How tall is James Monroe?

James Monroe's listed height was 182 cm (6'0"). He was taller than about 93% of men in the United States.

Where 182 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 93% of men in the United States born in 1758 (average 171.1 cm).

About James Monroe

James Monroe was a Founding Father and the fifth president of the United States, serving from 1817 to 1825. A member of the Democratic-Republican Party, he was born on 28 April 1758 at Monroe Hall. During the American Revolutionary War he served in the Continental Army, and from 1780 to 1783 he studied law under Thomas Jefferson.

Monroe served as a delegate to both the Continental Congress and the Virginia Ratifying Convention, and in 1790 he won election to the Senate, where he became a leader of the Democratic-Republican Party. He left the Senate in 1794 to serve as President George Washington's ambassador to France and was recalled in 1796. He won the election as Governor of Virginia in 1799. As President Jefferson's special envoy, he helped negotiate the Louisiana Purchase, through which the United States nearly doubled in size.

Monroe stood at a listed 182 cm (6'0"). He died on 4 July 1831. He was the last Founding Father to serve as president, and he issued the Monroe Doctrine, a policy aimed at limiting European colonialism in the Americas.

Frequently asked

How tall is James Monroe in feet and inches? James Monroe was 6'0" tall, which is 182 cm, 71.7 inches or 1.82 m.

Is James Monroe tall for men in the United States? At 182 cm he was taller than about 93% of men in the United States born in 1758, 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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