Twitter Reacts To Hot Abraham Lincoln Statue

By Kristy Puchko | Social Media | February 21, 2019 |

By Kristy Puchko | Social Media | February 21, 2019 |

Most Americans know Abraham Lincoln as a bearded man with a love for freeing slaves, tall hats, and theater. But in the heart of Los Angeles, he is also remembered as a snack.

Behold, young, beardless, shirtless Lincoln.

Reminder that the Los Angeles federal courthouse has a statue of Abraham Lincoln where he's a shirtless young stud suggestively tugging at his waistband like a Sports Illustrated swimsuit model: pic.twitter.com/32bjqEERYi

— Zack Stentz (@MuseZack) February 20, 2019

This shot of hot Lincoln from the Los Angeles federal courthouse has gone viral, sparking a wave of reactions on Twitter.

Honest Abs

— Ned Pyle (@NerdPyle) February 20, 2019

The Gettysburg Undress

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) February 20, 2019

Carrying a book as a pretense that he's going to his friend's house to "study."

— "Chrisna" (@chrisna) February 20, 2019

replace every confederate monument with a statue of Hot Lincoln https://t.co/nhrn9OzOJW

— Kelsey D. Atherton (@AthertonKD) February 20, 2019

Correction: there IS a metric imperial fuckton of fanfiction about that shirtless Lincoln statue. Some of it is even safe for work…https://t.co/k46rD1M9co

— Pepijn (@PKtje) February 20, 2019

this fall on the cw:
Linc.
he's the fresh-faced senator from illinois with the six pack abs, and he's about to start a civil war at washington u. he'll "emancipate" as he un-adresses the student body.
Linc, after Riverdale, this fall https://t.co/wjCK5tgyyg

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 20, 2019

lincoln is the hot lead

mary todd is from the big city

sherman is a total jock bro

john wilkes booth is totally emo

stephen douglas is linc's brainiac love rival

jeff davis is the racist captain of the football team

LINC. this fall from the CW

— Oliver Willis (@owillis) February 20, 2019

Hot Lincoln Who Fucks.

— Liz Shannon Miller (@lizlet) February 20, 2019

Fun Facts about this statue: It’s called “Young Lincoln,” was created in 1939 for an open sculpting competition by James Hansen, who used himself as its shirtless model. Pics below.

Found it… pic.twitter.com/IPumQ4iGZF

— Jennifer Jordan (@ediblememory) February 20, 2019

The guy who sculpted the Sexy Lincoln statue used himself as a model, and when he won the competition to sculpt it, he used the prize money to buy "a new car, promptly wrecked it, spent 18 days in jail"
Source: Life, Sept. 9, 1940 https://t.co/rNEglbyAXr pic.twitter.com/ZFO5PWto0D

— Bill Black (@williamrblack) May 4, 2018

But this isn’t the first time the internet has gone wild for a hot Lincoln statue. In 2017, a tamer but still swoon-worthy statue of the iconic president caused a stir when this Facebook vid blew up.

And just last spring, a copy of Hansen’s “Young Lincoln” spurred thirst and a Buzzfeed post thanks to this tweet.

Look, I’ve lived in Illinois and seen a lot of Lincolns in my time but this is maybe one of the most unusual? C. 1940 sexy New Deal Lincoln at the DC Office of Public Records pic.twitter.com/3a1nmL8GYM

— MJ Rymsza-Pawlowska (@malgorzatar) May 3, 2018

Happy belated birthday to the president who’s still got us swooning.