The Weight of the Presidency: How Much do U.S.

President’s Weights

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

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

Position#President Weight (lbs) Weight (kg)

Taft340 lbs154.2 kg

222 & 24Grove Cleveland260 lbs117.9 kg

Trump239 lbs108.4 kg

Arthur224 lbs101.6 kg

542 Bill Clinton 223 lbs 101.2 kg

626 Theodore Roosevelt210 lbs95.3 kg

Johnson 200 lbs90.7 kg

825William McKinley199 lbs90.3 kg

915 James Buchanan198 lbs89.8kg

Bush 191 lbs86.6 kg

Bush 191 lbs86.6 kg

Ford190 lbs86.2 kg

135James Monroe 189 lbs85.7 kg

Roosevelt188 lbs85.3 kg

1531 Herbert Hoover187 lbs84.8 kg

1640Ronald Reagan185 lbs83.9 kg

Garfield184 lbs83.5 kg

1816 Abraham Lincoln180 lbs81.6 kg

1844Barack Obama180 lbs81.6 kg

2046Joe Biden178 lbs80.7 kg

211 George Washington 175 lbs 79.4 kg

216 John Quincy Adams175 lbs79.4 kg

Hayes 175 lbs79.4 kg

Nixon175 lbs79.4 kg

253Thomas Jefferson174 lbs78.9 kg

Polk 174 lbs78.9 kg

2513 Millard Fillmore174 lbs78.9 kg

2517Andrew Johnson174 lbs78.9 kg

Harding173 lbs78.5 kg

Kennedy 173 lbs78.5 kg

Eisenhower 171 lbs77.6 kg

3212 Zachary Taylor170 lbs77.1 kg

3228 Woodrow Wilson170 lbs77.1 kg

Truman 167 lbs75.7 kg

358 Martin Van Buren164 lbs74.4 kg

369William Henry Harrison162 lbs73.5 kg

3710John Tyler160 lbs72.6 kg

3723 Benjamin Harrison160 lbs72.6 kg

3739Jimmy Carter160 lbs72.6 kg

156 lbs70.8 kg

412 John Adams150 lbs68.0 kg

4230Calvin Coolidge148 lbs67.1 kg

4314Franklin Pierce144 lbs65.3 kg

447 Andrew Jackson 140 lbs 63.5 kg

454 James Madison100 lbs45.4 kg

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