How tall is Andrew Johnson?

Andrew Johnson's listed height was 178 cm (5'10"). He was taller than about 82% of men in the United States.

Where 178 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 82% of men in the United States born in 1808 (average 171.1 cm).

About Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson was the 17th president of the United States, serving from 1865 to 1869. He was born on 29 December 1808 in Raleigh, into poverty, and never attended school. He was apprenticed as a tailor and worked in several frontier towns before settling in Greeneville, Tennessee, where he served as an alderman and mayor.

Johnson was elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1835, briefly served in the Tennessee Senate, and was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1843, where he served five two-year terms. He was governor of Tennessee for four years and was elected by the legislature to the U.S. Senate in 1857, where he sought passage of the Homestead Bill. When Tennessee and other Southern states seceded in February 1861, he remained with the Union.

Johnson stood at a listed 178 cm (5'10"). He died on 31 July 1875. A War Democrat, he ran with Lincoln on the National Union Party ticket in the 1864 election, served as the 16th vice president, and became president as the American Civil War concluded.

Frequently asked

How tall is Andrew Johnson in feet and inches? Andrew Johnson was 5'10" tall, which is 178 cm, 70.1 inches or 1.78 m.

Is Andrew Johnson tall for men in the United States? At 178 cm he was taller than about 82% of men in the United States born in 1808, 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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