How many presidents were elected from southern states?

Answer 1

As of May, 2012, 14 U. S. Presidents to date have been from the south:

1. George Washington of Virginia
2. Thomas Jefferson of Virginia
3. James Madison of Virginia
4. James Monroe of Virginia
5. Andrew Jackson of Tennessee
6. John Tyler of Virginia
7. James K. Polk of Tennessee
8. Zachary Taylor of Louisiana
9. Andrew Johnson of Tennessee
10. Lyndon B. Johnson of Texas
11. Jimmy Carter of Georgia
12. George H. W. Bush of Texas
13. Bill Clinton of Arkansas
14. George W. Bush of Texas

Answer 2

Below are the names of the 44 U. S. Presidents from Washington through Trump divided among those from northern states, states that were part of the Union during the American Civil War, those from southern states, states that were part of the Confederacy, and those from new states, states which acquired statehood after 1865.

U. S. Presidents from Northern States:

1. J. Adams
2. J.Q. Adams
3. Van Buren
4. W.H. Harrison (born in a southern state)
5. Fillmore
6. Pierce
7. Buchanan
8. Lincoln
9. Grant
10. Hayes
11. Garfield
12. Arthur
13. Cleveland
14. B. Harrison
15. McKinley
16. T. Roosevelt
17. Taft
18. Wilson (born in a southern state)
19. Harding
20. Coolidge
21. Hoover
22. F.D. Roosevelt
23. Truman
24. Eisenhower (born in a southern state)
25. Kennedy
26. Nixon
27. Ford (born in a new state)
28. Reagan
29. Obama (born in a new state)
30. Trump
    

U. S. Presidents from Southern States:

1. Washington
2. Jefferson
3. Madison
4. Monroe
5. Jackson
6. Tyler
7. Polk
8. Taylor
9. A. Johnson
10. L. Johnson
11. Carter
12. G.H.W. Bush (born in a northern state)
    
13. Clinton
14. G.W. Bush (born in a northern state)

U. S. Presidents from New States:

• none

Answer 3

The home states of the following US Presidents were in "the South" as defined by the US Census Bureau:

George Washington (I-VA)

Thomas Jefferson (DR-VA)

James Madison (DR-VA)

James Monroe (DR-VA)

Andrew Jackson (D-TN)

John Tyler (W-VA)

James K. Polk (D-TN)

Zachary Taylor (W-LA)

Andrew Johnson (NU-TN)

Lyndon B. Johnson (D-TX)

Jimmy Carter (D-GA)

George H. W. Bush (R-TX)

Bill Clinton (D-AR)

George W. Bush (R-TX)