5 ft 9 in (175.3 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 Harry S. Truman?
Harry S. Truman, known as Harry Truman, is commonly listed at 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Harry S. Truman’s 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm) is about average for a US man: about 50 in 100 US men are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 9 in
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Harry S. Truman beside others
Harry S. Truman is one of the shorter US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 7 in (17.8 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 5 in (12.7 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 9 in: Catherine, Princess of Wales, Millard Fillmore and Henry Kissinger.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: National Archives and Records Administration, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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