In terms of weight, the results are less clear. We have routinely elected U. It has been more than a century, however, since we have had an obese president. Overall, though the results vary a bit by the type of study one performs, it appears that height and weight do matter in how we pick presidents. One may or may not find these results surprising. What is considerably more unexpected is how these results track to presidential greatness.
In regressing greatness ratings on height and weight, I controlled for year the presidents were elected and, to examine whether the height premium has changed over time, I also examined the interaction between height and year elected.
See Figure 1 below for my full analysis. The results suggest that there was a moderately strong relationship between height and presidential greatness. Not surprisingly, the presidents with the highest predicted scores — Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt — also have very high greatness scores.
The one exception — Lyndon Johnson — has a relatively high greatness score. Note that it is difficult to argue that presidential greatness should depend on height, weight body mass index or, more arguably, how long ago the leader was elected. These are the only factors along with the interaction between year elected and height that went into the predicted values.
We find it difficult to identify leader behaviors that, independently assessed, correlate this highly with leader effectiveness. And what about our current president? Most historians — and public opinion — do not give President Trump particularly high marks after 15 months in office. Poppycock, you say? Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. George and Martha Washington: 1-footinches 36 cm.
John and Abigail Adams: 1 inch 2 cm. Thomas and Martha Jefferson: 1-foot James and Dolley Madison: 3 inches 7 cm. James and Elizabeth Monroe: 1 foot 31 cm. John Quincy and Louisa Adams: 1. Andrew and Rachel Jackson: 1-footinch 33 cm. Martin and Hannah Van Buren: Unknown. William Henry and Anna Harrison: Unknown. James K.
Zachary and Margaret Taylor: Unknown. Millard and Abigail Filmore: 3 inches 7 cm. Franklin and Jane Pierce: 5 inches 13 cm. James Buchanan and Harriet Lane: 5 inches 13 cm. Abraham and Mary Lincoln: 1-footinches 36 cm.
Andrew and Eliza Johnson: 1-footinch 33 cm. Ulysses S. Rutherford B. James A. Grover and Frances Cleveland: 4 inches 10 cm. Benjamin and Caroline Harrison: 5 inches 13 cm. William and Ida McKinley: Unknown. Theodore and Edith Roosevelt: 3 inches 8 cm. William Howard and Helen Taft: 7. Warren G. Then you will be able to mark statistics as favourites and use personal statistics alerts.
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