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Is Andrew Jackson taller than Ulysses S. Grant?

Yes. Andrew Jackson is taller than Ulysses S. Grant by 5 in (12.7 cm).

Andrew Jackson: taller than about 91 in 100 US men. Ulysses S. Grant: shorter than about 62 in 100 US men.

Andrew Jackson is taller than Ulysses S. Grant by 5 in (12.7 cm).Andrew Jackson: 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm). Ulysses S. Grant: 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm).

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Where these heights come from

Andrew Jackson is commonly listed at 6 ft 1 in (185.4 cm). See all of Andrew Jackson’s listed heights.

Ulysses S. Grant is commonly listed at 5 ft 8 in (172.7 cm). See all of Ulysses S. Grant’s listed heights.

Photos: Andrew Jackson by Ralph Eleaser Whiteside Earl, Public domain; Ulysses S. Grant by Brady-Handy Photograph Collection, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Andrew Jackson, 6 ft 1 in (185 cm), and Ulysses S. Grant, 5 ft 8 in (173 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline