john w. daniel has been the tallest president of the united states.
who has been the tallest president of the united states?
john w. daniel
a comparison of the heights of the winning presidential candidate with the losing candidate from each election since 1789 is provided below to evaluate such views.









































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* lost the electoral vote, but received more popular votes









































** lost the house of representatives vote, but received the most popular votes and a plurality of electoral votes; however, not the majority needed to win.









































† ran unopposed









































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the tallest president elected to office was abraham lincoln (). portrait artist francis bicknell carpenter supplies the information for lincoln:
heights of presidents and presidential candidates of the united states
as the first baby boomer president, clinton was the first chief executive since calvin coolidge who was not alive during world war ii. authors martin walker and bob woodward stated that clinton's innovative use of sound bite-ready dialogue, personal charisma, and public perception-oriented campaigning were a major factor in his high public approval ratings. when clinton played the saxophone on "the arsenio hall show", he was described by some religious conservatives as "the mtv president". opponents sometimes referred to him as "slick willie", a nickname which was first applied to him in 1980 by "pine bluff commercial" journalist paul greenberg; greenberg believed that clinton was abandoning the progressive policies of previous arkansas governors such as winthrop rockefeller, dale bumpers and david pryor. the claim "slick willie" would last throughout his presidency. standing at a height of (1.88 m), clinton is tied with five others as the fifth-tallest president in the nation's history. his folksy manner led him to be nicknamed bubba, especially in the south. since 2000, he has frequently been referred to as "the big dog" or "big dog". his prominent role in campaigning for president obama during the 2012 presidential election and his widely publicized speech at the 2012 democratic national convention, where he officially nominated obama and criticized republican nominee mitt romney and republican policies in detail, earned him the nickname "explainer-in-chief".
bill clinton