Watched this yesterday and found it interesting and want to share. U.S Presidents Height Comparison

[CatWoman]

U.S Presidents Height Comparison | Shortest Vs Tallest

[Maeve]

2. Even at 6'2", tRump is overstated

He's also the smallest worm in that basket of fish...

[ananda]

13. Maybe it's those shoe heels.

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[exboyfil]

3. What was in the water in Virginia?

Jefferson and Washington towered over most everybody else of the era. Madison must have drank from a different well.

[wryter2000]

4. I didn't know Jefferson was that tall

Yes, he and Washington were unusually tall for the time.

[LeftInTX]

11. Me neither. He looked shorter than Washington in paintings.

[CatWoman]

5. i know, right?

i had no idea Washington was that tall -- back then they would have been viewed as giants

[ProfessorGAC]

9. When I Was A Kid...

...my parents took me to DC, and toured the famous sites.
The story they told at Madison's house is:
Because Jefferson & Monroe lived in a direction that let them ride across the fields to his back door.
He designed a back breezeway so the door was only 5'6" and the ceiling 6'.
Then when his colleagues came over, they'd be bowing down as they entered the interior door to the kitchen.
Apparently it was a shared joke by all 3, to the point that Jefferson actually crawled in, then said he was groveling for Dolly's attention.
The ceiling was low. My dad did have to duck for the doorway, and he was just over 5'10".
I don't know if that is a true story or not.
But, it's a fun story and I've remembered it for 54 years!

[cwydro]

6. Who cares?

Will we compare the heights of woman in high office too?

Heights of Speakers? Senators?

[CatWoman]

7. well, it's obvious you don't care

and as we haven't had any female presidents, I suspect that's why none made the list.

[cwydro]

15. No, but I saw some snarky comments about the

height of some of our candidates during the primaries.

I found those to be incredibly shallow.

[ProfessorGAC]

8. Kind of Fun!

I did not know Lincoln was the tallest. I knew Madison was the shortest though.

[LeftInTX]

10. Lincoln had an ailment that caused him alot of musculoskeletal pain.

There are theories, but his height is often mentioned in conjunction to his aches and pains.

I have no idea if his stature had anything to do with aches and pains and there are some CT out there. Nevertheless his height is common knowledge. No one even knows what his ailment was or if had a true ailment:...just aches and pains and tall stature....

[wryter2000]

17. There is a syndrome

That makes people tall and gives them long faces. I used to work for a doctor who was a descendant of Lincoln's, and he looked somewhat like him. The other doctors asked about a particular syndrome they both might have had. I can't remember what it's called. Maybe one of the medical types here will know.

[Lars39]

18. Marfan syndrome?

[crazylikafox]

20. Yes

[LeftInTX]

19. It's Marfan, but not likely

Lincoln's unremarkable cardiovascular history and his normal visual acuity have been the chief objections to the hypothesis, and today geneticists consider the diagnosis unlikely

I think he was just tall. Aches/pains and headaches often do not have a known cause..even by today's medicine.

When he was nine years old, Lincoln was kicked in the head by a horse at the Noah Gordon Mill and was knocked unconscious for several hours.[3] Other injuries or trauma throughout his life include having cut his hand with an axe at least once,[4] incurred frostbite of his feet in 1830–1831,[5] was struck by his wife (apparently on multiple occasions),[6]

Being kicked in the head can cause headaches later, frostbite can also cause problems later. The manual work he did as a kid could have caused wear and tear on his joints. He also struggled with depression, which can also cause aches and pains.

[wryter2000]

22. Thanks

You're no doubt right. I'd forgotten about his depression.

[brush]

30. I once worked with a colleague who had Marfan's. He died young. It's that common with those...

unfortunate to have the syndrome?

[myccrider]

39. My grandfather was kicked in the head by a mule and was unconscious for a couple of days...

he had occasional bouts of epilepsy for the rest of his life after he woke up. Head injuries can cause some weird problems.

[LeftInTX]

40. Yes

[ProfessorGAC]

25. I Remember Hearing That

I'm actually ashamed I didn't know about the tallest fact, since I've lived in The Land of Lincoln my entire life.
I've read lots about Lincoln. Somehow that tallest POTUS thing slipped past me!
I wonder if the pain he suffered, (given his substantial stature for someone born over 200 years ago), was acromegaly. I have no idea whether he grew super fast at some period in his life.
But, Andre Rousimmof (Andre The Giant) was in nearly continual pain for most of his life.

