Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the United States (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the United States" in English language version.

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"Stereographs". American Antiquarian Society. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16.

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Carpenter, Francis B. (1866). Six Months in the White House: The Story of a Picture. Hurd and Houghton. p. 217.
Caro, Robert (1982). The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Path to Power. New York: Knopf. p. 146. ISBN 978-0394499734.
Dallek, Robert (2003). An Unfinished Life: John F. Kennedy. Little, Brown, and Co. p. 354. ISBN 9780316172387.
Kane, Joseph (1994). Facts about the Presidents: A Compilation of Biographical and Historical Information. New York: H. W. Wilson. pp. 344–45. ISBN 0-8242-0845-5.
Davison, Kenneth E (1972). The Presidency of Rutherford B. Hayes. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, Inc. p. 69. ISBN 0-8371-6275-0.
Gillis, John S. (1982). Too Tall, Too Small. Champaign, Illinois: Institute for Personality and Ability Testing, Inc. p. 20. ISBN 0-918296-15-3.
Wilson, Charles Morrow (1970). The Commoner: William Jennings Bryan. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. p. 40. Lists his height as 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) during his second year in college.
Bigelow, John (1895). The Life of Samuel Tilden (vol. 1). New York: Harper and Brothers. p. 283.
Davis, William C. (1974). Breckinridge: Statesman, Soldier, Symbol. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press. p. 18. ISBN 0-8071-0068-4.
Life of John Charles Fremont. New York: Greeley & McElrath. 1856. p. 31. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
According to Cass's biography, he was "about five foot eight or nine inches". See Woodford, Frank B. (1950). Lewis Cass: The Last Jeffersonian. New Brunswick and New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. p. 32.

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Jackson, Ronny L. (January 12, 2018). "The President's Periodic Physical Exam" (PDF). whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021 – via National Archives. height: 75 inches, weight: 239 pounds
Conley, Sean P. (February 8, 2019). "The President's Periodic Physical Exam". whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021 – via National Archives. height: 6'3", weight: 243 pounds

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"Donald John Trump Selective Service Card" (PDF). archives.gov. National Archives. Retrieved 2021-10-20.

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"From George Washington to Charles Lawrence, 20 June 1768". founders.archives.gov.

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Jackson, Ronny L. (March 8, 2016). "The President's Periodic Physical Exam" (PDF). whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020 – via National Archives. height: 73.5 inches, weight: 175 pounds, BMI: 22.8

