Presidential Heights
- Abraham Lincoln was the tallest president at 6 feet 4 inches (193 cm) tall.
- James Madison was the shortest president at 5 feet 4 inches (163 cm) tall.
- The average height of the US presidents is 5 feet 11 inches (180 cm) tall.
| Rank | # | President | Height (in) | Height (cm) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 | Abraham Lincoln | 6 ft 4 in | 193 cm |
| 2 | 36 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 6 ft 3.5 in | 192 cm |
| 3 | 45 | Donald J. Trump | 6 ft 3 in | 191 cm |
| 4 | 3 | Thomas Jefferson | 6 ft 2.5 in | 189 cm |
| 5 | 1 | George Washington | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm |
| 5 | 21 | Chester A. Arthur | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm |
| 5 | 32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm |
| 5 | 41 | George H. W. Bush | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm |
| 5 | 42 | Bill Clinton | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm |
| 10 | 7 | Andrew Jackson | 6 ft 1 in | 185 cm |
| 10 | 35 | John F. Kennedy | 6 ft 1 in | 185 cm |
| 10 | 40 | Ronald Reagan | 6 ft 1 in | 185 cm |
| 10 | 44 | Barack Obama | 6 ft 1 in | 185 cm |
| 14 | 5 | James Monroe | 6 ft 0 in | 183 cm |
| 14 | 10 | John Tyler | 6 ft 0 in | 183 cm |
| 14 | 15 | James Buchanan | 6 ft 0 in | 183 cm |
| 14 | 20 | James A. Garfield | 6 ft 0 in | 183 cm |
| 14 | 29 | Warren G. Harding | 6 ft 0 in | 183 cm |
| 14 | 38 | Gerald R. Ford | 6 ft 0 in | 183 cm |
| 20 | 27 | William H. Taft | 5 ft 11.5 in | 182 cm |
| 20 | 31 | Herbert Hoover | 5 ft 11.5 in | 182 cm |
| 20 | 37 | Richard M. Nixon | 5 ft 11.5 in | 182 cm |
| 20 | 43 | George W. Bush | 5 ft 11.5 in | 182 cm |
| 20 | 46 | Joe Biden | 5 ft 11.5 in | 182 cm |
| 25 | 22 & 24 | Grover Cleveland | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm |
| 25 | 28 | Woodrow Wilson | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm |
| 27 | 34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 5 ft 10.5 in | 179 cm |
| 28 | 14 | Franklin Pierce | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm |
| 28 | 17 | Andrew Johnson | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm |
| 28 | 26 | Theodore Roosevelt | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm |
| 28 | 30 | Calvin Coolidge | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm |
| 32 | 39 | Jimmy Carter | 5 ft 9.5 in | 177 cm |
| 33 | 13 | Millard Fillmore | 5 ft 9 in | 175 cm |
| 33 | 33 | Harry S. Truman | 5 ft 9 in | 175 cm |
| 35 | 19 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 5 ft 8.5 in | 174 cm |
| 36 | 9 | William Henry Harrison | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm |
| 36 | 11 | James K. Polk | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm |
| 36 | 12 | Zachary Taylor | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm |
| 36 | 18 | Ulysses S. Grant | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm |
| 40 | 6 | John Quincy Adams | 5 ft 7.5 in | 171 cm |
| 41 | 2 | John Adams | 5 ft 7 in | 170 cm |
| 41 | 25 | William McKinley | 5 ft 7 in | 170 cm |
| 43 | 8 | Martin Van Buren | 5 ft 6 in | 168 cm |
| 43 | 23 | Benjamin Harrison | 5 ft 6 in | 168 cm |
| 45 | 4 | James Madison | 5 ft 4 in | 163 cm |
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