How tall was George Washington?
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I think Douglas S. Freeman wrote in Washington, the abridgment of his multi volume pulitzer prize winning work, that Washington was 6'2" and 209.
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I don't have the sources in front of me, but I have read letters from John Adams and Thomas Jefferson suggesting that George Washington was the tallest of the three. Jefferson commented on being slightly shorter than GW, and Adams said they both towered over him so who would notice him in an election for President, but he also implied that GW was the tallest of the three.
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The answer may rest with the statue of Washington that was sculpted by Houdan and stands in the Virginia state capital. The sculptor visited Washington at Mount Vernon and carefully measured him so that his work would be as accurate as it could be. The statue of Washington himself stands at 6'2 1/2 inches, but it must be noted that Washington's knees are bent. Supposedly somebody measured the space between the bent knees and it came out at about half an inch. So straighten the knees out and the statue stands at about 6'3". So it would seem that Washington's real height was most likely somewhere from 6'2 1/2 inches and 6'3".
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I know it is a pretty short answer, but the very scientically correct "Wolfram Alpha" says "1m88"...
There is also a list of sources on this matter on Wikipedia there.
But the best documented answer on the Internet seems to be here .
When he was 27, a fellow member of the Virginia House of Burgesses described him as "straight as an Indian, measuring 6'2" in his stockings and weighing 175 1bs." This estimate may have been conservative: After Washington's death, his private secretary claimed that he measured the body and found it to be 6' 3 1/2" tall.
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