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Is Franklin Delano Roosevelt taller than George Washington?

Yes. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is taller than George Washington by 0.5 in (1.3 cm).

Franklin Delano Roosevelt: taller than 95 in 100 US men. George Washington: taller than about 94 in 100 US men.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is taller than George Washington by 0.5 in (1.3 cm).Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). George Washington: 6 ft 1.5 in (186.7 cm).

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Where these heights come from

Franklin Delano Roosevelt is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). See all of Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s listed heights.

George Washington is commonly listed at 6 ft 1.5 in (186.7 cm). See all of George Washington’s listed heights.

Photos: Franklin Delano Roosevelt by Leon Perskie, CC BY 2.0; George Washington by Gilbert Stuart, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 6 ft 2 in (188 cm), and George Washington, 6 ft 1.5 in (187 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline