5 ft 11.5 in (181.6 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 William Howard Taft?
William Howard Taft is commonly listed at 5 ft 11.5 in (181.6 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
William Howard Taft’s 5 ft 11.5 in (181.6 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 80 in 100 US men are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 6 ft 0 in
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William Howard Taft beside others
William Howard Taft is in the middle of the 45 US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 4.5 in (11.4 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 7.5 in (19 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 11.5 in: George W. Bush, Herbert Hoover and Richard Nixon.
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Photo: Pach Brothers, restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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