List of presidents of the United States by home state explained
These lists give the states of primary affiliation and of birth for each president of the United States.
Birthplaces
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 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 per state in which they were born, 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
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 | | Hare Forest Farm, Orange County, Virginia |
| Zachary Taylor House, Louisville, Kentucky |
| John Tyler | | Greenway Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia |
| James Buchanan | | Buchanan's Birthplace State Park, Cove Gap, Pennsylvania |
| James K. Polk | | 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 | | Spiegel 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 |
| Theodore Roosevelt | | Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York City, New York |
| William Howard Taft | | William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Woodrow Wilson | | Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia |
| Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home, Augusta, Georgia |
| Calvin Coolidge | | Calvin Coolidge Homestead District, Plymouth, Vermont |
| Herbert Hoover | | Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa |
| Hoover–Minthorn House, Newberg, Oregon |
| 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 |
| John F. Kennedy | | John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Brookline, Massachusetts |
| 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 | | President Gerald R. Ford Jr. Boyhood Home, Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Jimmy Carter | | Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, 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 | |
States of primary affiliation
See also: List of residences of presidents of the United States.
A list of U.S. Presidents including the state with which each was primarily affiliated or most closely associated with, due to residence, professional career, and electoral history.
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 20 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) |
|---|
| 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) |
| 6 | William Henry Harrison
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| 5 | George Washington (1), Thomas Jefferson (3), James Madison (4), James Monroe (5), John Tyler (10) |
| 4 | John Adams (2), John Quincy Adams (6), Calvin Coolidge* (30), John F. Kennedy (35) |
| 3 | Herbert Hoover- (31), Richard Nixon (37), Ronald Reagan* (40)
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| 3 | Abraham Lincoln
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| 3 | Andrew Jackson
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| 3 | Lyndon B. Johnson (36), George H. W. Bush* (41), George W. Bush* (43) |
| 1 | Bill Clinton (42) |
| 1 | Joe Biden
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| 1 | Jimmy Carter (39) |
| 1 | Benjamin Harrison
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| 1 | Dwight D. Eisenhower
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| 1 | Zachary Taylor
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| 1 | Gerald Ford
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| 1 | Harry S. Truman (33) |
| nowrap | | 1 | Franklin Pierce (14) |
| 1 | Woodrow Wilson
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| 1 | James Buchanan (15) |
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See also
External links
Notes and References
- News: Old fight lingers over Old Hickory's roots. Collings. Jeffrey. March 7, 2011. The Washington Post. Washington, D.C..
- Web site: Glass. Andrew. July 21, 2014. Van Buren slips into coma, July 21, 1862. Politico. Arlington County, Virginia. January 6, 2018.
- Web site: Jefferson's Tombstone. Charlottesville, Virginia. July 11, 2017. February 12, 2021.
- Thomasson. Melissa A.. Melissa Thomasson. 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. 10.1016/j.eeh.2007.07.001. 54670409.
- Although a resident of Louisiana during the 1848 election and throughout his presidency, Taylor spent his entire childhood in Louisville, volunteered for the Kentucky militia, commissioned the Kentuckian 7th Infantry Regiment at Terre aux Boeufs, and is buried in a cemetery in Louisville named after him. According to Zachary Taylor: The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849–1850 states on p. 11 ~ "Taylor's home state of Kentucky,..."
- Eisenhower held residency in New York during the 1952 presidential election and later in Pennsylvania during the 1956 presidential election, but was primarily raised in Kansas and later settled back there.
- Nixon's official state of residence when he was first elected President in 1968 and during his first year as President was New York because he moved there to practice law after his defeat in the 1962 California gubernatorial election. During his first term as president, Nixon re-established his residency in California.
- • Trump Revealed: The Definitive Biography of the 45th President (Kranish, Michael) p. 124 ~ "Trump had hoped his home state of New York..."
• The Elections of 2016 (Nelson, Michael) p. 50 ~ "the next primary on the Republican calendar was in New York, Trump's home state"
- Trump's official state of residence was New York in the 2016 presidential election, but it was changed to Florida when his permanent residence was moved from Trump Tower to Mar-a-Lago in 2019.
