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Presidents have grown taller over time, as shown using linear trend estimation.

A record of the heights of the presidents and presidential candidates of the United States is useful for evaluating what role, if any, height plays in presidential elections in the United States. Some observers have noted that the taller of the two major-party candidates tends to prevail, and argue this is due to the public's preference for taller candidates.[1]

The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters).

Joe Biden, the current president, is 6 feet (183 centimeters) according to a physical examination summary from February 2024.[2] Kamala Harris, the current vice president, is 5 feet 4+1⁄2 inches (164 centimeters).[3]

U.S. presidents by height order

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Abraham Lincoln, the tallest president, was 6 ft 4 in (193 cm).
James Madison, the shortest president, was 5 ft 4 in (163 cm).
Rank № President Height
(imperial)		 Height
(metric)		 Ref.
1 16 Abraham Lincoln 6 ft 4 in 193 cm [4]
2 36 Lyndon B. Johnson 6 ft 3+1⁄2 in 192 cm [5][6][7][a]
3 45 Donald Trump 6 ft 3 in 190 cm [9][10][11][b]
4 3 Thomas Jefferson 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in 189 cm [15][16]
42 Bill Clinton 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in 189 cm [17]
6 21 Chester A. Arthur 6 ft 2 in 188 cm [15]
32 Franklin D. Roosevelt 6 ft 2 in 188 cm [15][c]
41 George H. W. Bush 6 ft 2 in 188 cm [15][19]
9 1 George Washington 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in 187 cm [20][d]
44 Barack Obama 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in 187 cm [22]
11 7 Andrew Jackson 6 ft 1 in 185 cm [15][23]
35 John F. Kennedy 6 ft 1 in 185 cm [24][e]
40 Ronald Reagan 6 ft 1 in 185 cm [15]
14 5 James Monroe 6 ft 0 in 183 cm [15][26]
10 John Tyler 6 ft 0 in 183 cm [15]
15 James Buchanan 6 ft 0 in 183 cm [15]
20 James A. Garfield 6 ft 0 in 183 cm [15]
29 Warren G. Harding 6 ft 0 in 183 cm [15]
38 Gerald Ford 6 ft 0 in 183 cm [15][27]
46 Joe Biden 6 ft 0 in 183 cm [28][2][f]
21 27 William Howard Taft 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm [30]
31 Herbert Hoover 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm [31]
37 Richard Nixon 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm [15][27][g]
43 George W. Bush 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm [33][34][35][36]
25 22, 24 Grover Cleveland 5 ft 11 in 180 cm [15]
28 Woodrow Wilson 5 ft 11 in 180 cm [15][37]
27 34 Dwight D. Eisenhower 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in 179 cm [15]
28 14 Franklin Pierce 5 ft 10 in 178 cm [15]
17 Andrew Johnson 5 ft 10 in 178 cm [15]
26 Theodore Roosevelt 5 ft 10 in 178 cm [15][26]
30 Calvin Coolidge 5 ft 10 in 178 cm [15]
32 39 Jimmy Carter 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in 177 cm [15][27]
33 13 Millard Fillmore 5 ft 9 in 175 cm [15]
33 Harry S. Truman 5 ft 9 in 175 cm [15]
35 19 Rutherford B. Hayes 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in 174 cm [15][38]
36 9 William Henry Harrison 5 ft 8 in 173 cm [15]
11 James K. Polk 5 ft 8 in 173 cm [15][39]
12 Zachary Taylor 5 ft 8 in 173 cm [15][26]
18 Ulysses S. Grant 5 ft 8 in 173 cm [40]
40 6 John Quincy Adams 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in 171 cm [41]
41 2 John Adams 5 ft 7 in 170 cm [15][42]
25 William McKinley 5 ft 7 in 170 cm [15]
43 8 Martin Van Buren 5 ft 6 in 168 cm [43]
23 Benjamin Harrison 5 ft 6 in 168 cm [44]
45 4 James Madison 5 ft 4 in 163 cm [15][45]

