All US Presidents by height, from shortest to tallest (45 Photos)
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Here are all the 45 US Presidents, ordered from shortest to tallest. Heights shockingly range from 6’4″ to 5’4″. Who’s your guess for the tallest President?
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John Vanderlyn/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
James Madison – 44
Height: 5 ft 4 in
Birthplace: Port Conway, Colony of Virginia, British America
Date Born: 1751
Presidency: 4
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The Bureau of Engraving and Printing/Wiki Commons
Benjamin Harrison – 43
Height: 5 ft 6 in
Birthplace: North Bend, Ohio, United States of America
Date Born: 1833
Presidency: 23
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Martin Van Buren – 42
Height: 5 ft 6 in
Birthplace: Kinderhook, New York, United States of America
Date Born: 1782
Presidency: 8
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William McKinley – 41
Height: 5 ft 7 in
Birthplace: Niles, Ohio, United States of America
Date Born: 1843
Presidency: 25
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Asher Brown Durand/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
John Adams – 40
Height: 5 ft 7 in
Birthplace: Eastern United States, Braintree, New England, Norfolk County, United States of America, + more
Date Born: 1735
Presidency: 2
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John Quincy Adams – 39
Height: 5 ft 7 1⁄2 in
Birthplace: Braintree, Massachusetts Bay, British America
Date Born: 1767
Presidency: 6
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Ulysses S. Grant
Height: 5 ft 8 in
Birthplace: Point Pleasant, Ohio, United States of America
Date Born: 1822
Presidency: 18
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Zachary Taylor – 37
Height: 5 ft 8 in
Birthplace: Barboursville, Virginia, United States of America
Date Born: 1784
Presidency: 12
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James K. Polk – 36
Height: 5 ft 8 in
Birthplace: Pineville, North Carolina, USA
Date Born: 1795
Presidency: 11
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William Henry Harrison – 35
Height: 5 ft 8 in
Birthplace: Charles City County, Colony of Virginia
Date Born: 1773
Presidency: 9
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Rutherford B. Hayes – 34
Height: 5 ft 8 1⁄2 in
Birthplace: Delaware, Ohio, United States of America
Date Born: 1822
Presidency: 19
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Harry Truman – 33
Height: 5 ft 9 in
Birthplace: Lamar, Missouri, United States of America
Date Born: 1884
Presidency: 33
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Millard Fillmore – 32
Height: 5 ft 9 in
Birthplace: Moravia, New York, United States of America
Date Born: 1800
Presidency: 13
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Jimmy Carter – 31
Height: 5 ft 9 1⁄2 in
Birthplace: Plains, Georgia, United States of America
Date Born: 1924
Presidency: 39
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Calvin Coolidge – 30
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Birthplace: Plymouth Notch, Vermont, Vermont, United States of America
Date Born: 1872
Presidency: 30
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Theodore Roosevelt – 29
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Date Born: 1858
Presidency: 26
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Andrew Johnson – 28
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Birthplace: Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date Born: 1808
Presidency: 17
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Franklin Pierce – 27
Height: 5 ft 10 in
Birthplace: Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States of America
Date Born: 1804
Presidency: 14
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Metaweb (FB)/Public domain
Dwight D. Eisenhower – 26
Height: 5 ft 10 1⁄2 in
Birthplace: Denison, Texas, United States of America
Date Born: 1890
Presidency: 34
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Metaweb (FB)
Woodrow Wilson -25
Height: 5 ft 11 in
Birthplace: Staunton, Virginia, United States of America
Date Born: 1856
Presidency: 28
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Metaweb (FB)/Public domain
Grover Cleveland – 24
Height: 5 ft 11 in
Birthplace: Caldwell, New Jersey, USA
Date Born: 1837
Presidency: 22, 24
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Wikimedia Commons
George W. Bush – 23
Height: 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in
Birthplace: New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America
Date Born: 1946
Presidency: 43
