1. Height

The Tallest Presidents

Abraham Lincoln 6' 4'' / 1.93 m Lyndon Johnson 6' 3'' / 1.91 m Thomas Jefferson 6' 2.5'' / 1.89 m George Washington 6' 2'' / 1.88 m Franklin D. Roosevelt 6' 2'' / 1.88 m George H.W. Bush 6' 2'' / 1.88 m Bill Clinton 6' 2'' / 1.88 m Andrew Jackson 6' 1'' / 1.85 m Chester Arthur 6' 1'' / 1.85 m Ronald Reagan 6' 1'' / 1.85 m Barack Obama 6' 1'' / 1.85 m Donald Trump 6' 1'' / 1.85 m



Note: Donald Trump claims to be 6' 3'' (1.91m) but clearly is shorter than Obama.

The Shortest Presidents

James Madison 5' 4'' / 1.63 m Benjamin Harrison 5' 6'' / 1.68 m Martin Van Buren 5' 6'' / 1.68 m John Quincy Adams 5' 7'' / 1.70 m John Adams 5' 7'' / 1.70 m William McKinley 5' 7'' / 1.70 m Zachary Taylor 5' 8'' / 1.73 m James Knox Polk 5' 8'' / 1.73 m William Henry Harrison 5' 8'' / 1.73 m Ulysses S. Grant 5' 8'' / 1.73 m Rutherford B. Hayes 5' 8'' / 1.73 m

Average Height of the Presidents of USA

Average height 5' 11'' / 1.80 m avg. of 18th cent. 5' 11'' / 1.79 m avg. of 19th cent. 5' 10'' / 1.77 m avg. of 20th cent. 6' 0'' / 1.82 m avg. of 21st cent. 6' 0'' / 1.83 m

2. Weight

The Fattest Presidents ordered by BMI (Body Mass Index*)

BMI* weight William Howard Taft 42.3 332 lb. Grover Cleveland 34.6 275 lb. William McKinley 31.1 233 lb. Zachary Taylor 30.2 230 lb. Theodore Roosevelt 30.2 237 lb. Donald Trump 30.0 245 lb. Chester A. Arthur 28.7 238 lb. Bill Clinton 28.3 234 lb. Herbert Hoover 27.7 220 lb. John Quincy Adams 27.2 203 lb. James Buchanan 26.9 217 lb.

Note: (*) BMI= Body Mass Index

Body Mass Index = weight in kg / height in meter*2

The Slimmest Presidents ordered by BMI (Body Mass Index*)

BMI* weight James Madison 17.0 122 lb. Andrew Jackson 19.0 154 lb. John Tyler 20.0 160 lb. Franklin Pierce 20.6 162 lb. William Henry Harrison 21.2 162 lb. Calvin Coolidge 21.2 166 lb. Abraham Lincoln 21.7 185 lb. Thomas Jefferson 22.0 181 lb. Barack Obama 22.1 180 lb. John F. Kennedy 22.6 182 lb.









