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Is John Quincy Adams taller than Lyndon B. Johnson?

No. Lyndon B. Johnson is taller than John Quincy Adams by 8 in (20.3 cm).

John Quincy Adams: shorter than about 68 in 100 US men. Lyndon B. Johnson: taller than 95 in 100 US men.

Lyndon B. Johnson is taller than John Quincy Adams by 8 in (20.3 cm).John Quincy Adams: 5 ft 7.5 in (171.5 cm). Lyndon B. Johnson: 6 ft 3.5 in (191.8 cm).

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John Quincy Adams
Lyndon B. Johnson

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Where these heights come from

John Quincy Adams is commonly listed at 5 ft 7.5 in (171.5 cm). See all of John Quincy Adams’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: John Quincy Adams by jklamo, cleaned and enhanced by Julielangford, Public domain; Lyndon B. Johnson by Arnold Newman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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John Quincy Adams, 5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm), and Lyndon B. Johnson, 6 ft 3.5 in (192 cm), drawn to scale on one baseline