These lists give the states of primary affiliation and of birth for each president of the United States.
Birth places
Twenty-one states have the distinction of being the birthplace of a president. One president's birth state is in dispute; North and South Carolina (British colonies at the time) both lay claim to Andrew Jackson, who was born in 1767, in the Waxhaw region along their common border. Jackson himself considered South Carolina as his birth state.[1] Born on December 5, 1782, Martin Van Buren was the first president born an American citizen (and not a British subject).[2]
The term Virginia dynasty is sometimes used to describe the fact that four of the first five U.S. presidents were from Virginia. The number of presidents born per state, counting Jackson as being from South Carolina, are:
- One: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey and South Carolina
- Two: North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas and Vermont
- Four: Massachusetts
- Five: New York
- Seven: Ohio
- Eight: Virginia
| Date of birth | President | Birthplace | State† of birth | In office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 22, 1732 | George Washington | Westmoreland County | Virginia† | (1st) April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797 |
| October 30, 1735 | John Adams | Braintree | Massachusetts† | (2nd) March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 |
| April 13, 1743* | Thomas Jefferson | Shadwell | Virginia† | (3rd) March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809 |
| March 16, 1751 | James Madison | Port Conway | Virginia† | (4th) March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817 |
| April 28, 1758 | James Monroe | Monroe Hall | Virginia† | (5th) March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825 |
| March 15, 1767 | Andrew Jackson | Waxhaws Region | South Carolina† | (7th) March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837 |
| July 11, 1767 | John Quincy Adams | Braintree | Massachusetts† | (6th) March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 |
| February 9, 1773 | William Henry Harrison | Charles City County | Virginia† | (9th) March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 |
| December 5, 1782 | Martin Van Buren | Kinderhook | New York | (8th) March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |
| November 24, 1784 | Zachary Taylor | Barboursville | Virginia | (12th) March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 |
| March 29, 1790 | John Tyler | Charles City County | Virginia | (10th) April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845 |
| April 23, 1791 | James Buchanan | Cove Gap | Pennsylvania | (15th) March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 |
| November 2, 1795 | James K. Polk | Pineville | North Carolina | (11th) March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 |
| January 7, 1800 | Millard Fillmore | Summerhill | New York | (13th) July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853 |
| November 23, 1804 | Franklin Pierce | Hillsborough | New Hampshire | (14th) March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857 |
| December 29, 1808 | Andrew Johnson | Raleigh | North Carolina | (17th) April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869 |
| February 12, 1809 | Abraham Lincoln | Sinking Spring | Kentucky | (16th) March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 |
| April 27, 1822 | Ulysses S. Grant | Point Pleasant | Ohio | (18th) March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877 |
| October 4, 1822 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Delaware | Ohio | (19th) March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881 |
| October 5, 1829 | Chester A. Arthur | Fairfield | Vermont | (21st) September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 |
| November 19, 1831 | James A. Garfield | Moreland Hills | Ohio | (20th) March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 |
| August 20, 1833 | Benjamin Harrison | North Bend | Ohio | (23rd) March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 |
| March 18, 1837 | Grover Cleveland | Caldwell | New Jersey | (22nd) March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 (24th) March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 |
| January 29, 1843 | William McKinley | Niles | Ohio | (25th) March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 |
| December 28, 1856 | Woodrow Wilson | Staunton | Virginia | (28th) March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 |
| September 15, 1857 | William Howard Taft | Cincinnati | Ohio | (27th) March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 |
| October 27, 1858 | Theodore Roosevelt | Manhattan | New York | (26th) September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 |
| November 2, 1865 | Warren G. Harding | Blooming Grove | Ohio | (29th) March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 |
| July 4, 1872 | Calvin Coolidge | Plymouth | Vermont | (30th) August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929 |
| August 10, 1874 | Herbert Hoover | West Branch | Iowa | (31st) March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 |
| January 30, 1882 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Hyde Park | New York | (32nd) March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 |
| May 8, 1884 | Harry S. Truman | Lamar | Missouri | (33rd) April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953 |
| October 14, 1890 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Denison | Texas | (34th) January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 |