Electoral success as a function of height

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Graph of winner vs. loser heights in presidential elections, 1789–2004

Folk wisdom about U.S. presidential politics holds that the taller of the two major-party candidates always wins or almost always wins since the advent of the televised presidential debate.[17] The topic is also popular among essayists and popular science writers.[46]

A number of studies have been published, but many have methodological issues,[46] including varied and unjustified date ranges from which elections are sampled in order to calculate percentages of elections in which taller candidates have won.[46] One 2001 study approached the issue by measuring the support of candidates in terms of popular votes, giving evidence for an advantage for taller candidates.[46] Other studies have also compared presidential height to the average height of the population.[46]

According to a 2013 study, significantly taller candidates were more likely to win the popular vote, while they were not more likely to win U.S. presidential elections: the number of taller candidates who won elections did not differ in a statistically significant manner from chance.[46] It also found that the winning probability of the taller candidate increases to the present day, affecting studies which only analyze elections from the recent past.[46]

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  • In Ray Bradbury's 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451, when Mildred and her friends discuss the success of one presidential candidate over the other in a recent election, they talk only about the attractiveness of the winning candidate over the loser. One of their points is "You just don't go running a little short man like that against a tall man."[47]
  • A 1988 article in the Los Angeles Times fashion section about a haberdasher devoted to clothing shorter men included a variation of the tale: "Stern says he just learned that Dukakis is 5 feet, 8 inches. 'Did you know,' he adds, noticeably disappointed, 'that since 1900 the taller of the two candidates always wins?'"[48]
  • A 1997 book called How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You discusses the issue in a section about the importance of height: "What about height? One assumes the taller the better, because our culture venerates height. In fact, practically every president elected in the United States since 1900 was the taller of the two candidates."[49]
  • A chapter titled "Epistemology at the Core of Postmodernism" in the 2002 book Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmodernisms makes this observation: "I remember the subversive effect the observation had on me that in every U.S. presidential race, the taller of the two candidates had been elected. It opened up space for a counterdiscourse to the presumed rationality of the electoral process."[50]
  • A 1975 book called First Impressions: The Psychology of Encountering Others notes: "Elevator Shoes, Anyone? One factor which has a far-reaching influence on how people are perceived, at least in American society, is height. From 1900 to 1968 the man elected U.S. president was always the taller of the two candidates. (Richard Nixon was slightly shorter than George McGovern.)"[51]
  • A 1978 book titled The Psychology of Person Identification states: "They also say that every President of the USA elected since the turn of the [20th] century has been the taller of the two candidates (Jimmy Carter being an exception)."[52]
  • A 1999 book, Survival of the Prettiest by Nancy Etcoff, repeated a version of the legend in a section on the power of heights: "... Since 1776 only [two Presidents,] James Madison and Benjamin Harrison[,] have been below-average height. The easiest way to predict the winner in a United States election is to bet on the taller man: in this century you would have had an unbroken string of hits until 1972 when Richard Nixon beat George McGovern."[53]

