How tall was Mary Todd Lincoln?

Mary Todd Lincoln is commonly listed at 5 ft 2 in (157 cm).

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Mary Todd Lincoln’s 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) is a little below average for a US woman: about 28 in 100 US women are shorter.

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5 ft 2 in (157 cm)

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Photo: Mathew Brady, derivative work by Materialscientist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Mary Todd Lincoln, 5 ft 2 in (157 cm), drawn to scale beside the average US man, 5 ft 9 in (175 cm), and the average US woman, 5 ft 3.5 in (161 cm)