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.
States of primary affiliation
A list of US 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.
Note: The flags presented for the states are the present day flags, which were not necessarily adopted in the times of the earliest presidents.
States of primary affiliation by president
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Presidents with primary residence outside of birth state
Of the 43 individuals (accounting for Grover Cleveland's two non-consecutive terms) who have served as President of the United States, 19 served after officially residing in a different state than the one in which they were born.
Presidents by State of Primary Affiliation
Presidents with an asterisk (*) did not primarily reside in their respective birth states (they were not born in the state listed below).
Birth places
A list of birthplaces of U.S. Presidents. As of December 2016, 21 states claim the distinction of being the birthplace of a president. One claim 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.[4] Eight presidents, those born prior to the American Revolutionary War, were born in British colonies, rather than U.S. states.
The number of presidents born per state 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.
Birthplaces of U.S. Presidents
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| President | Date of birth | Birthplace | State of birth | In office |
| George Washington | February 22, 1732 | Westmoreland County (George Washington Birthplace) | Virginia | April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797 |
| John Adams | October 30, 1735 | Braintree (John Adams Birthplace) | Massachusetts | March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 |
| Thomas Jefferson | April 13, 1743 | Shadwell | Virginia | March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809 |
| James Madison | March 16, 1751 | Port Conway (Belle Grove Plantation) | Virginia | March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817 |
| James Monroe | April 28, 1758 | Monroe Hall (James Monroe Family Home Site) | Virginia | March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825 |
| Andrew Jackson | March 15, 1767 | Waxhaws Region | South/North Carolina | March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837 |
| John Quincy Adams | July 11, 1767 | Braintree (John Quincy Adams Birthplace) | Massachusetts | March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 |
| William Henry Harrison | February 9, 1773 | Charles City County (Berkeley Plantation) | Virginia | March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 |
| Martin Van Buren | December 5, 1782 | Kinderhook | New York | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |
| Zachary Taylor | November 24, 1784 | Barboursville | Virginia | March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 |
| John Tyler | March 29, 1790 | Charles City County (Greenway Plantation) | Virginia | April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845 |
| James Buchanan | April 23, 1791 | Cove Gap | Pennsylvania | March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 |
| James K. Polk | November 2, 1795 | Pineville | North Carolina | March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 |
| Millard Fillmore | January 7, 1800 | Summerhill | New York | July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853 |
| Franklin Pierce | November 23, 1804 | Hillsborough (Franklin Pierce Homestead) | New Hampshire | March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857 |
| Andrew Johnson | December 29, 1808 | Raleigh | North Carolina | April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869 |
| Abraham Lincoln | February 12, 1809 | Sinking spring (Abraham Lincoln Birthplace) | Kentucky | March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865 |
| Ulysses S. Grant | April 27, 1822 | Point Pleasant (Ulysses S. Grant Birthplace) | Ohio | March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877 |
| Rutherford B. Hayes | October 4, 1822 | Delaware | Ohio | March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881 |
| Chester A. Arthur | October 5, 1829 | Fairfield (Chester A. Arthur Birthsite) | Vermont | September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885 |
| James A. Garfield | November 19, 1831 | Moreland Hills | Ohio | March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 |
| Benjamin Harrison | August 20, 1833 | North Bend | Ohio | March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 |
| Grover Cleveland | March 18, 1837 | Caldwell (Grover Cleveland Birthplace) | New Jersey | March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 |
| March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 | ||||
| William McKinley | January 29, 1843 | Niles (William McKinley Birthplace) | Ohio | March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901 |
| Woodrow Wilson | December 28, 1856 | Staunton (Woodrow Wilson Birthplace) | Virginia | March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 |
| William Howard Taft | September 15, 1857 | Cincinnati (William Howard Taft Birthplace) | Ohio | March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913 |
| Theodore Roosevelt | October 27, 1858 | New York City (Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace) | New York | September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909 |
| Warren G. Harding | November 2, 1865 | Blooming Grove | Ohio | March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 |
| Calvin Coolidge | July 4, 1872 | Plymouth | Vermont | August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929 |
| Herbert Hoover | August 10, 1874 | West Branch (Herbert Hoover Birthplace) | Iowa | March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 |
| Franklin D. Roosevelt | January 30, 1882 | Hyde Park (Franklin D. Roosevelt Home) | New York | March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945 |
| Harry S. Truman | May 8, 1884 | Lamar (Harry S Truman Birthplace) | Missouri | April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953 |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | October 14, 1890 | Denison (Dwight D. Eisenhower Birthplace) | Texas | January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 |
| John F. Kennedy | May 29, 1917 | Brookline (John F. Kennedy Birthplace) | Massachusetts | January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 |
| Lyndon B. Johnson | August 27, 1908 | Stonewall (Lyndon B. Johnson Birthplace) | Texas | November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969 |
| Ronald Reagan | February 6, 1911 | Tampico (Ronald Reagan Birthplace) | Illinois | January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989 |
| Richard M. Nixon | January 9, 1913 | Yorba Linda (Richard Nixon Birthplace) | California | January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974 |
| Gerald R. Ford | July 14, 1913 | Omaha (Gerald R. Ford Birthsite and Gardens) | Nebraska | August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977 |
| George H. W. Bush | June 12, 1924 | Milton | Massachusetts | January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 |
| Jimmy Carter | October 1, 1924 | Plains | Georgia | January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 |
| George W. Bush | July 6, 1946 | New Haven | Connecticut | January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009 |
| Bill Clinton | August 19, 1946 | Hope (Bill Clinton Birthplace) | Arkansas | January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 |
| Barack Obama | August 4, 1961 | Honolulu | Hawaii | January 20, 2009 – Incumbent |
| Donald Trump | June 14, 1946 | New York City | New York | Taking Office: January 20, 2017 |
States that have not born a president: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Notes and references
- ↑ While Grant's birth state was Ohio, his home prior to his election was in Galena, IL. The Library of Congress contains the official Senate record for the election, which states that Grant was elected from the state of Illinois, not Ohio. See A Century of Lawmaking. The official House record for the election, also preserved on the Library of Congress website, says the same thing.
- ↑ Shortly after the election of James Garfield, the Democratic National Committee hired a New York attorney Arthur P. Hinman to dig up dirt on the vice president elect Chester Arthur. The Democrats did not believe that Chester was born in Fairfield, Vermont, nor did they believe he was even born in the United States of America. Hinman concluded that Arthur was born in Dunham, Quebec in Canada, not Fairfield, and was therefore not an American citizen. He accused Arthur of traveling to Canada following his election as vice president in 1880 to see if there were any records or evidence of his birth. Finding none, he chose Fairfield, Vermont as his birthplace. He claimed that Arthur knew nobody would be able to prove otherwise and he was supported by the fact that his father was a preacher there around the time of his birth. Hinman even went so far as to claim that the Arthurs did have a baby son while in Fairfield who had died as an infant and Chester Arthur had deviously appropriated his deceased younger brother’s birth records. In 1884, Hinman published his explosive allegations in his book How a British Subject became President of the United States. Where the Presidents Were Born: The History & Preservation of the Presidential Birthplaces by Louis L. Picone
- ↑ While Grant's birth state was Ohio, his home prior to his election was in Galena, IL. The Library of Congress contains the official Senate record for the election, which states that Grant was elected from the state of Illinois, not Ohio. See A Century of Lawmaking. The official House record for the election, also preserved on the Library of Congress website, says the same thing.
- ↑ Collings, Jeffrey (March 7, 2011). "Old fight lingers over Old Hickory's roots". The Washington Post. Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company.
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