How tall is Andrew Jackson?

Andrew Jackson's listed height was 185 cm (6'1"). He was taller than about 97% of men in the United States.

Where 185 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 97% of men in the United States born in 1767 (average 171.1 cm).

About Andrew Jackson

Andrew Jackson was the seventh president of the United States, serving from 1829 to 1837. He was born on 15 March 1767 in Waxhaws, in the colonial Carolinas. He became a frontier lawyer, married Rachel Donelson, and briefly represented Tennessee in both the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. He later served as a Tennessee Superior Court justice from 1798 to 1804.

As commander of the Tennessee militia, Jackson led troops in the Creek War of 1813 to 1814, winning the Battle of Horseshoe Bend. His victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 made him a national hero. He later commanded United States forces during the First Seminole War, and he briefly served as Florida's first territorial governor before returning to the Senate. He founded The Hermitage and ran for president in 1824.

Jackson stood at a listed 185 cm (6'1"). He died on 8 June 1845. He rose to fame as a U.S. Army general, and his political philosophy became the basis for Jacksonian democracy.

Frequently asked

How tall is Andrew Jackson in feet and inches? Andrew Jackson was 6'1" tall, which is 185 cm, 72.8 inches or 1.85 m.

Is Andrew Jackson tall for men in the United States? At 185 cm he was taller than about 97% of men in the United States born in 1767, whose average height is 171.1 cm.

Sources

Heights are as publicly listed, rounded to the nearest centimetre; listed heights for public figures are often self-reported. Biographical details adapted from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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