Barack obama biography heights

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.^[1]

The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters).

Donald Trump, the current president, is 6 feet 3 inches (190 centimeters) according to a physical examination summary from February 2019.^[2]

Electoral success as a function of height

Folk wisdom about U.S.

presidential politics holds that the taller of the two major-party candidates always wins or almost always wins since