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How tall is Ulysses S. Grant?

Q: How tall is Ulysses S. Grant?

Ulysses S. Grant is 173 cm tall, which is 5′8″, as recorded on Wikidata (retrieved September 21, 2026). Recorded heights of real people are approximate.

president of the United States from 1869 to 1877

Recorded height
173 cm 5′8″ · 1.73 m · 68.1 inches

Ulysses S. Grant is 173 cm tall (5′8″) as recorded on Wikidata, retrieved September 21, 2026.
That is 2 cm shorter 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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