5 ft 9.5 in (176.5 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 Jimmy Carter?
Jimmy Carter is commonly listed at 5 ft 9.5 in (176.5 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Jimmy Carter’s 5 ft 9.5 in (176.5 cm) is about average for a US man: about 57 in 100 US men are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 10 in
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Jimmy Carter beside others
Jimmy Carter is one of the shorter US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 6.5 in (16.5 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 5.5 in (14 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 9.5 in: Benjamin Franklin.
- Manuel Valls: 5 ft 9.5 in (176 cm), 0.2 in (0.5 cm) shorter than Jimmy Carter.
- Catherine, Princess of Wales: 5 ft 9 in (175.3 cm), 0.5 in (1.3 cm) shorter than Jimmy Carter.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Department of Defense. Department of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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