How tall is William Howard Taft?

William Howard Taft'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 1857 (average 171.1 cm).

About William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913 and the tenth chief justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930. He was born on 15 September 1857 in Cincinnati, Ohio, and his father, Alphonso Taft, was a U.S. attorney general and secretary of war. Taft attended Yale and, after becoming a lawyer, was appointed a judge while still in his twenties.

He was later named solicitor general and a judge of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. In 1901 President William McKinley appointed him civilian governor of the Philippines, and in 1904 President Theodore Roosevelt made him Secretary of War. With Roosevelt's help, he won the Republican nomination in 1908 and defeated William Jennings Bryan in the November election. He declined repeated offers of appointment to the Supreme Court of the United States, believing his political work to be more important.

Taft stood at a listed 182 cm (6'0"). He died on 8 March 1930. He is the only person to have held both the presidency and the office of chief justice.

Frequently asked

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

Is William Howard Taft tall for men in the United States? At 182 cm he was taller than about 93% of men in the United States born in 1857, 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.

More celebrity heights

Celebrity heights are based on widely reported public figures and can vary slightly between sources.