5 ft 11 in (180.3 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 Woodrow Wilson?
Woodrow Wilson is commonly listed at 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm).
A figure repeated without a date or a measurement. Where this height comes from
Woodrow Wilson’s 5 ft 11 in (180.3 cm) is a little above average for a US man: about 76 in 100 US men are shorter.
Where your height fallsEveryone about 5 ft 11 in
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Woodrow Wilson beside others
Woodrow Wilson is in the middle of the 45 US presidents we have heights for: Abraham Lincoln (6 ft 4 in) stands 5 in (12.7 cm) taller and James Madison (5 ft 4 in) is 7 in (17.8 cm) shorter. All 45 ranked, tallest first.
Also listed at 5 ft 11 in: Grover Cleveland and Andrew Cuomo.
- Gordon Brown: 5 ft 11.5 in (181 cm), 0.3 in (0.7 cm) taller than Woodrow Wilson.
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Where this height comes from
Photo: Harris & Ewing, photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped.
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