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Dallek, Robert (1998). Flawed Giant: Lyndon Johnson and His Times, 1961–1973. Oxford University Press. p. 12. ISBN 978-0195054651.
Various sources have put Washington's height between 6 ft and 6 ft 3.5 in. See: Chernow, Ron, Washington: A Life, 2010, The Penguin Press HC ISBN 1-59420-266-4; Wilson, Woodrow, George Washington, 2004, Cosimo, Inc., p. 111; Alden, John Richard, George Washington: A Biography, 1984, Louisiana State University Press, p. 11; Lodge, Henry Cabot, George Washington, Vol. I, 2007, The Echo Library, p. 30; Haworth, Paul Leland, George Washington, Kessinger Publishing, 2004, p. 119; Thayer, William Roscoe, George Washington, 1931, Plain Label Books, p. 65; Ford, Paul Leicester, The True George Washington, Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1896, p. 18−19
Levin, Phyllis Lee, Edith & Woodrow: the Wilson White House, New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. ISBN 0-7432-1158-8 Google Print
King, Charles, The True Ulysses Grant, Philadelphia & London, J.B. Lippincott & Co., 1914. Google Print
Ferling, John E., John Adams: A Life, Owl Books, 1996, ISBN 0-8050-4576-7, p. 169. Google Print
Loderhouse, Gary and Nelson Price, William Addison Hunter, Legendary Hoosiers: Famous Folks from the State of Indiana, Emmis Books, 1999. ISBN 1-57860-097-9 Google Print
Lowndes, Leil, How to Make Anyone Fall in Love with You, McGraw-Hill Professional, 1997, pp.174-175. ISBN 0-8092-2989-7 Google Print
Telling the Truth: Evangelizing Postmoderns, edited by D.A. Carson, Zondervan, 2002, p. 83. ISBN 0-310-24334-3 Google Print
Kleinke, Chris L., First Impressions: The Psychology of Encountering Others, Prentice-Hall, 1975, p. 13. ISBN 0-13-318428-5 Google Print
Clifford, Brian R. and Ray Bull, The Psychology of Person Identification, Routledge & K. Paul, 1978, p. 115. ISBN 0-7100-8867-1. Print
Morris, Charles E. (1920). Progressive Democracy of James M. Cox. The Bobbs-Merrill Company. p. 9. ISBN 9781444637489.
Springen, Donald K. (1991). William Jennings Bryan: Orator of Small-Town America. Greenwood Press. p. 15. ISBN 0-313-25977-1. Lists his height as 6 ft 0 in (183 cm).
Records of his height have been difficult to obtain. In one biography, he was described as "just under six feet in height". While not a definitive record of his height, this description does allow us to presume he was at least comparable in height to Cleveland. See Crawford, Thomas Clark (1893). James G. Blaine: A Study of his Life and Career, from the Standpoint of a Personal Witness of the Principal Events in his History. Edgewood Publishing Co. p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7222-8992-1. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
Gillet, Ransom Hooker (August 8, 1868). "Democracy in the United States: What it Has Done, what it is Doing, and what it Will Do". Appleton – via Google Books.
Eckenrode, Hamilton James; Bryan Conrad (1941). George B. McClellan, the man who saved the Union. University of North Carolina Press. p. 2. ISBN 9780807803752. Retrieved 2009-06-26.
Heidler, David Stephen (2004). Encyclopedia of the War of 1812. Naval Institute Press. p. 464. ISBN 1-59114-362-4. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
Seymour, Chas C. B. (1858). Self-made men. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 137. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
Scott, Nancy N. (1856). A Memoir of Hugh Lawson White, Judge of the Supreme Court of Tennessee, Member of the Senate of the United States, etc., etc. Michigan: J. B. Lippincott & Co. p. 243. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
Mooney, Chase Curran (1974). William H. Crawford, 1772-1834. Michigan: University of Kentucky Press. p. 7. ISBN 0-8131-1270-2. Retrieved 2009-06-25.

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Paul, Rob (2018). "How tall was President Lyndon B. Johnson?". celebheights.com. CelebHeights. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
Paul, Rob (2021). "Franklin D. Roosevelt Height". celebheights.com. CelebHeights. Retrieved 2021-09-15.
Paul, Rob (2020). "Richard Nixon Height". celebheights.com. CelebHeights. Retrieved 2021-09-14.

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Scott, David (October 18, 2011). "GOP Debate: Does height matter in presidential politics?". The Christian Science Monitor.

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Bornstein, Harold N. (September 13, 2016). "Donald J. Trump's Medical Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2021. height: 6'3", weight: 236 pounds

elon.edu

Tossey, Lisa D. (2004). "Is presidential race a simple matter of standing tall?". The Pendulum Online. Retrieved 2009-04-19.

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"Medical History Summary: President George W. Bush". FindLaw. August 7, 2007. Retrieved 2010-03-02.

gizmodo.com

Kimball, Whitney (December 26, 2019). "The Dumbest Wikipedia Edit War of the Dumbest Decade". Gizmodo.

heightsite.com

"Presidential Height Index". The Height Site. Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.

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Hendriks, Steven (2017). "JFK Presidential Library". The John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
"Report of Physical Examination". jfklibrary.org. JFK Presidential Library. Retrieved 2021-10-17.

medscape.com

Sotos, John G. (2003). Taft and Pickwick: Sleep Apnea in the White House. Chest. 2003;124:1133-1142. Online copy

monticello.org

Macdonald, Zanne (July 1992). "Physical Descriptions of Thomas Jefferson". Monticello Report. Monticello Research Department. Archived from the original on 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2009-05-17.

nytimes.com

Rubin, Zick (June 22, 1984). "The Short List For Vice President". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
"Report on President Bush's Physical Examination". The New York Times. August 2, 2006.
Altman, Lawrence K. (October 3, 2004). "On Kerrys Journey to Health,Stops for Shrapnel and Cancer". The New York Times. Retrieved 2022-10-29.
Dowd, Maureen (June 21, 1992). "Where They Stand". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

politico.com

Samuelsohn, Darren (December 12, 2016). "Trump's driver's license casts doubt on height claims". Politico. Retrieved 2021-01-27.

