Virginia was the birthplace of eight presidents. The state is sometimes referred to as the "Mother of Presidnets" for this reason.
Eight U. S. Presidents have been born in Virginia, including four of the first five and seven of the first twelve.
Ohio is a close second; seven Presidents were born there.
Each of the states of New York and Massachusetts was the birthplace of four Presidents, and each of the states of North Carolina, Vermont and Texas was the birthplace of two Presidents.
The other 15 U. S. Presidents were born in 15 different states.
More U. S. Presidents were born in Virginia (eight) than in any other state. Close in second place with seven is Ohio.
Most of them are lawyers. Most of them had experience either in Congress or as a state governor.
George Washington is the president that appointed the most Supreme Court Justices. There have been only seven US Presidents that served only one term.
If you use the Mason-Dixon line to determine the south, there have been a total of nine Presidents in America from the south. The states with the most out of these are Tennessee and Texas with three each.
They are all male, over 35 when elected, and citizens of the United States. Presidents have lived in very different time periods, with very different understandings of country, society and the world. There have been brave presidents and cowardly presidents, intelligent presidents and not-so-intelligent presidents, warlike presidents and peaceful presidents... the list goes on. To try to choose a set of traits that encompasses all of them is an exercise in futility, and anyone who says otherwise is merely venturing a guess.
Virginia, with eight (Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Wm. H. Harrison, Tyler, Taylor and Wilson) was the birthplace of the most presidents. However, Taylor and Wilson moved out of Virginia with their parents when they were young children and Harrison as a very young adult. The other five were the only ones who held office in Virginia and lived there after they left office and are buried in Virginia.Ohio had seven presidents born there, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Ben. Harrison, McKinley, Taft and Harding . Harrison and Grant left the state as young adults and never lived there again, but Wm Harrison moved there as an adult, was living there when elected President and is buried there. The other five all held office in Ohio and had their homes there. So, sixpresidents actually lived in Ohio as adults and are buried in Ohio.
Virginia is the birthplace of 8 U.S. Presidents. It is the most of any state
Virginia is the home state to the most presidents.
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More were born in Virgina than in any other state, but more actually lived as adults in Ohio. Both of these states make a claim to being the mother of the Presidents.
Twenty-one different US States have been the birthplace of a US Presidents, as follows, in order: Virginia Massachusetts South Carolina North Carolina New York New Hampshire Pennsylvania Kentucky Ohio Vermont New Jersey Iowa Missouri Texas California Nebraska Georgia Illinois Arkansas Connecticut Hawaii No president has actually lived in South Carolina, Vermont, Iowa ,Nebraska or Hawaii as an adult. Louisiana, Indiana and Michigan were each the adult home of a future president.
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