The Tallest to Shortest US Presidents of All Time

Presidential Weight

Taft was the heaviest president at 340 pounds (154.2 kg).

James Madison was the lightest president at 100 pounds (45.4 kg).

The average weight of presidents is 182 pounds (82.7 kg).

Rank# President’s Weight (lbs) Weight (kg)

Taft340 lbs154.2 kg

222 and 24 Grover Cleveland 260 lbs 117.9 kg

Trump 239 lbs 108.4 kg

Arthur 224 lbs 101.6 kg

542 Bill Clinton 223 lbs 101.2 kg

626 Theodore Roosevelt 210 lbs 95.3 kg

Johnson 200 lbs 90.7 kg

825 William McKinley199 lbs90.3 kg

915 James Buchanan 198 lbs 89.8 kg

Bush 191 lbs 86.6 kg

Bush 191 lbs 86.6 kg

Ford 190 lbs 86.2 kg

135 James Monroe 189 lbs 85.7 kg

Roosevelt 188 lb 85.3 kg

1531 Herbert Hoover 187 lbs 84.8 kg

1640 Ronald Reagan 185 lbs 83.9 kg

Garfield 184 lbs 83.5 kg

1816 Abraham Lincoln 180 lbs 81.6 kg

1844 Barack Obama 180 lbs 81.6 kg

2046 Joe Biden 178 lbs 80.7 kg

211 George Washington 175 lbs 79.4 kg

216 John Quincy Adams 175 lbs 79.4 kg

Hayes 175 lbs 79.4 kg

Nixon 175 lbs 79.4 kg

253 Thomas Jefferson 174 lbs 78.9 kg

Polk 174 lbs 78.9 kg

2513 Millard Fillmore 174 lbs 78.9 kg

2517 Andrew Johnson 174 lbs 78.9 kg

Harding 173 lbs 78.5 kg

Kennedy 173 lbs 78.5 kg

Eisenhower 171 lb 77.6 kg

3212 Zachary Taylor 170 lbs 77.1 kg

3228 Woodrow Wilson 170 lbs 77.1 kg

Truman 167 lbs 75.7 kg

358 Martin Van Buren 164 lbs 74.4 kg

369 William Henry Harrison 162 lbs 73.5 kg

3710 John Tyler 160 lbs 72.6 kg

3723 Benjamin Harrison 160 lbs 72.6 kg

3739 Jimmy Carter 160 lbs 72.6 kg

Grant 156 lbs 70.8 kg

412 John Adams 150 lbs 68.0 kg

4230 Kelvin Coolidge 148 lb 67.1 kg

4314 Franklin Pierce 144 lbs 65.3 kg

447 Andrew Jackson 140 lbs 63.5 kg

454 James Madison 100 lbs 45.4 kg

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