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Is Gerald Ford taller than Lyndon B. Johnson?

No. Lyndon B. Johnson is taller than Gerald Ford by 3.5 in (8.9 cm).

Gerald Ford: taller than about 85 in 100 US men. Lyndon B. Johnson: taller than 95 in 100 US men.

Lyndon B. Johnson is taller than Gerald Ford by 3.5 in (8.9 cm).Gerald Ford: 6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm). Lyndon B. Johnson: 6 ft 3.5 in (191.8 cm).

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Gerald Ford is commonly listed at 6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm). See all of Gerald Ford’s listed heights.

Lyndon B. Johnson is commonly listed at 6 ft 3.5 in (191.8 cm). See all of Lyndon B. Johnson’s listed heights.

Photos: Gerald Ford by David Hume Kennerly, Public domain; Lyndon B. Johnson by Arnold Newman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Gerald Ford, 6 ft 0 in (183 cm), and Lyndon B. Johnson, 6 ft 3.5 in (192 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline