Comparative Table of Heights of United States Presidential Candidates
Election | Winner |
Height | Main opponent(s) |
Height | Difference | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Barack Obama | 6 ft 1 in | 185 cm | Mitt Romney | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm | 1 in | 2½ cm |
2008 | Barack Obama | 6 ft 1 in | 185 cm | John McCain | 5 ft 9 in | 175 cm | 4 in | 10 cm |
2004 | George W. Bush | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in | 182 cm | John Kerry | 6 ft 4 in | 193 cm | 4½ in | 11 cm |
2000 | George W. Bush | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in | 182 cm | Al Gore* | 6 ft 1 in | 185 cm | 1½ in | 3 cm |
1996 | Bill Clinton | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm | Bob Dole | 6 ft 1 1⁄2 in | 187 cm | ½ in | 1 cm |
1992 | Bill Clinton | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm | George H.W. Bush | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm | 0 in | 0 cm |
1988 | George H.W. Bush | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm | Michael Dukakis | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm | 6 in | 15 cm |
1984 | Ronald Reagan | 6 ft 1 in | 185 cm | Walter Mondale | 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 | 3½ in | 8 cm |
1976 | Jimmy Carter | 5 ft 9 1⁄2 in | 177 cm | Gerald Ford | 6 ft 0 in | 183 cm | 2½ in | 6 cm |
1972 | Richard Nixon | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in | 182 cm | George McGovern | 6 ft 1 in | 185 cm | 1½ in | 3 cm |
1968 | Richard Nixon | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in | 182 cm | Hubert Humphrey | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm | ½ in | 2 cm |
1964 | Lyndon B. Johnson | 6 ft 4 in | 193 cm | Barry Goldwater | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm | 5 in | 13 cm |
1960 | John F. Kennedy | 6 ft 0 in | 183 cm | Richard Nixon | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in | 182 cm | ½ in | 1 cm |
1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 5 ft 10 1⁄2 in | 179 cm | Adlai Stevenson II | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm | ½ in | 1 cm |
1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 5 ft 10 1⁄2 in | 179 cm | Adlai Stevenson II | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm | ½ in | 1 cm |
1948 | Harry S. Truman | 5 ft 9 in | 175 cm | Thomas Dewey | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm | 1 in | 2 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 | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm | 0 in | 0 cm |
1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm | Alfred Landon | 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 | 2½ in | 6 cm |
1928 | Herbert Hoover | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in | 182 cm | Al Smith | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm | ½ in | 2 cm |
1924 | Calvin Coolidge | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm | John W. Davis | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm | 1 in | 2 cm |
1920 | Warren G. Harding | 6 ft 0 in | 183 cm | James M. Cox | 5 ft 6 in | 168 cm | 6 in | 15 cm |
1916 | Woodrow Wilson | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm | Charles Evans Hughes | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm | 1 in | 2 cm |
1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm | William Howard Taft | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in | 182 cm | ½ in | 2 cm |
Theodore Roosevelt | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm | 1 in | 2 cm | ||||
1908 | William Howard Taft | 5 ft 11 1⁄2 in | 182 cm | William Jennings Bryan | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm | ½ in | 2 cm |
1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm | Alton B. Parker | 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 | 12 cm |
1888 | Benjamin Harrison | 5 ft 6 in | 168 cm | Grover Cleveland* | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm | 5 in | 12 cm |
1884 | Grover Cleveland | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm | James G. Blaine | 5 ft 11 in | 180 cm | 0 in | 0 cm |
1880 | James A. Garfield | 6 ft 0 in | 183 cm | Winfield Hancock | 6 ft 1 1⁄2 in | 187 cm | 1½ in | 4 cm |
1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 5 ft 8 1⁄2 in | 174 cm | Samuel Tilden* | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm | 1½ in | 4 cm |
1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm | Horace Greeley | 5 ft 10 in | 178 cm | 2 in | 5 cm |
1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm | Horatio Seymour | ||||
1864 | Abraham Lincoln | 6 ft 4 in | 193 cm | George B. McClellan | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm | 8 in | 20 cm |
1860 | Abraham Lincoln | 6 ft 4 in | 193 cm | John C. Breckinridge Stephen A. Douglas |
6 ft 2 in 5 ft 4 in |
188 cm 163 cm |
2 in 12 in |
5 cm 30 cm |
1856 | James Buchanan | 72 in6 ft 0 in | 183 cm | Millard Fillmore John C. Frémont |
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 | 6 ft 5 in | 196 cm | 7 in | 18 cm |
1848 | Zachary Taylor | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm | Lewis Cass | 5 ft 8 1⁄2 in | 174 cm | ½ in | 1 cm |
1844 | James K. Polk | 5 ft 8 in | 173 cm | Henry Clay | 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 | 66 in5 ft 6 in | 168 cm | Hugh Lawson White William Henry Harrison |
5 ft 11 in 68 in5 ft 8 in |
180 cm 173 cm |
5 in 2 in |
12 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 | 5½ in | 14 cm |
1824 | John Quincy Adams | 5 ft 7 1⁄2 in | 171 cm | William H. Crawford Andrew Jackson* Henry Clay |
6 ft 3 in 73 in6 ft 1 in 73 in6 ft 1 in |
191 cm 185 cm 185 cm |
7½ in 5½ in 5½ in |
20 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 | De Witt Clinton | 6 ft 3 in | 191 cm | 11 in | 28 cm |
1808 | James Madison | 5 ft 4 in | 163 cm | Charles C. Pinckney | ||||
1804 | Thomas Jefferson | 74.5 in6 ft 2½ in | 189 cm | Charles C. Pinckney | ||||
1800 | Thomas Jefferson | 6 ft 2 1⁄2 in | 189 cm | John Adams | 5 ft 7 in | 170 cm | 7½ in | 19 cm |
1796 | John Adams | 5 ft 7 in | 170 cm | Thomas Jefferson | 6 ft 2 1⁄2 in | 189 cm | 7½ in | 19 cm |
1792 | George Washington† | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm | |||||
1789 | George Washington† | 6 ft 2 in | 188 cm |
Note:
* Lost the Electoral Vote, but received more popular votes.
† Ran unopposed
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