Heights of U.S. presidential candidates

Year	Winner	Height	2nd place	Height
2004	George W. Bush	5'11"	John Kerry	6'4"
2000	George W. Bush	5'11"	Al Gore	6'1"
1996	Bill Clinton	6'2-1/2"	Bob Dole	6'2"
1992	Bill Clinton	6'2-1/2"	George H.W. Bush	6'2"
1988	George H.W. Bush	6'2"	Michael Dukakis	5'8"
1984	Ronald Reagan	6'1"	Walter Mondale	5'10"
1980	Ronald Reagan	6'1"	Jimmy Carter	5'9-1/2"
1976	Jimmy Carter	5'9-1/2"	Gerald Ford	6'0"
1972	Richard Nixon	5'11-1/2"	George McGovern	6'1"
1968	Richard Nixon	5'11-1/2"	Hubert Humphrey	5'11"
1964	Lyndon Johnson	6'3"	Barry Goldwater	6'0"
1960	John F. Kennedy	6'0"	Richard Nixon	5'11-1/2"
1956	Dwight D. Eisenhower	5'10-1/2"	Adlai Stevenson	5'10"
1952	Dwight D. Eisenhower	5'10-1/2"	Adlai Stevenson	5'10"
1948	Harry S. Truman	5'9"	Thomas Dewey	5'8"
1944	Franklin D. Roosevelt	6'2"	Thomas Dewey	5'8"
1940	Franklin D. Roosevelt	6'2"	Wendell Willkie	6'1"
1936	Franklin D. Roosevelt	6'2"	Alfred Landon	5'8"
1932	Franklin D. Roosevelt	6'2"	Herbert Hoover	5'11"
1928	Herbert Hoover	5'11"	Al Smith	6'1"
1924	Calvin Coolidge	5'10"	John W. Davis	6'0"
1920	Warren G. Harding	6'0"	James M. Cox	5'6"
1916	Woodrow Wilson	5'11"	Charles E. Hughes	5'11"
1912	Woodrow Wilson	5'11"	Theodore Roosevelt	5'10"
1908	William Howard Taft	6'0"	William Jennings Bryan	6'0"
1904	Theodore Roosevelt	5'10"	Alton B. Parker	6'0"
1900	William McKinley	5'7"	William Jennings Bryan	6'0"
1896	William McKinley	5'7"	William Jennings Bryan	6'0"
1892	Grover Cleveland	5'11"	Benjamin Harrison	5'6"
1888	Benjamin Harrison	5'6"	Grover Cleveland	5'11"
1884	Grover Cleveland	5'11"	James G. Blaine
1880	James A. Garfield	6'0"	Winfield Hancock
1876	Rutherford B. Hayes	5'8-1/2"	Samuel Tilden
1872	Ulysses S. Grant	5'8"	Horace Greeley
1868	Ulysses S. Grant	5'8"	Horatio Seymour
1864	Abraham Lincoln	6'4"	George McClellan
1860	Abraham Lincoln	6'4"	John C. Breckenridge
1856	James Buchanan	6'0"	John C. Fremont
1852	Franklin Pierce	5'10"	Winfield Scott
1848	Zachary Taylor	5'8"	Lewis Cass
1844	James K. Polk	5'8"	Henry Clay
1840	William Henry Harrison	5'8"	Martin Van Buren	5'6"
1836	Martin Van Buren	5'6"	William Henry Harrison	5'8"
1832	Andrew Jackson	6'1"	Henry Clay
1828	Andrew Jackson	6'1"	John Quincy Adams	5'7"
1824	John Quincy Adams	5'7"	Andrew Jackson	6'1"
1820	James Monroe	6'0"	John Quincy Adams	5'7"
1816	James Monroe	6'0"	Rufus King
1812	James Madison	5'4"	De Witt Clinton
1808	James Madison	5'4"	Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
1804	Thomas Jefferson	6'2-1/2"	Charles Pinckney
1800	Thomas Jefferson	6'2-1/2"	Aaron Burr
1796	John Adams	5'7"	Thomas Jefferson	6'2-1/2"
1792	George Washington	6'2"	John Adams	5'7"
1788	George Washington	6'2"	John Adams	5'7"