5 ft 11.5 in (181.6 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 Herbert Hoover?
Herbert Hoover is commonly listed at 5 ft 11.5 in (181.6 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Herbert Hoover’s 5 ft 11.5 in (181.6 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 80 in 100 US men are shorter.
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Herbert Hoover beside others
Herbert Hoover is in the middle of the 45 US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 4.5 in (11.4 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 7.5 in (19.1 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 11.5 in: Richard Nixon, William Howard Taft and George W. Bush.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Underwood & Underwood, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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