Paul Ryan’s Whiskers Prompt Look at House Precedent

Speaker Paul D. Ryan may have stolen “Movember.”

Mr. Ryan, the Wisconsin Republican, returned from his Thanksgiving break with some serious stubble, prompting questions of whether he was participating in the annual fund-raiser in which men ditch their razors in November.

Proud of his furry face, Mr. Ryan wondered on social media whether he was, in fact, the first bearded House speaker in a century.