Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the United States

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Presidents have trended to be 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.<ref>As some examples, USA TODAY listed height among six criteria for predicting who would win the 2004 election; a Washington Post blog Template:Webarchive noted the significance of height in physical appearance and its effect on voters. See the discussion of this phenomenon later in the article for further examples.</ref>

The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at Template:Convert, while the shortest was James Madison at Template:Convert.

Donald Trump, the current president, is Template:Convert tall, according to the White House physician (as of April 2025).<ref name="2025exam"/>Template:Independent source inline JD Vance, the current vice president, is reportedly Template:Convert tall.<ref name="vance">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Trump's height is disputed and is generally considered shorter than official reports suggest.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="trump_politico"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="trump_telegraph"/>

U.S. presidents by height order

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Abraham Lincoln, the tallest president, was Template:Convert.

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James Madison, the shortest president, was Template:Convert.

Rank	№	President	Height (imperial)	Height (metric)	Template:Refh
1	16	Abraham Lincoln	Template:Convert	<ref name="Carpenter">Template:Cite book</ref>
2	36	Lyndon B. Johnson	Template:Convert	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":2">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name=":1">Template:Cite book</ref>Template:Efn
3	3	Thomas Jefferson	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="jefferson">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	42	Bill Clinton	Template:Convert	<ref name="shrinkingfield">Template:Cite news</ref>
5	21	Chester A. Arthur	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
	32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />Template:Efn
	41	George H. W. Bush	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="page">Template:Cite news</ref>
	45, 47	Donald Trump	Template:Convert	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="trump_politico">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="trump_telegraph">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn
9	1	George Washington	Template:Convert	<ref>Various sources have put Washington's height between 6 ft and 6 ft 3.5 in. See: Chernow, Ron, Washington: A Life, 2010, The Penguin Press HC Template:ISBN; Wilson, Woodrow, George Washington, 2004, Cosimo, Inc., p. 111; Alden, John Richard, George Washington: A Biography, 1984, Louisiana State University Press, p. 11; Lodge, Henry Cabot, George Washington, Vol. I, 2007, The Echo Library, p. 30; Haworth, Paul Leland, George Washington, Kessinger Publishing, 2004, p. 119; Thayer, William Roscoe, George Washington, 1931, Plain Label Books, p. 65; Ford, Paul Leicester, The True George Washington, Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896, p. 18−19</ref>Template:Efn
	44	Barack Obama	Template:Convert	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
11	7	Andrew Jackson	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="andrewjackson">Remini, Robert V., Andrew Jackson, HarperCollins, 1969, p. 15. Template:ISBN</ref>
	35	John F. Kennedy	Template:Convert	<ref name="steve">Template:Cite newsTemplate:Dead link</ref>Template:Efn
	40	Ronald Reagan	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
14	5	James Monroe	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="reallifewhitehouse">Whitcomb, John and Claire Whitcomb, Real Life at the White House, Routledge (UK), 2002. Template:ISBN</ref>
	10	John Tyler	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
	15	James Buchanan	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
	20	James A. Garfield	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
	29	Warren G. Harding	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
	38	Gerald Ford	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="Tossey">Template:Cite news</ref>
	46	Joe Biden	Template:Convert	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="biden2024">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Efn
21	27	William Howard Taft	Template:Convert	<ref>Sotos, John G. (2003). Taft and Pickwick: Sleep Apnea in the White House. Chest. 2003;124:1133-1142. Online copy</ref>
	31	Herbert Hoover	Template:Convert	<ref name="hoover">Template:Cite book</ref>
	37	Richard Nixon	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="Tossey" />Template:Efn
	43	George W. Bush	Template:Convert	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="bushphysical">Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="findlaw">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
25	Template:Hs22, 24	Grover Cleveland	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
	28	Woodrow Wilson	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="woodrow">Levin, Phyllis Lee, Edith & Woodrow: the Wilson White House, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. Template:ISBN Google PrintTemplate:Dead link</ref>
27	34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
28	14	Franklin Pierce	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
	17	Andrew Johnson	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
	26	Theodore Roosevelt	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="reallifewhitehouse" />
	30	Calvin Coolidge	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
32	39	Jimmy Carter	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="Tossey" />
33	13	Millard Fillmore	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
	33	Harry S. Truman	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
35	19	Rutherford B. Hayes	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
36	9	William Henry Harrison	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
	11	James K. Polk	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref>Behrman, Carol H., James K. Polk, Twenty-First Century Books, 2004. Template:ISBN</ref>
	12	Zachary Taylor	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="reallifewhitehouse" />
	18	Ulysses S. Grant	Template:Convert	<ref name="usgrant">King, Charles, The True Ulysses Grant, Philadelphia & London, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1914. Google PrintTemplate:Dead link</ref>
40	6	John Quincy Adams	Template:Convert	<ref name="jqa">Levy, Debbie, John Quincy Adams, Twenty-First Century Books, 2004, p. 28. Template:ISBN</ref>
41	2	John Adams	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="adams">Ferling, John E., John Adams: A Life, Owl Books, 1996, Template:ISBN, p. 169. Google PrintTemplate:Dead link</ref>
	25	William McKinley	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" />
43	8	Martin Van Buren	Template:Convert	<ref name="martinvanb">Widmer, Ted and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Edward L. Widmer, Martin Van Buren, Times Books, 2005, p. 2. Template:ISBN</ref>
	23	Benjamin Harrison	Template:Convert	<ref name="littleben">Loderhouse, Gary and Nelson Price, William Addison Hunter, Legendary Hoosiers: Famous Folks from the State of Indiana, Emmis Books, 1999. Template:ISBN Google PrintTemplate:Dead link</ref>
45	4	James Madison	Template:Convert	<ref name="kane" /><ref name="askmeanything">Phillips, Louis, Ask Me Anything About the Presidents, HarperCollins, 1992. Template:ISBN</ref>

