How tall was Abraham Lincoln when he became president?

Question

Anyone know?

Answer 1

Yes, 6'4"... but he'd also wear that stovepipe hat which added to the impression of great height.

Some interesting factoids (he wore size 14 shoes!) here: http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/g16.htm

Answer 2

Lincoln stood 6 feet 3¾ inches (192.4 cm) tall (not including his hat) and thus was the tallest president in U.S. history, just edging out Lyndon Johnson at 6 feet 3½ inches (191.8 cm) tall.

But other sources say:
Lincoln was 6 feet 4 inches tall, at a time when the median height of adult men in the United States was 5 feet 6 inches. He attained this height at age 17. Although an excellent athlete, he was lean all his life. At age 7 was described as a "tall spider of a boy" and as an adult he weighed between 160 and 185 pounds.

So, I guess 1/2 inch is not important.

Answer 3

Lincoln was 6 feet 4 inches tall, at a time when the median height of adult men in the United States was 5 feet 6 inches. He attained this height at age 17. Although an excellent athlete, he was lean all his life. At age 7 was described as a "tall spider of a boy" and as an adult he weighed between 160 and 185 pounds [16a].
Lincoln's height came from his legs. Sitting, he was no taller than the average man. The legs sprouted from size 14 feet. (His footwear had to be custom made.) [16b] For example, while reviewing troops in April 1863, Lincoln was described as "an awkward figure on horseback with a stovepipe hat and elbows stuck out keeping time to the motion of the horse with his chin almost buried between his knees of his long bony legs" [5d].

Lincoln also had disproportionately long arms and fingers [16b]. A contemporary noted Lincoln's hands were "very large" [23a], including a first phalanx of the middle finger nearly half an inch longer than that of an ordinary hand [16b]. However, a cast of his hands shows them to be muscular and powerful, not the slender hands of Marfan syndrome (see below) [13] [24].

Poet Walt Whitman saw Lincoln in February 1861. Whitman described a "seam'd and wrinkled face" atop a "disproportionately long neck" [5e]. (For those interested, the medical word for a long thin neck is "dolichostenocollis.")

Lincoln's height, long legs, leanness, and thin face are skeletal features of Marfan syndrome [7]. Evidence for other features of Marfan syndrome (ocular, cardiovascular) in Lincoln has been presented, but found weak [16c]. In 1959, Marfan syndrome was diagnosed in a distant relative of Lincoln's (a third cousin four times removed) [28]. Sharing 1/4096th of Lincoln's genetic material, it is difficult to ascribe much significance to this fact [16d]. Although the world's greatest authority on Marfan syndrome thinks it's "50-50" that Lincoln had the condition, other geneticists think it unlikely [16e] [27].

Answer 4

Lincoln stood 6 feet 3¾ inches (192.4 cm) tall (not including his hat) and thus was the tallest president in U.S. history, just edging out Lyndon Johnson at 6 feet 3½ inches (191.8 cm) tall.

Answer 5

He was 6'4", check out his autobiography at the following source list.

Answer 6

6'4"