Judge for yourself.
Here are the heights of the 10 tallest and the 10 shortest presidents of the United States. Sure they have Abraham Lincoln, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, but we have … uh … Ulysses Grant.
Shorts
- James Madison – 5’4”
- Martin Van Buren – 5’6”
- Benjamin Harrison – 5’6”
- John Adams – 5’7”
- John Q. Adams – 5’7”
- William McKinley – 5’7”
- William H. Harrison – 5’8”
- James Polk – 5’8”
- Zachary Taylor – 5’8”
- Ulysses Grant – 5’8”
Talls
- Abraham Lincoln – 6’4”
- Lyndon Johnson – 6’3”
- Thomas Jefferson – 6’2 ½”
- George Washington – 6’2”
- Chester Arthur – 6’2”
- Franklin Roosevelt – 6’2”
- Bill Clinton – 6’2”
- George H.W. Bush – 6’2”
- Andrew Jackson – 6’1”
- Ronald Reagan – 6’1”
Interesting chart in the New York Times, showing that in the last 29 elections the taller candidate won 17 times.