List of Presidents of the United States by home state
These lists give the states of primary affiliation and of birth for each President of the United States.
Birth places
Twenty-one states claim 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, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina
- Two: North Carolina, Texas, and Vermont
- Four: Massachusetts
- Five: New York
- Seven: Ohio
- Eight: Virginia
Date of birth | President | Birthplace | State | 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/North 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 |
November 19, 1831 | James A. Garfield | Moreland Hills | Ohio | (20th) March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 |
October 5, 1829 | Chester A. Arthur | Fairfield | Vermont | (21st) September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 |
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 H. Taft | Cincinnati | Ohio | (27th) March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 |
October 27, 1858 | Theodore Roosevelt | New York City | 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 |
June 14, 1946 | Donald Trump | New York City | New York | (45th) January 20, 2017 – Incumbent |
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 |
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).[3] Reflective of this trend, all presidents born after World War II (Bill Clinton and every president since) have been born in a hospital, not a private residence.
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. This is not necessarily the state in which the president was born. Nineteen Presidents (denoted with an asterisk) primarily resided in states other than their respective birth states, which are listed above.
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.
- ↑ Thomasson, Melissa A.; Treber, Jaret (January 2008). "From home to hospital: The evolution of childbirth in the United States, 1928-1940". Explorations in Economic History. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. 45 (1): 76–99. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2007.07.001. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
External links
- American Presidents Sites - Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary from the National Park Service