How tall is Calvin Coolidge?

Calvin Coolidge'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 1872 (average 171.1 cm).

About Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge, born John Calvin Coolidge Jr., was the 30th president of the United States, serving from 1923 to 1929. A Republican lawyer from Massachusetts, he was born on 4 July 1872 in Plymouth Notch. He began his career as a member of the Massachusetts State House and rose through Massachusetts politics, being elected governor in 1918.

Coolidge served as the 48th governor of Massachusetts from 1919 to 1921 and as the 29th vice president from 1921 to 1923, under President Warren G. Harding. In 1920 the Republican Party nominated him as Harding's running mate, and they won the election in a landslide. He assumed the presidency in 1923 after Harding's death. As president he signed into law the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, which granted U.S. citizenship to all Native Americans, and the Immigration Act of 1924.

Coolidge stood at a listed 178 cm (5'10"). He died on 5 January 1933. He gained a reputation as a small-government conservative, and his taciturn personality and dry sense of humor earned him the nickname Silent Cal.

Frequently asked

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

Is Calvin Coolidge tall for men in the United States? At 178 cm he was taller than about 82% of men in the United States born in 1872, 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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