Comparative table of heights of United States presidential candidates

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Secretary Kerry compares his height to that of a statue of George Washington while touring National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
 Taller candidate was elected   Shorter candidate was elected 
 Winner and opponent were of the same height   Comparison data unavailable 
Election Winner
in Electoral College		 Height Main opponent(s)
during election		 Height Difference
2024 Donald Trump 6 ft 3 in 190 cm Kamala Harris[3] 5 ft 4+1⁄2 in 164 cm 10+1⁄2 in 27 cm
2020 Joe Biden 6 ft 0 in 183 cm Donald Trump 6 ft 3 in 190 cm 3 in 8 cm
2016 Donald Trump 6 ft 3 in 190 cm Hillary Clinton[54] 5 ft 5 in 165 cm 10 in 25 cm
2012 Barack Obama 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in 187 cm Mitt Romney[55] 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in 187 cm 0 in 0 cm
2008 Barack Obama 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in 187 cm John McCain[56] 5 ft 9 in 175 cm 4+1⁄2 in 11 cm
2004 George W. Bush 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm John Kerry[57] 6 ft 4 in 193 cm 4+1⁄2 in 11 cm
2000 George W. Bush 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm Al Gore[17][19] 6 ft 1 in 185 cm 1+1⁄2 in 4 cm
1996 Bill Clinton 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in 189 cm Bob Dole[17] 6 ft 2 in 188 cm 1⁄2 in 1 cm
1992 Bill Clinton 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in 189 cm George H. W. Bush 6 ft 2 in 188 cm 1⁄2 in 1 cm
1988 George H. W. Bush 6 ft 2 in 188 cm Michael Dukakis[19] 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in 174 cm 5+1⁄2 in 14 cm
1984 Ronald Reagan 6 ft 1 in 185 cm Walter Mondale[19] 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 2 in 5 cm
1980 Ronald Reagan 6 ft 1 in 185 cm Jimmy Carter 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in 177 cm 3+1⁄2 in 9 cm
1976 Jimmy Carter 5 ft 9+1⁄2 in 177 cm Gerald Ford 6 ft 0 in 183 cm 2+1⁄2 in 6 cm
1972 Richard Nixon 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm George McGovern[27][58] 6 ft 1 in 185 cm 1+1⁄2 in 4 cm
1968 Richard Nixon 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm Hubert Humphrey[58] 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 1⁄2 in 1 cm
1964 Lyndon B. Johnson 6 ft 3+1⁄2 in 192 cm Barry Goldwater[58] 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 4+1⁄2 in 11 cm
1960 John F. Kennedy 6 ft 1 in 185 cm Richard Nixon 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm 1+1⁄2 in 4 cm
1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in 179 cm Adlai Stevenson II[58] 5 ft 10 in 178 cm 1⁄2 in 1 cm
1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in 179 cm Adlai Stevenson II 5 ft 10 in 178 cm 1⁄2 in 1 cm
1948 Harry S. Truman 5 ft 9 in 175 cm Thomas Dewey[59][58] 5 ft 8 in 173 cm 1 in 3 cm
1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt 6 ft 2 in 188 cm Thomas Dewey 5 ft 8 in 173 cm 6 in 15 cm
1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt 6 ft 2 in 188 cm Wendell Willkie[58] 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in 189 cm 1⁄2 in 1 cm
1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt 6 ft 2 in 188 cm Alfred Landon[58] 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 3 in 8 cm
1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt 6 ft 2 in 188 cm Herbert Hoover 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm 2+1⁄2 in 6 cm
1928 Herbert Hoover 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm Al Smith[58] 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 1⁄2 in 1 cm
1924 Calvin Coolidge 5 ft 10 in 178 cm John W. Davis[58] 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 1 in 3 cm
