Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the United States
Comparative table of heights of United States presidential candidates
Notes: * Lost the electoral vote, but received more popular votes ** 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.

Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the United States

Section Title: Comparative table of heights of United States presidential candidates
Table Section Text: Notes: * Lost the electoral vote, but received more popular votes ** 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.

Election	Winner in Electoral College	Height	Main opponent(s) during election	Height	Difference

2016	Donald Trump	6 ft 3 in	191 cm	Hillary Clinton*	5 ft 5 in	165 cm	10 in	26 cm

2012	Barack Obama	6 ft 1 in	185 cm	Mitt Romney	6 ft 1 1⁄2 in	187 cm	½ in	2 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 3 1⁄2 in	192 cm	Barry Goldwater	5 ft 11 in	180 cm	4½ in	12 cm

1960	John F. Kennedy	6 ft 1 in	185 cm	Richard Nixon	5 ft 11 1⁄2 in	182 cm	1½ in	3 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 1⁄2 in	189 cm	½ in	1 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 Theodore Roosevelt	5 ft 11 ​1⁄2 in 5 ft 10 in	182 cm 178 cm	½ in 1 in	2 cm 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	6 ft 0 in	183 cm	Millard Fillmore John C. Frémont	5 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	12 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 William Henry Harrison	5 ft 11 in 5 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 6 ft 1 in 6 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	DeWitt Clinton	6 ft 3 in	191 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	12 cm

1804	Thomas Jefferson	6 ft 2 1⁄2 in	189 cm	Charles C. Pinckney	5 ft 9 in	175 cm	5½ in	14 cm

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

Sentence(s)

The tallest of all presidential candidates was Winfield Scott, who stood 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) and lost the 1852 election to Franklin Pierce, who stood 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

final_sentence: The tallest of all presidential candidates was Winfield Scott, who stood 6 ft 5 in (196 cm) and lost the 1852 election to Franklin Pierce, who stood 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).