Virginia was the birthplace of eight presidents. The state is sometimes referred to as the "Mother of Presidnets" for this reason.
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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.
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.
Most of them.
More US presidents were lawyers before they became President. 25 of the 43 presidents were admitted to the bar, although not all them earned their living that way.Of course, if you consider politician to be a profession, even more of them engaged in that.