| August 27, 1908 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Stonewall | Texas | (36th) November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969 |
| February 6, 1911 | Ronald Reagan | Tampico | Illinois | (40th) January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 |
| January 9, 1913 | Richard Nixon | Yorba Linda | California | (37th) January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 |
| July 14, 1913 | Gerald Ford | Omaha | Nebraska | (38th) August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 |
| May 29, 1917 | John F. Kennedy | Brookline | Massachusetts | (35th) January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 |
| June 12, 1924 | George H. W. Bush | Milton | Massachusetts | (41st) January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 |
| October 1, 1924 | Jimmy Carter | Plains | Georgia | (39th) January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 |
| November 20, 1942 | Joe Biden | Scranton | Pennsylvania | (46th) January 20, 2021 – present |
| June 14, 1946 | Donald Trump | Queens | New York | (45th) January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021 |
| July 6, 1946 | George W. Bush | New Haven | Connecticut | (43rd) January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009 |
| August 19, 1946 | Bill Clinton | Hope | Arkansas | (42nd) January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 |
| August 4, 1961 | Barack Obama | Honolulu | Hawaii | (44th) January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017 |
| *Gregorian date; Julian date is April 2, 1743 [3] | ||||
| †Colony, pre–1776, rather than state. | ||||
Presidential birthplace and early childhood historic sites
The birthplaces and early childhood residences of many U.S. presidents have been preserved or replicated. In instances where a physical structure is absent, a monument or roadside marker has been erected to denote the site's historic significance. All sites in the table below are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
A dramatic shift in childbirth from home to hospital occurred in the United States in the early 20th century (mid–1920s to 1940).[4] Reflective of this trend, Jimmy Carter and all presidents born during and after World War II (Bill Clinton and every president since) have been born in a hospital, not a private residence. This sortable table is ordered by the presidents' birthdates.
| President | Image | Historic site |
|---|---|---|
| George Washington | ) | George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Colonial Beach, Virginia |
| John Adams | ) | John Adams Birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| James Madison | ) | Belle Grove Plantation, Port Conway, Virginia |
| James Monroe | ) | James Monroe Family Home Site, Colonial Beach, Virginia |
| John Quincy Adams | ) | John Quincy Adams Birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts |
| William Henry Harrison | ) | Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia |
| Zachary Taylor | ) | Zachary Taylor House, Louisville, Kentucky |
| John Tyler | .jpg')) | Greenway Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia |
| James Buchanan | ) | Buchanan's Birthplace State Park, Cove Gap, Pennsylvania |
| James K. Polk | .jpg')) | President James K. Polk Historic Site, Pineville, North Carolina |
| Franklin Pierce | ) | Franklin Pierce Homestead, Hillsborough, New Hampshire |
| Andrew Johnson | ) | Mordecai Historic Park, Raleigh, North Carolina |
| Abraham Lincoln | ) | Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Hodgenville, Kentucky |
| Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City, Indiana | ||
| Ulysses S. Grant | ) | Grant Birthplace, Point Pleasant, Ohio |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | .jpg')) | Speigel Grove, Fremont, Ohio |
| Chester A. Arthur | ) | Chester Alan Arthur State Historic Site, Fairfield, Vermont |
| Grover Cleveland | ) | Grover Cleveland Birthplace, Caldwell, New Jersey |
| William McKinley | ) | McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center, Niles, Ohio |
| Woodrow Wilson | ) | Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home, Augusta, Georgia |
| William Howard Taft | ) | William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Theodore Roosevelt | ) | Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York City, New York |
| Calvin Coolidge | ) | Calvin Coolidge Homestead District, Plymouth, Vermont |
| Herbert Hoover | ) | Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | ) | Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York |
| Harry S. Truman | ) | Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site, Lamar, Missouri |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | ) | Eisenhower Boyhood Home, Abilene, Kansas |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | ) | Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Stonewall, Texas |
| Ronald Reagan | ) | Birthplace of Ronald Reagan, Tampico, Illinois |
| Richard Nixon | ) | Birthplace of Richard Nixon, Yorba Linda, California |
| Gerald Ford | ) | born in Omaha Nebraska, raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan, President Gerald R. Ford Jr. Boyhood Home |
| John F. Kennedy | ) | John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Brookline, Massachusetts |
| Jimmy Carter | ) | Jimmy Carter National Historic Site, Plains, Georgia |
| George W. Bush | ) | George W. Bush Childhood Home, Midland, Texas |
| Bill Clinton | ) | President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site, Hope, Arkansas |
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States of primary affiliation
A list of U.S. presidents including the state with which each was primarily affiliated, due to residence, professional career, and electoral history.
