With candidates lining up to run for President, does their height play a role in their election?
The 2012 Presidential Election was our nation’s 57th Presidential Election. In three of those elections the candidates (George Washington in 1789 & 1792 and James Monroe in 1820) ran unopposed. In three other elections (1804, 1808, and 1816) the heights of the other candidates (who lost) is not known. Of the other 52elections here is a top eleven list of the greatest height difference between the candidates. The winners of the Presidential Election are in Green.
- Election of 1860 – Height difference: 12″ – Abraham Lincoln (6 ft. 4 in.), Stephen A. Douglas (5 ft. 4 in.)
- Election of 1812 – Height difference: 11″ – DeWitt Clinton (6 ft. 3 in.), James Madison (5 ft. 4in.)
- Election of 1864 – Height difference: 8″ – Abraham Lincoln (6 ft. 4 in.), George McClellan (5 ft. 8 in.)
- Election of 1796 – Height difference: 7-1/2″ – Thomas Jefferson (6 ft. 2-1/2 in.), John Adams (5 ft. 7 in.)
- Election of 1800 – Height difference: 7-1/2″ – Thomas Jefferson (6 ft. 2-1/2 in.), John Adams (5 ft. 7 in.)
- Election of 1824 – Height difference: 7-1/2″ – William H. Crawford (6 ft. 3in.), John Quincy Adams (5 ft. 7-1/2″)
- Election of 1852 – Height difference: 7″ – Winfield Scott (6 ft. 5 in.), Franklin Pierce (5 ft. 10 in.)
- Election of 2016 – Height difference: 7″ – Donald Trump (6 ft. 2 in.), Hillary Clinton (5 ft. 7 in.)
- Election of 1920 – Height difference: 6″ – Warren G. Harding (6 ft. 0 in.), James M. Cox (5 ft. 6 in.)
- Election of 1944 – Height difference: 6″ – Franklin Roosevelt (6 ft. 2 in.), Thomas Dewey (5 ft. 8 in.)
- Election of 1988 – Height difference: 6″ – George H.W. Bush (6 ft. 2 in.), Michael Dukakis (5 ft. 8in.)
Results: Six of the top ten Presidential Election candidates who were taller won their elections and four who were taller lost their Presidential Elections.
Source: Wikipedia
