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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

How tall was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, known as FDR, is commonly listed at 6 ft 2 in (188 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Franklin Delano Roosevelt’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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Franklin Delano Roosevelt is taller than the average US woman by 10.5 in (26.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Franklin Delano Roosevelt is taller than the average US man by 5 in (12.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Franklin Delano Roosevelt is taller than the average US woman by 10.5 in (26.8 cm).Franklin Delano Roosevelt is taller than the average US woman by 10.5 in (26.8 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 6 ft 2 in (188 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Franklin Delano Roosevelt is taller than the average US man by 5 in (12.9 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). Franklin Delano Roosevelt is taller than the average US woman by 10.5 in (26.8 cm).

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt beside others

Franklin Delano Roosevelt 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 and Chester A. Arthur.

  • Donald Trump: 6 ft 3 in (190.5 cm), 1 in (2.5 cm) taller than Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

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Where this height comes from

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

Photo: Leon Perskie, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 6 ft 2 in (188 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)