How tall is William McKinley?

William McKinley's listed height was 170 cm (5'7"). He was taller than about 44% of men in the United States.

Where 170 cm sits among men in the United States

Taller than about 44% of men in the United States born in 1843 (average 171.1 cm).

About William McKinley

William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his death in 1901. He was born on 29 January 1843 in Niles, Ohio. He was the last president to have served in the American Civil War, and the only one to begin his service as an enlisted man and end it as a brevet major. After the war he settled in Canton, Ohio, where he practiced law.

McKinley was elected to Congress in 1876, where he became the Republican expert on the protective tariff. His 1890 McKinley Tariff and a redistricting by the Democratic Party led to his defeat that year. He was elected governor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893. In 1896 he won the Republican nomination and defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan after a front porch campaign.

McKinley stood a listed 170 cm (5'7"). As president he kept the nation on the gold standard and signed the Dingley Tariff of 1897. The United States annexed Hawaii in 1898 and, after the Spanish-American War, received Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philippines. He died on 14 September 1901.

Frequently asked

How tall is William McKinley in feet and inches? William McKinley was 5'7" tall, which is 170 cm, 66.9 inches or 1.70 m.

Is William McKinley tall for men in the United States? At 170 cm he was taller than about 44% of men in the United States born in 1843, 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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