Heights of U.S. presidential candidates
Elections in boldface are those in which the shorter candidate won. Ones in italics are those in which the candidates were the same height.
| Year | Winner | Height | 2nd place | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | George W. Bush | 5'11" | John Kerry | 6'4" |
| 2000 | George W. Bush | 5'11" | Al Gore | 6'1" |
| 1996 | Bill Clinton | 6'2–1/2" | Bob Dole | 6'2" |
| 1992 | Bill Clinton | 6'2–1/2" | George H.W. Bush | 6'2" |
| 1988 | George H.W. Bush | 6'2" | Michael Dukakis | 5'8" |
| 1984 | Ronald Reagan | 6'1" | Walter Mondale | 5'10" |
| 1980 | Ronald Reagan | 6'1" | Jimmy Carter | 5'9–1/2" |
| 1976 | Jimmy Carter | 5'9–1/2" | Gerald Ford | 6'0" |
| 1972 | Richard Nixon | 5'11–1/2" | George McGovern | 6'1" |
| 1968 | Richard Nixon | 5'11–1/2" | Hubert Humphrey | 5'11" |
| 1964 | Lyndon Johnson | 6'3" | Barry Goldwater | 6'0" |
| 1960 | John F. Kennedy | 6'0" | Richard Nixon | 5'11–1/2" |
| 1956 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 5'10–1/2" | Adlai Stevenson | 5'10" |
| 1952 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | 5'10–1/2" | Adlai Stevenson | 5'10" |
| 1948 | Harry S. Truman | 5'9" | Thomas Dewey | 5'8" |
| 1944 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 6'2" | Thomas Dewey | 5'8" |
| 1940 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 6'2" | Wendell Willkie | 6'1" |
| 1936 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 6'2" | Alfred Landon | 5'8" |
| 1932 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | 6'2" | Herbert Hoover | 5'11" |
| 1928 | Herbert Hoover | 5'11" | Al Smith | 6'1" |
| 1924 | Calvin Coolidge | 5'10" | John W. Davis | 6'0" |
| 1920 | Warren G. Harding | 6'0" | James M. Cox | 5'6" |
| 1916 | Woodrow Wilson | 5'11" | Charles E. Hughes | 5'11" |
| 1912 | Woodrow Wilson | 5'11" | Theodore Roosevelt | 5'10" |
| 1908 | William Howard Taft | 6'0" | William Jennings Bryan | 6'0" |
| 1904 | Theodore Roosevelt | 5'10" | Alton B. Parker | 6'0" |
| 1900 | William McKinley | 5'7" | William Jennings Bryan | 6'0" |
| 1896 | William McKinley | 5'7" | William Jennings Bryan | 6'0" |
| 1892 | Grover Cleveland | 5'11" | Benjamin Harrison | 5'6" |
| 1888 | Benjamin Harrison | 5'6" | Grover Cleveland | 5'11" |
| 1884 | Grover Cleveland | 5'11" | James G. Blaine | |
| 1880 | James A. Garfield | 6'0" | Winfield Hancock | |
| 1876 | Rutherford B. Hayes | 5'8–1/2" | Samuel Tilden | |
| 1872 | Ulysses S. Grant | 5'8" | Horace Greeley | |
| 1868 | Ulysses S. Grant | 5'8" | Horatio Seymour | |
| 1864 | Abraham Lincoln | 6'4" | George McClellan | |
| 1860 | Abraham Lincoln | 6'4" | John C. Breckenridge | |
| 1856 | James Buchanan | 6'0" | John C. Fremont | |
| 1852 | Franklin Pierce | 5'10" | Winfield Scott | |
| 1848 | Zachary Taylor | 5'8" | Lewis Cass | |
| 1844 | James K. Polk | 5'8" | Henry Clay | |
| 1840 | William Henry Harrison | 5'8" | Martin Van Buren | 5'6" |
| 1836 | Martin Van Buren | 5'6" | William Henry Harrison | 5'8" |
| 1832 | Andrew Jackson | 6'1" | Henry Clay | |
| 1828 | Andrew Jackson | 6'1" | John Quincy Adams | 5'7" |
| 1824 | John Quincy Adams | 5'7" | Andrew Jackson | 6'1" |
| 1820 | James Monroe | 6'0" | John Quincy Adams | 5'7" |
| 1816 | James Monroe | 6'0" | Rufus King | |
| 1812 | James Madison | 5'4" | De Witt Clinton | |
| 1808 | James Madison | 5'4" | Charles Cotesworth Pinckney | |
| 1804 | Thomas Jefferson | 6'2–1/2" | Charles Pinckney | |
| 1800 | Thomas Jefferson | 6'2–1/2" | Aaron Burr | |
| 1796 | John Adams | 5'7" | Thomas Jefferson | 6'2–1/2" |
| 1792 | George Washington | 6'2" | John Adams | 5'7" |
| 1788 | George Washington | 6'2" | John Adams | 5'7" |