PHOTOS: Hairstyles of the halls of power

The former Alaska governor’s bangs and high-rise back bump, which could be an ad for the Bumpits infomercial, are fitting for the former beauty queen and have inspired countless how-to online articles and videos. But could this look be harder to maintain than we thought? Rumors have swirled that Palin might actually be wearing a wig.  (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)

The vice president has been chided for a lot of things, not the least of which is his comb-over helmet head that may or may not have been due to a hair transplant. During the 2008 election, Politico concluded that Biden “received a hair transplant, where follicles from the bushier back of the head are grafted onto fading spots closer to the front of the dome,” but said speculation about Amtrak Joe’s hair was nothing new -- pointing to a 1987 Washington Post item in which the senator refused to answer if he’d had the procedure done.  (Sayyid Azim / Associated Press)

The Times once described the former Ohio senator’s coif as a ‘’Planet of the Apes” sort of hair helmet that looks like a toupee but isn’t, comes to a point on top and is widely considered the most unusual hair in all of Congress And get this: His wife is a hairdresser.  (Mark Duncan / Associated Press)

It is said that the Silver Fox never dyes her hair.  (Larry W. Smith / EPA)

The Gipper’s hairstyle didn’t change much through his rise from actor to politico, but there has been some debate as to how it maintained that sheen -- Reagan often said that he didn’t dye out the gray of his full mane, however Kitty Kelley’s Nancy Reagan bio says he’d been hitting the bottle since 1968.  (Rusty Kennedy / Associated Press)

Mr. Blackwell, he of the famed “Worst Dressed” list, wrote of Mrs. Ford in Orange Coast Magazine that “her wardrobe was merely an extension of Pat Nixon’s more mix and match suits and Le Cirque coiffures, teased and lacquered to Army-helmet strength.”  (STR / AFP / Getty Images)