Electoral success as a function of height

File:Election heights 1798-2004.png 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.<ref name="shrinkingfield"/> The topic is also popular among essayists and popular science writers.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref>

A number of studies have been published, but many have methodological issues,<ref name=":0" /> including varied and unjustified date ranges from which elections are sampled in order to calculate percentages of elections in which taller candidates have won.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" /> Other studies have also compared presidential height to the average height of the population.<ref name=":0" />

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.<ref name=":0" /> 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.<ref name=":0" />

Mentions in popular culture

• 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."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
• 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.)"<ref name="1stimpress">Kleinke, Chris L., First Impressions: The Psychology of Encountering Others, Prentice-Hall, 1975, p. 13. Template:ISBN Google Print</ref>
• 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)."<ref name="personid">Clifford, Brian R. and Ray Bull, The Psychology of Person Identification, Routledge & K. Paul, 1978, p. 115. Template:ISBN. Print</ref>
• 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?'"<ref>Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1988, p. 7</ref>
• 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."<ref name="love">Lowndes, Leil, How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1997, pp.174-175. Template:ISBN Google Print</ref>
• 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."<ref>Etcoff, Nancy, Survival of the Prettiest, New York, Anchor Books, 1999. Template:ISBN</ref>
• 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."<ref name="foucault">Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns, edited by D.A. Carson, Zondervan, 2002, p. 83. Template:ISBN Google Print</ref>

Comparative table of heights of United States presidential candidates

File:Secretary Kerry Compares His Height to That of George Washington While Touring National Constitution Center in Philadelphia (21104044311).jpg

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	Template:Convert	Kamala Harris<ref name="harris">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Template:Convert || Template:Convert
2020	Joe Biden	Template:Convert	Donald Trump	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
2016	Donald Trump	Template:Convert	Hillary Clinton<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
2012	Barack Obama	Template:Convert	Mitt Romney<ref name="romney">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| Template:Convert || Template:Convert
2008	Barack Obama	Template:Convert	John McCain<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
2004	George W. Bush	Template:Convert	John Kerry<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Template:Convert || Template:Convert
2000	George W. Bush	Template:Convert	Al Gore<ref name="shrinkingfield"/><ref name="page"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1996	Bill Clinton	Template:Convert	Bob Dole<ref name="shrinkingfield"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1992	Bill Clinton	Template:Convert	George H. W. Bush Ross Perot<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> ||align="right"|6 ft 2 in 5 ft 5 in || align="right"|188 cm 165 cm ||align="right" data-sort-value=".5"| Template:1/2 in 9 Template:1/2 in || align="right"|1 cm 24 cm
1988	George H. W. Bush	Template:Convert	Michael Dukakis<ref name="page"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1984	Ronald Reagan	Template:Convert	Walter Mondale<ref name="page"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1980	Ronald Reagan	Template:Convert	Jimmy Carter	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1976	Jimmy Carter	Template:Convert	Gerald Ford	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1972	Richard Nixon	Template:Convert	George McGovern<ref name=Tossey/><ref name="gillis">Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1968	Richard Nixon	Template:Convert	Hubert Humphrey<ref name="gillis"/> George Wallace<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>	5 ft 11 in 5 ft 7 in	180 cm 170 cm	Template:1/2 in 4 Template:1/2 in	1 cm 12 cm
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson	Template:Convert	Barry Goldwater<ref name="gillis"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1960	John F. Kennedy	Template:Convert	Richard Nixon	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Template:Convert	Adlai Stevenson II<ref name="gillis"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Template:Convert	Adlai Stevenson II	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1948	Harry S. Truman	Template:Convert	Thomas Dewey<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="gillis"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Template:Convert	Thomas Dewey	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Template:Convert	Wendell Willkie<ref name="gillis"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Template:Convert	Alfred Landon<ref name="gillis"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Template:Convert	Herbert Hoover	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1928	Herbert Hoover	Template:Convert	Al Smith<ref name="gillis"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1924	Calvin Coolidge	Template:Convert	John W. Davis<ref name="gillis"/> Robert M. La Follette<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	5 ft 10 Template:Frac in 5 ft 5 in	180 cm 165 cm	Template:1/2 in 5 in	1 cm 13 cm
1920	Warren G. Harding	Template:Convert	James M. Cox<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1916	Woodrow Wilson	Template:Convert	Charles Evans Hughes<ref name="gillis"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1912	Woodrow Wilson	Template:Convert	William Howard Taft Theodore Roosevelt	5 ft 11 Template:Frac in 5 ft 10 in	182 cm 178 cm	Template:1/2 in 1 in	1 cm 3 cm
1908	William Howard Taft	Template:Convert	William Jennings Bryan<ref>Gillis, Too Tall, Too Small, p. 20. Lists his height as Template:Convert.</ref><ref name="bryan biography">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }} Lists his height as Template:Convert.</ref><ref>Template:Cite book Lists his height as Template:Convert during his second year in college.</ref><ref>Template:Cite book Lists his height as Template:Convert.</ref> || Template:Convert || Template:Convert
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	Template:Convert	Alton B. Parker<ref name="gillis"/>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1900	William McKinley	Template:Convert	William Jennings Bryan	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1896	William McKinley	Template:Convert	William Jennings Bryan	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1892	Grover Cleveland	Template:Convert	Benjamin Harrison	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1888	Benjamin Harrison	Template:Convert	Grover Cleveland	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1884	Grover Cleveland	Template:Convert	James G. Blaine<ref>Records of his height have been difficult to obtain. In one biography, he was described as "just under six feet in height". While not a definitive record of his height, this description does allow us to presume he was at least comparable in height to Cleveland. See Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1880	James A. Garfield	Template:Convert	Winfield Hancock<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes	Template:Convert	Samuel Tilden<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	Template:Convert	Horace Greeley<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	Template:Convert	Horatio SeymourTemplate:Efn
1864	Abraham Lincoln	Template:Convert	George B. McClellan<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1860	Abraham Lincoln	Template:Convert	Stephen A. Douglas<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> John C. Breckinridge<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	5 ft 4 in 6 ft 2 in	163 cm 188 cm	12 in 2 in	30 cm 5 cm
1856	James Buchanan	Template:Convert	Millard Fillmore John C. Frémont<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	69 in5 ft 9 in 5 ft 9 in	175 cm 175 cm	3 in 3 in	8 cm 8 cm
1852	Franklin Pierce	Template:Convert	Winfield Scott<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1848	Zachary Taylor	Template:Convert	Lewis Cass<ref>According to Cass's biography, he was "about five foot eight or nine inches". See Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1844	James K. Polk	Template:Convert	Henry Clay<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1840	William Henry Harrison	Template:Convert	Martin Van Buren	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1836	Martin Van Buren	Template:Convert	Hugh Lawson White<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> 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	Template:Convert	Henry Clay	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1828	Andrew Jackson	Template:Convert	John Quincy Adams	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1824	John Quincy Adams	Template:Convert	William H. Crawford<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>One biography of Crawford describes his stature as being "considerably over six feet". See Template:Cite book</ref> Andrew Jackson** Henry Clay	6 ft 3 in 73 in6 ft 1 in 73 in6 ft 1 in	191 cm 185 cm 185 cm	Template:Frac in Template:Frac in Template:Frac in	19 cm 14 cm 14 cm
1820	James Monroe†	Template:Convert
1816	James Monroe	Template:Convert	Rufus King
1812	James Madison	Template:Convert	DeWitt Clinton<ref>Cornog, Evan, The Birth of Empire: DeWitt Clinton and the American Experience, 1769-1828, Template:ISBN</ref>	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1808	James Madison	Template:Convert	Charles C. Pinckney	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1804	Thomas Jefferson	Template:Convert	Charles C. Pinckney	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1800	Thomas Jefferson	Template:Convert	John Adams	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1796	John Adams	Template:Convert	Thomas Jefferson	Template:Convert	Template:Convert
1792	George Washington†	Template:Convert
1788–89	George Washington†	Template:Convert

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 (Template:Convert). Portrait artist Francis Bicknell Carpenter supplies the information for Lincoln:

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Only slightly shorter than Lincoln was Lyndon B. Johnson (Template:Convert), the tallest president who originally entered office without being elected directly.

The shortest president elected to office was James Madison (Template:Convert); the shortest president to originally enter the office by means other than election is tied between Millard Fillmore and Harry S. Truman (both were Template:Convert).

The tallest unsuccessful presidential candidate (who is also the tallest of all presidential candidates) is Winfield Scott, who stood at Template:Convert and lost the 1852 election to Franklin Pierce, who stood at Template:Convert. The second-tallest unsuccessful candidate is John Kerry at Template:Convert. The shortest unsuccessful presidential candidates are Stephen A. Douglas and Kamala Harris, both at Template:Convert. The next shortest unsuccessful presidential candidate is Hillary Clinton, who lost the 2016 election, and is Template:Convert.

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 Template:Convert taller than opponent Stephen A. Douglas. The second-largest difference (and the largest difference where the winner was the shorter candidate) was in the 1812 election, with DeWitt Clinton standing Template:Convert taller than incumbent James Madison. The 2024 election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris had the third-largest difference at Template:Convert.

References

Sources

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External links

• Stats: Does the taller man always win?
• The Straight Dope: Does the taller candidate always win the election?
• Presidential Timber Tends To Be Tall