[tblue37]

34. Some think he had Marfan's syndrome.

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Does That Cause Pain?

I know it can cause embolisms and arterial rupture.
A guy I played basketball against in HS died of it in his senior year. In those days, the diagnosis was during the autopsy.
The great volleyball player, Flo Hyman, died on the court during a game, from it as well.
I wasn't aware Marfan's caused pain, but I'm no authority.
That sudden growth thing though is connected to Marfan's.
The guy I knew went from 5'4" in 7th grade to 6'9" in his junior year. 16 inches in 4 years!
Terrible shame, human wise & basketball wise. He had NBA written all over him. Carved out of rock, quick, skilled, smart. Was supposed to go to Georgetown. He was going to be the first of John Thompson's big men at center.
Just dropped dead after practice one day!

[tblue37]

38. Yes. One of my students had it. He was tall, thin, and gangly, and he often missed class because

of the pain.

He told me there are different types of Marfan's, and some are even more debilitating than the kind he had.

[LeftInTX]

41. Yes, but my hunch is Lincoln probably did not have it

Lincoln was tall and gangly, but I think that was just him.
There is often money to be made by writing articles and books, so take it with a grain of salt.

They also like to say that Lincoln was a Melungeon, (a mixed race people), but there is no evidence of that.

There are lots of aches and pain ailments that were very difficult to diagnose back then. There was no medical imaging, such as X-rays or MRIs...Many common conditions (osteoarthritis, herniated discs, soft tissue problems) went undiagnosed or treated.

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Makes Perfect Sense

It was a long time ago. He'll be dead 156 years this April.
Medical science was barely in its infancy in those days.

[Skittles]

12. would be nice seeing Kamala first in that showing

[wryter2000]

23. Yeah

2028 or 2024, depending on if Biden wants to retire. I imagine she'd be in the middle of the pack, nowhere near the shortest.

[Skittles]

24. Kamala is 5'2"

[wryter2000]

26. Ooops

Gosh, she looks so much taller than that.

[Skittles]

28. it's because of her heels and her character

makes her seem...... not so tiny! (NOT that being small is bad, no indeed)

[mopinko]

35. i was shocked when i heard that.

i'm 5'2". doesnt seem right.

[ananda]

14. Biden is 6'0"

Nice

[Skittles]

27. ?

why is height considered "nice"? Does that mean Trump's height is "nicer"? I prefer content of character over superficiality like that.

[cwydro]

31. Yes, interesting how many judge by height. Thank you.

I learned a lot about some during the primaries. One poster gleefully posting that they couldn’t wait to see Beto go up against Pete in a debate...giggling about the height difference.

Funny how that worked out. Lol.

[ananda]

32. It was just a comment.

...

[PatSeg]

43. Yeah, some are taking this much too seriously

I found the video interesting and no reflection on the character or success of any one presidency.

[ironflange]

16. Is there one that compares weights?

Close race between Taft and Trump.

[LeftInTX]

21. LOL

[CatWoman]

29. Heaviest Presidents in History of the United States (1788-2020)

yes, Taft was he heaviest

and Trump has always lied about his weight

[tblue37]

33. Trump is, at best, 6' tall.

[PatSeg]

44. I think he may have been 6'2" when he was younger,

but most people lose an inch or two when they get older. His driver's license issued in 2012 said 6'2", though of course he could have lied about it, just like more recently when he claimed to be 6'3".

The problem with lying about his height is that he is one of the most photographed people in the world and there are plenty of pics of him standing next to other famous people. He claimed to be 6'3" during his campaign in 2016, but there were numerous photos of him standing next to Jeb Bush who at 6'3" was clearly taller. He's only fooling himself, if even that.

[PatSeg]

45. Here is 6'3" Trump standing next to 6'1" Obama

Link to tweet

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[PatSeg]

46. The internet is full of height comparisons

Yet Trump still tries to maintain the lie.

Link to tweet

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[LiberalFighter]

37. Doubt T is 6'2"