Notes
- ^ Eisenhower held residency in New York duirng the 1952 presidential election and later in Pennsylvania during the 1956 presidential election, but was primarily raised in Kansas and later settled back there.
- ^ For a brief period whilst working as a lawyer, Nixon identified his home state as New York and won the 1968 presidential election as a resident, but he later reclaimed residency in California early into his first term.
- ^ Trump's birth state of New York served as his primary residency throughout the majority of his presidency and public life. In September 2019, Trump moved his primary residence to Mar-a-Lago in Florida.
Presidents by state of primary affiliation
A list of U.S. presidents grouped by primary state of residence and birth, with priority given to residence. Only 19 out of the 50 states are represented. Presidents with an asterisk (*) did not primarily reside in their respective birth states (they were not born in the state listed below).
| State | # | Presidents (in order of presidency) |
|---|---|---|
 New York | 7 | Martin Van Buren (8), Millard Fillmore (13), Chester A. Arthur* (21), Grover Cleveland* (22, 24), Theodore Roosevelt (26), Franklin D. Roosevelt (32), Donald Trump (45) |
 Ohio | 6 | William Henry Harrison* (9), Rutherford B. Hayes (19), James A. Garfield (20), William McKinley (25), William Howard Taft (27), Warren G. Harding (29) |
 Virginia | 5 | George Washington (1), Thomas Jefferson (3), James Madison (4), James Monroe (5), John Tyler (10) |
 Massachusetts | 4 | John Adams (2), John Quincy Adams (6), Calvin Coolidge* (30), John F. Kennedy (35) |
 California | 3 | Herbert Hoover* (31), Richard Nixon (37), Ronald Reagan* (40) |
 Illinois | 3 | Abraham Lincoln* (16), Ulysses S. Grant* (18), Barack Obama* (44) |
 Tennessee | 3 | Andrew Jackson* (7), James K. Polk* (11), Andrew Johnson* (17) |
 Texas | 3 | Lyndon B. Johnson (36), George H. W. Bush* (41), George W. Bush* (43) |
 Arkansas | 1 | Bill Clinton (42) |
 Delaware | 1 | Joe Biden* (46) |
.svg.png){kind=small} Georgia | 1 | Jimmy Carter (39) |
 Indiana | 1 | Benjamin Harrison* (23) |
 Kansas | 1 | Dwight D. Eisenhower* (34) |
 Louisiana | 1 | Zachary Taylor* (12) |
 Michigan | 1 | Gerald Ford* (38) |
 Missouri | 1 | Harry S. Truman (33) |
 New Hampshire | 1 | Franklin Pierce (14) |
 New Jersey | 1 | Woodrow Wilson* (28) |
 Pennsylvania | 1 | James Buchanan (15) |
References
- ^ Collings, Jeffrey (March 7, 2011). "Old fight lingers over Old Hickory's roots". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company.
- ^ Glass, Andrew (July 21, 2014). "Van Buren slips into coma, July 21, 1862". Arlington County, Virginia: Politico. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
- ^ "Jefferson's Tombstone". Charlottesville, Virginia. July 11, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ Thomasson, Melissa A.; Treber, Jaret (January 2008). "From home to hospital: The evolution of childbirth in the United States, 1928-1940" (PDF). Explorations in Economic History. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. 45 (1): 76–99. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2007.07.001. S2CID 54670409.
External links
- American Presidents Sites - Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary from the National Park Service