5 ft 7 in (170.2 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 McKinley?
William McKinley is commonly listed at 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
William McKinley’s 5 ft 7 in (170.2 cm) is a little below average for a US man: about 26 in 100 US men are shorter.
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William McKinley beside others
William McKinley is one of the shorter US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 9 in (22.9 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 3 in (7.6 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 7 in: John Adams, Vladimir Putin and François Hollande.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Unknown photographer, Library of Congress, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
Compared with William McKinley
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