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6.3. Presidential Lists6.3.3. The Presidents by Height and BMI
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| 1. James Madison | 5 feet, 4 inches | 17.0 |
| 2. Benjamin Harrison | 5 feet, 6 inches | unknown |
| 3. Martin Van Buren | 5 feet, 6 inches | unknown |
| 4. John Quincy Adams | 5 feet, 7 inches | 27.2 |
| 5. John Adams | 5 feet, 7 inches | unknown |
| 6. William McKinley | 5 feet, 7 inches | 31.1 |
| 7. Zachary Taylor | 5 feet, 8 inches | 30.2 |
| 8. James Knox Polk | 5 feet, 8 inches | 26.4 |
| 9. William Henry Harrison | 5 feet, 8 inches | 21.2 |
| 10. Ulysses S. Grant | 5 feet, 8 1/2 inches | 23.3 |
| 11. Rutherford B. Hayes | 5 feet, 8 1/2 inches | 26.0 |
| 12. Millard Fillmore | 5 feet, 9 inches | 24.2 |
| 13. Harry S. Truman | 5 feet, 9 inches | 26.3 |
| 14. Jimmy Carter | 5 feet, 9 1/2 inches | 22.4 |
| 15. Theodore Roosevelt | 5 feet, 10 inches | 30.2 |
| 16. Andrew Johnson | 5 feet, 10 inches | 24.9 |
| 17. Franklin Pierce | 5 feet, 10 inches | 20.6 |
| 18. Calvin Coolidge | 5 feet, 10 inches | 21.2 |
| 19. Dwight David Eisenhower | 5 feet, 10 1/2 inches | 25.3 |
| 20. Grover Cleveland | 5 feet, 11 inches | 34.6 |
| 21. Woodrow Wilson | 5 feet, 11 inches | 23.5 |
| 22. Herbert Clark Hoover | 5 feet, 11 inches | 27.7 |
| 23. Richard Milhous Nixon | 5 feet, 11 1/2 inches | 23.9 |
| 24. Warren Gamaliel Harding | 6 feet | 23.5 |
| 25. James A. Garfield | 6 feet | 24.9 |
| 26. William Howard Taft | 6 feet | 42.3 |
| 27. James Buchanan | 6 feet | 26.9 |
| 28. John Tyler | 6 feet | unknown |
| 29. John Fitzgerald Kennedy | 6 feet | 22.6 |
| 30. Gerald Rudolph Ford | 6 feet | 26.2 |
| 31. James Monroe | 6 feet | 25.6 |
| 32. George W. Bush | 6 feet | |
| 33. Andrew Jackson | 6 feet 1 inch | 19.0 |
| 34. Ronald Wilson Reagan | 6 feet 1 inch | 24.2 |
| 35. Chester A. Arthur | 6 feet 2 inches | 28.7 |
| 36. George Washington | 6 feet 2 inches | 25.5 |
| 37. Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 6 feet 2 inches | 23.6 |
| 38. George Herbert Walker Bush | 6 feet 2 inches | 24.8 |
| 39. Thomas Jefferson | 6 feet 2 1/2 inches | 22.0 |
| 40. William Jefferson Clinton | 6 feet 2 1/2 inches | 28.3 |
| 41. Lyndon Baines Johnson | 6 feet 3 inches | 26.0 |
| 42. Abraham Lincoln | 6 feet 4 inches | 21.7 |
* BMI = weight in kg / (height in meter)**2
1. Who was the only president to weigh under 100 pounds? James Madison
2. Who was our heaviest president (weight)? William Howard Taft
3. Who was the shortest president? Tallest? Madison (5' 4"), Lincoln (6' 4")
4. Which president wore the largest shoe size? Warren G. Harding (size 14) Source: “Ask Me Anything About the Presidents” by Louis Phillips. Answered by "Col. Jefferson." Other shoe sizes: George Washington 13, Woodrow Wilson 12 1/2, Thomas Jefferson 12 1/2 [BOL 306]