5 ft 6 in (167.6 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 Martin Van Buren?
Martin Van Buren is commonly listed at 5 ft 6 in (167.6 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Martin Van Buren’s 5 ft 6 in (167.6 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 16 in 100 US men are shorter.
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Martin Van Buren beside others
Martin Van Buren is one of the shorter US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 10 in (25.4 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 2 in (5.1 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 6 in: Benjamin Harrison, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Winston Churchill.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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