6 ft 2 in (188 cm)
A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
Source: Wikipedia
How tall was Chester A. Arthur?
Chester A. Arthur is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Chester A. Arthur’s 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) is very tall for a US man: more than 95 in 100 US men are shorter.
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Chester A. Arthur beside others
Chester A. Arthur is one of the taller US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 2 in (5.1 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 10 in (25.4 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 6 ft 2 in: JD Vance, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and George H. W. Bush.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Abraham Bogardus / Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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