69 embarrassing high school pictures of politicians

Sure, now they wield the sword of power over the masses that elected them, but once upon a time, the folks in the hallowed halls of government wandered their high schools’ halls with bad hair, bad skin and horrific wardrobes their moms probably had a heavy hand in picking.

While many of us can avoid glancing over our shoulders to those bygone high school days by pretending we heard nothing about the reunion, those in the public sphere don’t have much of a choice when the press gets a hold of their yearbooks as Buzzfeed did.

Let the fun begin!

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (above)

Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan