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William H. 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 the presidents is 182 pounds (82.7 kg).
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States and the tenth chief justice of the United States, the only person to have held both offices. Taft was elected president in 1908 as a Republican and was defeated for reelection in 1912 by Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson .
The weight range has been between 122lbs (55kg) and 332lbs (151kg), meaning that the heaviest president, William Howard Taft, was almost three times as heavy as the lightest president,...
Stature, Height and Weight statistics of the Presidents of the United States - The tallest, the shortest, the fattest, the thinnest American Presidents
In a diary entry from 1911, the housekeeper notes Taft’s weight — 332 pounds — and that he was going on a diet, apparently at the advice of his doctor.
William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 – March 8, 1930) was the 27th president of the United States from 1909 to 1913. He was the only president who also served as a Supreme Court chief justice. He was 5 feet 11 inches (1.80 m) tall and weighed over 350 pounds (160 kg) at the end of his presidency.
President William Howard Taft has the dubious honor of being America’s heaviest leader, weighing in at 314 pounds during his tenure in the White House.
The 27th president, William H. Taft did, way back in the early 1900s. A medical historian has analyzed letters between the two, complete with food diaries and daily weigh-ins surely...
A Smithsonian magazine piece from 2014 says that Taft tipped the scales at 340 pounds. A random Internet search produces results that suggest Taft was a big as 350 pounds and as short at...
William Howard Taft was a large man. As president, he reached 332 pounds and a special bathtub was constructed for him in the White House after he got stuck in the existing one. Taft...