Did you know that in the past 27
US presidential elections, the shorter candidate has won only six
times? Handlers for Jimmy Carter (5' 9") went to great lengths to
prevent him from standing next to the taller Gerald Ford (6'). It
worked, Carter won.
The tallest President elected to office was Abraham Lincoln at 6' 4"
and George Washington was 6' 2". Eighteen presidents have been 6
foot or taller. James Madison was the shortest at 5 foot 4.
Mitt Romney is 6’2” and Barack Obama is 6’1”.
Michigan is the only state that has a statute prohibiting height
discrimination. (Maybe because Jimmy Hoffa was 5'5").