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As some examples, USA TODAY listed height among six criteria for predicting who would win the 2004 election; a Washington Post blog Archived July 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine noted the significance of height in physical appearance and its effect on voters. See the discussion of this phenomenon later in the article for further examples.
Page, Susan (June 23, 2004). "Time-tested formulas suggest both Bush and Kerry will win on Nov. 2". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2009-05-13.

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"John McCain Medical Records" (PDF). The Washington Post. May 23, 2008. p. 7. Retrieved 2009-02-23. height: 175.3 CM, weight: 78.93 KG, BMI: 25.68

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Edwards, Rebecca; DeFeo, Sarah (2000). "William Jennings Bryan". 1896: The Presidential Campaign. Vassar College. Retrieved 2009-04-20. Lists his height as 5 ft 10 in (178 cm).

washingtonpost.com

Mathews, Jay (August 3, 1999). "The Shrinking Field". The Washington Post.
Mathews, Jay (September 24, 2015). "Is Hillary Clinton getting taller? Or is the Internet getting dumber?". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-08-19.

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As some examples, USA TODAY listed height among six criteria for predicting who would win the 2004 election; a Washington Post blog Archived July 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine noted the significance of height in physical appearance and its effect on voters. See the discussion of this phenomenon later in the article for further examples.

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As some examples, USA TODAY listed height among six criteria for predicting who would win the 2004 election; a Washington Post blog Archived July 29, 2012, at the Wayback Machine noted the significance of height in physical appearance and its effect on voters. See the discussion of this phenomenon later in the article for further examples.
Bornstein, Harold N. (September 13, 2016). "Donald J. Trump's Medical Records" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2016. Retrieved January 7, 2021. height: 6'3", weight: 236 pounds
Jackson, Ronny L. (January 12, 2018). "The President's Periodic Physical Exam" (PDF). whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021 – via National Archives. height: 75 inches, weight: 239 pounds
Conley, Sean P. (February 8, 2019). "The President's Periodic Physical Exam". whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original on January 20, 2021. Retrieved January 7, 2021 – via National Archives. height: 6'3", weight: 243 pounds
Macdonald, Zanne (July 1992). "Physical Descriptions of Thomas Jefferson". Monticello Report. Monticello Research Department. Archived from the original on 2009-07-13. Retrieved 2009-05-17.
Page, Susan (June 23, 2004). "Time-tested formulas suggest both Bush and Kerry will win on Nov. 2". USA TODAY. Archived from the original on 2023-04-06. Retrieved 2009-05-13.
Jackson, Ronny L. (March 8, 2016). "The President's Periodic Physical Exam" (PDF). whitehouse.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2020. Retrieved November 26, 2020 – via National Archives. height: 73.5 inches, weight: 175 pounds, BMI: 22.8
"Presidential Height Index". The Height Site. Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
"Stereographs". American Antiquarian Society. Archived from the original on 2019-10-16.

whitehouse.gov

O'Connor, Kevin C. (February 28, 2024). "President Biden's current health summary" (PDF). whitehouse.gov. Retrieved February 29, 2024. height: 72 inches, weight: 178 lbs, BMI: 24.1
O'Connor, Kevin C. (February 16, 2023). "President Biden's current health summary" (PDF). whitehouse.gov. Retrieved February 21, 2023. height: 72 inches, weight: 178 lbs, BMI: 24.1

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Using the values in the table Comparative table of heights of United States presidential candidates (February 26, 2023 version), by pairing every winner with every losing candidate in the same election year from 1900 until 2020, the average (mean) amount by which the winner was taller than the loser was 1.20 inches.
Using the values in the table Comparative table of heights of United States presidential candidates (February 26, 2023 version), by pairing every winner with every losing candidate in the same election year where the height was known for all main opponents listed, the average (mean) amount by which the winner was taller than the loser was 0.39 inches. When excluding the 2016 election in order to eliminate gender as a variable (since men are naturally taller than woman), the winner was only 0.21 inches taller on average, which, upon noting how all candidates are rounded to the nearest half-inch, rounds to a 0 inch difference.

worldcat.org

Mathews, Jay (September 24, 2015). "Is Hillary Clinton getting taller? Or is the Internet getting dumber?". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2016-08-19.

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Gaz, Randall D. (August 25, 2012). "Healthcare Statement on Mitt Romney" (PDF). Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2021-01-08. height: 6'1.5", weight: 184 lbs