The Top 10 Shortest U.S. Presidents Since 1789

These US Presidents may have been big in presence, strength, and courage, but when it came to their stature they were at the bottom of the list. The Top 10 takes a look at the shortest US Presidents to take their place in the Oval Office at the White House.

10 – William Henry Harrison (the 9th U.S. President) – 5.67 ft (173 cm)

WIKI: William Henry Harrison was an American military officer and politician who served as the ninth president of the United States. Harrison died just 31 days after his inauguration in 1841 and had the shortest presidency in United States history.

9 – James K. Polk (the 11th U.S. President) – 5.67 ft (173 cm)

WIKI: James Knox Polk was the 11th president of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1849. He previously was the 13th speaker of the House of Representatives and ninth governor of Tennessee. A protégé of Andrew Jackson, he was a member of the Democratic Party and an advocate of Jacksonian democracy.

8 – Zachary Taylor (the 12th U.S. President) – 5.67 ft (173 cm)

WIKI: Zachary Taylor was an American military leader who served as the 12th president of the United States from 1849 until his death in 1850.

7 – Ulysses S. Grant (the 18th U.S. President) – 5.67 ft (173 cm)

WIKI: Ulysses S. Grant was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and thereafter briefly served as Secretary of War.

6 – John Quincy Adams (the 6th U.S. President) – 5.61 ft (171 cm)

WIKI: John Quincy Adams was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, and diarist who served as the sixth president of the United States, from 1825 to 1829. He previously served as the eighth United States Secretary of State from 1817 to 1825.

5 – John Adams (the 2nd U.S. President) – 5.57 ft (170 cm)

WIKI: John Adams was an American statesman, attorney, diplomat, writer, and Founding Father who served as the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801.

4 – William McKinley (the 25th U.S. President) – 5.57 ft (170 cm)

WIKI: William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901.

3 – Martin Van Buren (the 8th U.S. President) – 5.51 ft (168 cm)

WIKI: Martin Van Buren was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841. A founder of the Democratic Party, he had previously served as the ninth governor of New York, the tenth United States secretary of state, and the eighth vice president.

2 – Benjamin Harrison (the 23rd U.S. President) – 5.51 ft (168 cm)

WIKI: Benjamin Harrison was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 23rd president of the United States from 1889 to 1893. He was a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Benjamin Harrison V, a founding father who signed the United States Declaration of Independence.

1 – James Madison (the 4th U.S. President) – 5.34 ft (163 cm)

WIKI: James Madison Jr. was an American statesman, diplomat, and Founding Father who served as the fourth president of the United States from 1809 to 1817. He is hailed as the “Father of the Constitution” for his pivotal role in drafting and promoting the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights.