Presidential Facts – Birth States of the Presidents

Seven states have had more than one President born within their borders. Andrew Jackson is a question mark. He was born close to the North and South Carolina border and there are people who would argue either way on this one. For our purposes we are going to say Andrew Jackson was born in South Carolina.*

Here are those seven states with multi-births and the other fourteen states that have one President born within their borders:

• Eight (8) – Virginia – Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, WH Harrison, Tyler, Taylor, Wilson

• Seven (7) – Ohio – Grant, Hayes, Garfield, B Harrison, McKinley, Taft, Harding

• Five (5) – New York – Van Buren, Fillmore, T Roosevelt, FD Roosevelt, Trump

• Four (4) – Massachusetts – J Adams, JQ Adams, JFK, GHW Bush

• Two (2) – North Carolina – Polk, A Johnson

• Two (2) – Vermont – Arthur, Coolidge

• Two (2) – Texas – Eisenhower, LB Johnson

• One (1) – Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, South Carolina*- All the other Presidents

Sidenote: Of the thirteen original colonies that became states, only three of those states have yet to have a President born within their borders. Those three states are: Delaware, Maryland, and Rhode Island.