The Top 10 Tallest U.S. Presidents Since 1789

The Top 10 Tallest U.S. Presidents Since 1789

Tomorrow we take a look at the shortest US Presidents to sit in the oval office. But today it is time to take a look at the TALLEST US Presidents to take their place in the West Wing of the White House. For this list, we did not include our current POTUS (President Of The United States), Mr. 45, Donald Trump. Number 1 on the list probably won’t surprise anyone, but number 7 might shock a person or two.

10 – Andrew Jackson (the 7th U.S. President) – 185 cm tall

WIKI: Andrew Jackson was an American lawyer, general, and statesman who served as the seventh president of the United States from 1829 to 1837. Before being elected to the presidency, Jackson gained fame as a general in the United States Army and served in both houses of the U.S. Congress.

9 – George W. Bush (the 43rd U.S. President) – 188 cm tall

WIKI: George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, Bush family, and son of the 41st president George H. W. Bush, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.

Franklin D. Roosevelt (the 32nd U.S. President) - 188 cm tall

8 – Franklin D. Roosevelt (the 32nd U.S. President) – 188 cm tall

WIKI: Franklin Delano Roosevelt, often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945.

7 – George Washington (the 1st U.S. President) – 188 cm tall

WIKI: George Washington was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797.

Bill Clinton (the 42nd U.S. President) - 188 cm tall

6 – Bill Clinton (the 42nd U.S. President) – 188 cm tall

WIKI: William Jefferson Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He previously served as governor of Arkansas from 1979 to 1981 and again from 1983 to 1992, and as attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979.

5 – Chester A. Arther (the 21st U.S. President) – 188 cm tall

WIKI: Chester Alan Arthur was an American lawyer and politician who served as the 21st president of the United States from 1881 to 1885. Previously the 20th vice president, he succeeded to the presidency upon the death of President James A. Garfield in September 1881, two months after Garfield was shot by an assassin.

Thomas Jefferson (The 3rd U.S. President) - 189 cm tall

4 – Thomas Jefferson (The 3rd U.S. President) – 189 cm tall

WIKI: Thomas Jefferson was an American statesman, diplomat, lawyer, architect, philosopher, and Founding Father who served as the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was previously the second vice president under John Adams and the first United States secretary of state under George Washington.

3 – Donald Trump (the 45th U.S. President) – 191 cm tall

WIKI: Donald John Trump is an American politician, media personality and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in 1968.

Lyndon B. Johnson (the 36th U.S. President) - 192 cm tall

2 – Lyndon B. Johnson (the 36th U.S. President) – 192 cm tall

WIKI: Lyndon Baines Johnson, often referred to by his initials LBJ, was an American politician who served as the 36th president of the United States from 1963 to 1969.

1 – Abraham Lincoln (the 16th U.S. President) – 193 cm tall

WIKI: Abraham Lincoln was an American lawyer and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865.

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