6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm)
A commonly listed height, as Wikipedia gives it, with no date or method, so shoes and rounding may be part of the number.
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How tall was Gerald Ford?
Gerald Ford is commonly listed at 6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Gerald Ford’s 6 ft 0 in (182.9 cm) is tall for a US man: about 85 in 100 US men are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 0 in
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Gerald Ford beside others
Gerald Ford is one of the taller US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 4 in (10.2 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 8 in (20.3 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 6 ft 0 in: Joe Biden and James Monroe.
- Cory Booker: 6 ft 4 in (193 cm), 4 in (10.2 cm) taller than Gerald Ford.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: David Hume Kennerly, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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