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Lyndon B. Johnson measured 6 ft 2+1⁄2 in (189 cm) according to a report of physical examination from October 1941.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1918 passport gives his height as 6 ft 1⁄2 in (184 cm).
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The physician to the president gives Trump's height as 6 ft 3 in (191 cm).
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Washington once mentioned his height as being 6 ft 0 in (183 cm).
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Kennedy measured 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) according to a report of physical examination from October 1941.
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In 1984, The New York Times referred to Biden as 6 ft 1 in (185 cm).
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Nixon measured 5 ft 10+1⁄2 in (179 cm) according to a report of physical examination from October 1943.
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One account describes Seymour as "above medium height".
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As some examples, USA TODAY listed height among six criteria for predicting who would win the 2004 election; a Washingto
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nymag.com
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Slate
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Politico
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The Guardian
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The Daily Telegraph
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Six Months in the White House: The Story of a Picture
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Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961–1973
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The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power
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An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy
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celebheights.com
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Facts about the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Information
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Monticello Report
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The Washington Post
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USA TODAY
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Various sources have put Washington's height between 6 ft and 6 ft 3.5 in. See: Chernow, Ron, Washington: A Life, 2010,
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founders.archives.gov
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whitehouse.gov
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Remini, Robert V., Andrew Jackson, HarperCollins, 1969, p. 15. ISBN 0-06-080132-8
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The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum
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jfklibrary.org
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Whitcomb, John and Claire Whitcomb, Real Life at the White House, Routledge (UK), 2002. ISBN 0-415-93951-8
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The Pendulum Online
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whitehouse.gov
https://web.archive.org/web/20230217002306/https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Health-Summary-2.16.pdf -
whitehouse.gov
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Sotos, John G. (2003). Taft and Pickwick: Sleep Apnea in the White House. Chest. 2003;124:1133-1142. Online copy
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The Life of Herbert Hoover
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"Presidential Height Index"
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The New York Times
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FindLaw
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The Christian Science Monitor
https://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/1018/GOP-Debate-Does-height-matter-in-presidential-politics -
Levin, Phyllis Lee, Edith & Woodrow: the Wilson White House, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-7432-1158-8 Google
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The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes
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Behrman, Carol H., James K. Polk, Twenty-First Century Books, 2004. ISBN 0-8225-1396-X
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King, Charles, The True Ulysses Grant, Philadelphia & London, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1914. Google Print[permanent dead l
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Ferling, John E., John Adams: A Life, Owl Books, 1996, ISBN 0-8050-4576-7, p. 169. Google Print[permanent dead link]
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Widmer, Ted and Arthur M. Schlesinger, Edward L. Widmer, Martin Van Buren, Times Books, 2005, p. 2. ISBN 0-8050-6922-4
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Loderhouse, Gary and Nelson Price, William Addison Hunter, Legendary Hoosiers: Famous Folks from the State of Indiana, E
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Phillips, Louis, Ask Me Anything About the Presidents, HarperCollins, 1992. ISBN 0-380-76426-1
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The Leadership Quarterly
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1048984312000884 -
Fahrenheit 451: A Novel
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Kleinke, Chris L., First Impressions: The Psychology of Encountering Others, Prentice-Hall, 1975, p. 13. ISBN 0-13-31842
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Clifford, Brian R. and Ray Bull, The Psychology of Person Identification, Routledge & K. Paul, 1978, p. 115. ISBN 0-7100
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Los Angeles Times, March 25, 1988, p. 7
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Lowndes, Leil, How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1997, pp.174-175. ISBN 0-8092-2989-7
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Etcoff, Nancy, Survival of the Prettiest, New York, Anchor Books, 1999. ISBN 0-385-47942-5
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Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns, edited by D.A. Carson, Zondervan, 2002, p. 83. ISBN 0-310-24334-3 Google Pr
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The Times of India
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/how-tall-is-kamala-harris/articleshow/111909217.cms -
The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/is-hillary-clinton-getting-taller-or-is-the-internet-getting-dumber/2015/09/24/58af4dfa-5e33-11e5-9757-e49273f05f65_story.html -
Wall Street Journal
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The Washington Post
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The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/03/politics/campaign/on-kerrys-journey-to-healthstops-for-shrapnel-and-cancer.html -
economist.com
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Too Tall, Too Small
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The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1998/09/15/ex-gov-george-c-wallace-dies-at-79-in-alabama/f77a36e4-0689-4086-9b96-b0d9a293cd57/ -
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Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox
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William H. Crawford, 1772-1834
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