1920 Warren G. Harding 6 ft 0 in 183 cm James M. Cox[60] 5 ft 6 in 168 cm 6 in 15 cm
1916 Woodrow Wilson 5 ft 11 in 180 cm Charles Evans Hughes[58] 5 ft 10 in 178 cm 1 in 3 cm
1912 Woodrow Wilson 5 ft 11 in 180 cm William Howard Taft
Theodore Roosevelt		 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in
5 ft 10 in		 182 cm
178 cm		 1⁄2 in
1 in		 1 cm
3 cm
1908 William Howard Taft 5 ft 11+1⁄2 in 182 cm William Jennings Bryan[61][62][63][64] 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 1⁄2 in 1 cm
1904 Theodore Roosevelt 5 ft 10 in 178 cm Alton B. Parker[58] 5 ft 9 in 175 cm 1 in 3 cm
1900 William McKinley 5 ft 7 in 170 cm William Jennings Bryan 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 4 in 10 cm
1896 William McKinley 5 ft 7 in 170 cm William Jennings Bryan 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 4 in 10 cm
1892 Grover Cleveland 5 ft 11 in 180 cm Benjamin Harrison 5 ft 6 in 168 cm 5 in 13 cm
1888 Benjamin Harrison 5 ft 6 in 168 cm Grover Cleveland 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 5 in 13 cm
1884 Grover Cleveland 5 ft 11 in 180 cm James G. Blaine[65] 5 ft 11 in 180 cm 0 in 0 cm
1880 James A. Garfield 6 ft 0 in 183 cm Winfield Hancock[66] 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in 187 cm 1+1⁄2 in 4 cm
1876 Rutherford B. Hayes 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in 174 cm Samuel Tilden[67] 5 ft 10 in 178 cm 1+1⁄2 in 4 cm
1872 Ulysses S. Grant 5 ft 8 in 173 cm Horace Greeley[68] 5 ft 10 in 178 cm 2 in 5 cm
1868 Ulysses S. Grant 5 ft 8 in 173 cm Horatio Seymour[h]      
1864 Abraham Lincoln 6 ft 4 in 193 cm George B. McClellan[70] 5 ft 8 in 173 cm 8 in 20 cm
1860 Abraham Lincoln 6 ft 4 in 193 cm Stephen A. Douglas[71]
John C. Breckinridge[72]		 5 ft 4 in
6 ft 2 in		 163 cm
188 cm		 12 in
2 in		 30 cm
5 cm
1856 James Buchanan 6 ft 0 in 183 cm Millard Fillmore
John C. Frémont[73]		 69 in5 ft 9 in
5 ft 9 in		 175 cm
175 cm		 3 in
3 in		 8 cm
8 cm
1852 Franklin Pierce 5 ft 10 in 178 cm Winfield Scott[74] 6 ft 5 in 196 cm 7 in 18 cm
1848 Zachary Taylor 5 ft 8 in 173 cm Lewis Cass[75] 5 ft 8+1⁄2 in 174 cm 1⁄2 in 1 cm
1844 James K. Polk 5 ft 8 in 173 cm Henry Clay[76] 6 ft 1 in 185 cm 5 in 13 cm
1840 William Henry Harrison 5 ft 8 in 173 cm Martin Van Buren 5 ft 6 in 168 cm 2 in 5 cm
1836 Martin Van Buren 5 ft 6 in 168 cm Hugh Lawson White[77]
William Henry Harrison		 5 ft 11 in
68 in5 ft 8 in		 180 cm
173 cm		 5 in
2 in		 13 cm
5 cm
1832 Andrew Jackson 6 ft 1 in 185 cm Henry Clay 6 ft 1 in 185 cm 0 in 0 cm
1828 Andrew Jackson 6 ft 1 in 185 cm John Quincy Adams 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in 171 cm 5+1⁄2 in 14 cm
1824 John Quincy Adams 5 ft 7+1⁄2 in 171 cm William H. Crawford[78][79]
Andrew Jackson**
Henry Clay		 6 ft 3 in
73 in6 ft 1 in
73 in6 ft 1 in		 190 cm
185 cm
185 cm		 7+1⁄2 in
5+1⁄2 in
5+1⁄2 in		 19 cm
14 cm
14 cm
1820 James Monroe† 6 ft 0 in 183 cm          
1816 James Monroe 6 ft 0 in 183 cm Rufus King        
1812 James Madison 5 ft 4 in 163 cm DeWitt Clinton[80] 6 ft 3 in 190 cm 11 in 28 cm
1808 James Madison 5 ft 4 in 163 cm Charles C. Pinckney 5 ft 9 in 175 cm 5 in 13 cm
1804 Thomas Jefferson 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in 189 cm Charles C. Pinckney 5 ft 9 in 175 cm 5+1⁄2 in 14 cm
1800 Thomas Jefferson 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in 189 cm John Adams 5 ft 7 in 170 cm 7+1⁄2 in 19 cm
1796 John Adams 5 ft 7 in 170 cm Thomas Jefferson 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in 189 cm 7+1⁄2 in 19 cm
1792 George Washington† 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in 187 cm          
1788–89 George Washington† 6 ft 1+1⁄2 in 187 cm          

