How tall is Benjamin Harrison?

Benjamin Harrison's listed height was 168 cm (5'6"). He was taller than about 34% of men in the United States.

Where 168 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 34% of men in the United States born in 1833 (average 171.1 cm).

About Benjamin Harrison

Benjamin Harrison was the 23rd president of the United States, serving from 1889 to 1893. He was born on 20 August 1833 on a farm by the Ohio River in North Bend, Ohio. He was a grandson of the ninth president, William Henry Harrison, and a great-grandson of Founding Father Benjamin Harrison V. He graduated from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.

Harrison became a prominent attorney, Presbyterian church leader and politician in Indianapolis. He served in the Union Army as a colonel in the Civil War and was confirmed as a brevet brigadier general in 1865. He served in the Senate from 1881 to 1887. A Republican, he defeated incumbent Grover Cleveland in the 1888 election and lost to Cleveland in 1892.

Harrison stood a listed 168 cm (5'6"). His administration saw the McKinley Tariff and the Sherman Antitrust Act, the admission of six western states, and the strengthening of the U.S. Navy. In 1899 he represented Venezuela in its British Guiana boundary dispute. He died on 13 March 1901.

Frequently asked

How tall is Benjamin Harrison in feet and inches? Benjamin Harrison was 5'6" tall, which is 168 cm, 66.1 inches or 1.68 m.

Is Benjamin Harrison tall for men in the United States? At 168 cm he was taller than about 34% of men in the United States born in 1833, 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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