How tall was Eleanor Roosevelt?

Eleanor Roosevelt is commonly listed at 5 ft 11 in (180 cm).

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Eleanor Roosevelt’s 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) is very tall for a US woman: more than 95 in 100 US women are shorter.

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Eleanor Roosevelt beside others

Eleanor Roosevelt is in the middle of the 108 politicians we have heights for: John Fetterman (6 ft 8 in) stands 9 in (23.2 cm) taller and Benito Juárez (4 ft 6 in) is 1 ft 5 in (43 cm) shorter.

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5 ft 11 in (180 cm)

A commonly listed height: it appears across many profiles, but none says when or how it was measured, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.

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Eleanor Roosevelt, 5 ft 11 in (180 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)