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Rutherford B. Hayes

How tall was Rutherford B. Hayes?

Rutherford B. Hayes is commonly listed at 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm).

A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from

Rutherford B. Hayes’s 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm) is about average for a US man: about 44 in 100 US men are shorter.

Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 9 in

The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Rutherford B. Hayes: 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm). The average US man is taller than Rutherford B. Hayes by 0.4 in (1.1 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm). Tallest to shortest in this lineup.Rutherford B. Hayes: 5 ft 8.5 in (174 cm). The average US man is taller than Rutherford B. Hayes by 0.4 in (1.1 cm). Average US man: 5 ft 9 in (175.1 cm). Average US woman: 5 ft 3.5 in (161.2 cm). The average US man is taller than the average US woman by 5.5 in (13.9 cm).

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Rutherford B. Hayes beside others

Rutherford B. Hayes is one of the shorter US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 7.5 in (19 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 4.5 in (11.4 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.

Also listed at 5 ft 8.5 in: Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.

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Where this height comes from

5 ft 8.5 in (174 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

Photo: Mathew Benjamin Brady, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.

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Rutherford B. Hayes, 5 ft 8.5 in (174 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)