Now You Know: Who Was the First U.S. President to Wear Pants?

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Today, a man—or a woman—wearing long pants to a formal occasion is nothing special, and being able to easily distinguish a man's sock color is not the norm. But it wasn't always that way. Case in point: George Washington and America's other founding fathers are not wearing pants in the portraits from which we remember them.