Notes:

** Lost the House of Representatives vote, but received the most popular votes and a plurality of electoral votes; however, not the majority needed to win.

† Ran unopposed

Extremes

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President Lincoln at Antietam in October 1862 with eventual 1864 opponent Gen. George B. McClellan (second from left)

The tallest president elected to office was Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 3+3⁄4 in or 192.4 cm). Portrait artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter supplies the information for Lincoln:

Mr. Lincoln's height was six feet three and three-quarter inches "in his stocking-feet." He stood up one day, at the right of my large canvas, while I marked his exact height upon it.[4]

A disputed theory holds that Lincoln's height is the result of the genetic condition multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2b (MEN2B); see medical and mental health of Abraham Lincoln.[81]

Only slightly shorter than Lincoln was Lyndon B. Johnson (6 ft 3+1⁄2 in or 192 cm), the tallest president who originally entered office without being elected directly.

The shortest president elected to office was James Madison (5 ft 4 in or 163 cm); the shortest president to originally enter the office by means other than election is tied between Millard Fillmore and Harry S. Truman (both were 5 ft 9 in or 175 cm).

The tallest unsuccessful presidential candidate (who is also the tallest of all presidential candidates) is Winfield Scott, who stood at 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) and lost the 1852 election to Franklin Pierce, who stood at 5 ft 10 in (178 cm). The second-tallest unsuccessful candidate is John Kerry, at 6 ft 4 in (193 cm). The shortest unsuccessful presidential candidate is Stephen A. Douglas, at 5 ft 4 in (163 cm). The next shortest is Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 election and is 5 ft 5 in (165 cm).

The largest height difference between two presidential candidates (out of the candidates whose heights are known) was in the 1860 election, when Abraham Lincoln stood 12 inches (30 cm) taller than opponent Stephen A. Douglas. The second-largest difference was in the 1812 election, with DeWitt Clinton standing 11 inches (28 cm) taller than incumbent James Madison. The 2024 election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris has the third-largest difference at 10+1⁄2 inches (27 cm).

Notes

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  1. ^ Lyndon B. Johnson measured 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in (189 cm) according to a report of physical examination from October 1941.[8]
  2. ^ Other public records, including Trump's 2012 driver's license, give his height as 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).[12][13][14]
  3. ^ Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1918 passport gives his height as 6 ft 1⁄2 in (184 cm).[18]
  4. ^ Washington once mentioned his height as being 6 ft 0 in (183 cm).[21]
  5. ^ Kennedy measured 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) according to a report of physical examination from October 1941.[25]
  6. ^ In 1984, The New York Times referred to Biden as 6 ft 1 in (185 cm).[29]
  7. ^ Nixon measured 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (179 cm) according to a report of physical examination from October 1943.[32]
  8. ^ One account describes Seymour as "above medium height".[69]

References

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Citations

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  2. ^ a b O'Connor, Kevin C. (February 28, 2024). "President Biden's current health summary" (PDF). whitehouse.gov. Retrieved February 29, 2024. height: 72 inches, weight: 178 lbs, BMI: 24.1
  3. ^ a b "How tall is Kamala Harris". The Times of India. July 22, 2024. Retrieved 2024-07-23. I am 5′ 4″ and a quarter—sometimes 5′ 4″ and a half.
  4. ^ a b Carpenter, Francis B. (1866). Six Months in the White House: The Story of a Picture. Hurd and Houghton. p. 217.
  5. ^ Dallek, Robert (1998). Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961–1973. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0195054651.
  6. ^ Caro, Robert (1982). The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power. New York: Knopf. p. 146. ISBN 978-0394499734.
  7. ^ Dallek, Robert (2003). An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy. Little, Brown, and Co. p. 354. ISBN 9780316172387.
  8. ^ Paul, Rob (2018). "How tall was President Lyndon B. Johnson?". celebheights.com. CelebHeights. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
  9. ^ Bornstein, Harold N. (September 13, 2016). "Donald J. Trump's Medical Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2021. height: 6'3", weight: 236 pounds
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