How tall is Harry S. Truman?

Harry S. Truman's listed height was 175 cm (5'9"). He was taller than about 70% of men in the United States.

Where 175 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 70% of men in the United States born in 1884 (average 171.1 cm).

About Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953. He was born on 8 May 1884 in rural Missouri and raised in Independence, Missouri. During World War I he fought in France as a captain in the Field Artillery, and on returning home he opened a haberdashery in Kansas City, Missouri.

Truman was elected a judge of Jackson County in 1922 and to the U.S. Senate for Missouri in 1934. From 1940 to 1944 he chaired the Truman Committee, which aimed to reduce waste and inefficiency in wartime contracts. He was elected vice president in 1944 and became president when Franklin D. Roosevelt died in April 1945. A Democrat, he established the Truman Doctrine, set up the Marshall Plan and supported the founding of NATO.

Truman stood a listed 175 cm (5'9"). He won the 1948 presidential election, defeating Republican nominee Thomas E. Dewey and Dixiecrat Strom Thurmond, and he oversaw the Berlin Airlift that year. He died on 26 December 1972.

Frequently asked

How tall is Harry S. Truman in feet and inches? Harry S. Truman was 5'9" tall, which is 175 cm, 68.9 inches or 1.75 m.

Is Harry S. Truman tall for men in the United States? At 175 cm he was taller than about 70% of men in the United States born in 1884, whose average height is 171.1 cm.

Sources

• Harry S. Truman on Wikipedia — biography and career.
• Harry S. Truman on Wikidata — nationality and dates; height recorded as 175 cm.
• Harry S. Truman on TMDB — filmography and co-stars.

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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