5 ft 4 in (162.6 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 James Madison?
James Madison is commonly listed at 5 ft 4 in (162.6 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
James Madison’s 5 ft 4 in (162.6 cm) is short for a US man: about 6 in 100 US men are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 4 in
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James Madison beside others
James Madison is the shortest of the 45 US presidents we have heights for: Benjamin Harrison (5 ft 6 in) is next, 2 in (5.1 cm) taller. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 4 in: Anne Hidalgo, Kamala Harris and Giorgia Meloni.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: John Vanderlyn, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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