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How tall is James Buchanan?

Q: How tall is James Buchanan?

James Buchanan is 183 cm tall, which is 6′0″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

president of the United States from 1857 to 1861

Recorded height
183 cm 6′0″ · 1.83 m · 72.0 inches

James Buchanan is 183 cm tall (6′0″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 8 cm taller than the average U.S. man (175.3 cm, 5′9″; CDC/NCHS, NHANES 2015-2018 (Vital and Health Statistics Series 3, Number 46, 2021)).

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