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Metaweb (FB)/Public domain
Richard Nixon – 22
Height: 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in
Birthplace: Yorba Linda, California, USA
Date Born: 1913
Presidency: 37
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Metaweb (FB)/Public domain
Herbert Hoover – 21
Height: 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in
Birthplace: West Branch, Iowa, United States of America
Date Born: 1874
Presidency: 31
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Metaweb (FB)/Public domain
William Howard Taft – 20
Height: 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date Born: 1857
Presidency: 27
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David Hume Kennerly/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
Gerald Ford – 19
Height: 6 ft 0 in
Birthplace: Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America
Date Born: 1913
Presidency: 38
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Metaweb (FB)/Public domain
Warren G. Harding – 18
Height: 6 ft 0 in
Birthplace: Blooming Grove, Ohio, United States of America
Date Born: 1865
Presidency: 29
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Cliff/Flickr
James A. Garfield – 17
Height: 6 ft 0 in
Birthplace: Moreland Hills, Ohio, United States of America
Date Born: 1831
Presidency: 20
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Mathew Brady/Wikimedia Commons
James Buchanan – 16
Height: 6 ft 0 in
Birthplace: Cove Gap, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date Born: 1791
Presidency: 15
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Mathew Brady/Wikimedia Commons
John Tyler – 15
Height: 6 ft 0 in
Birthplace: Charles City County, Virginia, United States of America
Date Born: 1790
Presidency: 10
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John Vanderlyn/Wikimedia Commons
James Monroe – 14
Height: 6 ft 0 in
Birthplace: Monroe Hall, Virginia, British America
Date Born: 1758
Presidency: 5
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Lawrence Jackson/Obama White House
Barack Obama – 13
Height: 6 ft 1 in
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Date Born: 1961
Presidency: 44
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Wikimedia Commons
Ronald Reagan – 12
Height: 6 ft 1 in
Birthplace: Tampico, Illinois, United States of America
Date Born: 1911
Presidency: 40
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Wikimedia Commons
John F. Kennedy – 11
Height: 6 ft 1 in
Birthplace: Brookline, Massachusetts, USA
Date Born: 1917
Presidency: 35
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Alexander Hay Ritchie/Wikimedia Commons
Andrew Jackson – 10
Height: 6 ft 1 in
Birthplace: Waxhaw Settlement between North Carolina and South Carolina, British America
Date Born: 1767
Presidency: 7
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Sharon Farmer/Wikimedia Commons
Bill Clinton – 9
Height: 6 ft 2 in
Birthplace: Hope, Arkansas, USA
Date Born: 1946
Presidency: 42
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Wikimedia Commons
George H. W. Bush – 8
Height: 6 ft 2 in
Birthplace: Milton, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date Born: 1924
Presidency: 41
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Wikimedia Commons
Franklin D. Roosevelt – 7
Height: 6 ft 2 in
Birthplace: Hyde Park, New York, United States of America
Date Born: 1882
Presidency: 32
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Daniel Huntington/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
Chester A. Arthur – 6
Height: 6 ft 2 in
Birthplace: Fairfield, Vermont, United States of America
Date Born: 1829
Presidency: 21
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Gilbert Stuart/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
George Washington – 5
Height: 6 ft 2 in
Birthplace: Virginia, United States of America
Date Born: 1732
Presidency: 1
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Cornelius Tiebout/Wikimedia Commons
Thomas Jefferson – 4
Height: 6 ft 2.5 in
Birthplace: Shadwell, Virginia, USA
Date Born: 1743
Presidency: 3
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D. Myles Cullen/U.S. Central Command
Donald Trump – 3
Height: 6 ft 3 in
Date Born: 1946
Presidency: 45
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Architect of the Capitol/Flickr
Lyndon Johnson – 2
Height: 6 ft 3.5 in
Birthplace: Stonewall, Texas, USA
Date Born: 1908
Presidency: 36
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Alexander Gardner/Wikimedia Commons
Abraham Lincoln – 1
Height: 6 ft 4 in
Birthplace: Hodgenville, Kentucky, United States of America
Date Born: 1809
Presidency: 16
