US Presidential Facts
Posted: Sat Jan 02, 2016 9:57 am
Time for a little education...I'll start it with the facts of who were the tallest, shortest, heaviest, & lightest prezs...
Tallest was Lincoln, at 6'4 1/2". I'll save the next-tallest for later, a surprise!
Had several at 6'2"
Jefferson, 6'2 1/2"
Washington
Clinton
FDR(a surprise!)
Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Obama is 6'1"
Shortest is Madison, 5'4"
Then, Benjamin Harrison and Van Buren at 5'6"
Many think of John Adams as a pipsqueak, but he was 5'7"
Heaviest Presidents(while in office) were:(All weights in US pounds)
Taft-332
Cleveland-275
Arthur-238
Teddy Roosevelt-237
Clinton-234
Lightest were:
Madison-122
jackson-154
Tyler-160
Obama weighs in at 180.
And now-the 2nd-tallest prez was...LYNDON JOHNSON, a tad over 6'3"
Tallest was Lincoln, at 6'4 1/2". I'll save the next-tallest for later, a surprise!
Had several at 6'2"
Jefferson, 6'2 1/2"
Washington
Clinton
FDR(a surprise!)
Reagan
George H. W. Bush
Obama is 6'1"
Shortest is Madison, 5'4"
Then, Benjamin Harrison and Van Buren at 5'6"
Many think of John Adams as a pipsqueak, but he was 5'7"
Heaviest Presidents(while in office) were:(All weights in US pounds)
Taft-332
Cleveland-275
Arthur-238
Teddy Roosevelt-237
Clinton-234
Lightest were:
Madison-122
jackson-154
Tyler-160
Obama weighs in at 180.
And now-the 2nd-tallest prez was...LYNDON JOHNSON, a tad over 6'3"