to 1849. Take a look at some other early Victorian photographs This Q&A first appeared in the August 2020 issue of BBC History Revealed magazine