List of presidents of the United States by home state

Last updated April 12, 2024

These lists give the states of primary affiliation and of birth for each president of the United States.

Birthplaces

Twenty-one states have the distinction of being the birthplace of a president.

One president's birth state 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 his birth state.^[1]

Born on December 5, 1782, Martin Van Buren was the first president born an American citizen (and not a British subject).^[2]

The term Virginia dynasty is sometimes used to describe the fact that four of the first five U.S. presidents were from Virginia.

The number of presidents per state in which they were born, counting Jackson as being from South Carolina, are:

One: Arkansas, California, Connecticut,Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and South Carolina
Two: North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Vermont
Four: Massachusetts
Five: New York
Seven: Ohio
Eight: Virginia

Date of birth	President	Birthplace	State^† of birth	In office
February 22, 1732	George Washington	Westmoreland County	Virginia ^†	(1st) April 30, 1789 – March 4, 1797
October 30, 1735	John Adams	Braintree	Massachusetts ^†	(2nd) March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801
April 13, 1743*	Thomas Jefferson	Shadwell	Virginia^†	(3rd) March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1809
March 16, 1751	James Madison	Port Conway	Virginia^†	(4th) March 4, 1809 – March 4, 1817
April 28, 1758	James Monroe	Monroe Hall	Virginia^†	(5th) March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825
March 15, 1767	Andrew Jackson	Waxhaws Region	South Carolina ^†	(7th) March 4, 1829 – March 4, 1837
July 11, 1767	John Quincy Adams	Braintree	Massachusetts^†	(6th) March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829
February 9, 1773	William Henry Harrison	Charles City County	Virginia^†	(9th) March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841
December 5, 1782	Martin Van Buren	Kinderhook	New York	(8th) March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841
November 24, 1784	Zachary Taylor	Barboursville	Virginia	(12th) March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850
March 29, 1790	John Tyler	Charles City County	Virginia	(10th) April 4, 1841 – March 4, 1845
April 23, 1791	James Buchanan	Cove Gap	Pennsylvania	(15th) March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861
November 2, 1795	James K. Polk	Pineville	North Carolina	(11th) March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849
January 7, 1800	Millard Fillmore	Summerhill	New York	(13th) July 9, 1850 – March 4, 1853
November 23, 1804	Franklin Pierce	Hillsborough	New Hampshire	(14th) March 4, 1853 – March 4, 1857
December 29, 1808	Andrew Johnson	Raleigh	North Carolina	(17th) April 15, 1865 – March 4, 1869
February 12, 1809	Abraham Lincoln	Hodgenville	Kentucky	(16th) March 4, 1861 – April 15, 1865
April 27, 1822	Ulysses S. Grant	Point Pleasant	Ohio	(18th) March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1877
October 4, 1822	Rutherford B. Hayes	Delaware	Ohio	(19th) March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881
October 5, 1829	Chester A. Arthur	Fairfield	Vermont	(21st) September 19, 1881 – March 4, 1885
November 19, 1831	James A. Garfield	Moreland Hills	Ohio	(20th) March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881
August 20, 1833	Benjamin Harrison	North Bend	Ohio	(23rd) March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893
March 18, 1837	Grover Cleveland	Caldwell	New Jersey	(22nd) March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889 (24th) March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
January 29, 1843	William McKinley	Niles	Ohio	(25th) March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901
December 28, 1856	Woodrow Wilson	Staunton	Virginia	(28th) March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
September 15, 1857	William Howard Taft	Cincinnati	Ohio	(27th) March 4, 1909 – March 4, 1913
October 27, 1858	Theodore Roosevelt	Gramercy Park	New York	(26th) September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1909
November 2, 1865	Warren G. Harding	Blooming Grove	Ohio	(29th) March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923
July 4, 1872	Calvin Coolidge	Plymouth	Vermont	(30th) August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1929
August 10, 1874	Herbert Hoover	West Branch	Iowa	(31st) March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933
January 30, 1882	Franklin D. Roosevelt	Hyde Park	New York	(32nd) March 4, 1933 – April 12, 1945
May 8, 1884	Harry S. Truman	Lamar	Missouri	(33rd) April 12, 1945 – January 20, 1953
October 14, 1890	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Denison	Texas	(34th) January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961
August 27, 1908	Lyndon B. Johnson	Stonewall	Texas	(36th) November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1969
February 6, 1911	Ronald Reagan	Tampico	Illinois	(40th) January 20, 1981 – January 20, 1989
January 9, 1913	Richard Nixon	Yorba Linda	California	(37th) January 20, 1969 – August 9, 1974
July 14, 1913	Gerald Ford	Omaha	Nebraska	(38th) August 9, 1974 – January 20, 1977
May 29, 1917	John F. Kennedy	Brookline	Massachusetts	(35th) January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963
June 12, 1924	George H. W. Bush	Milton	Massachusetts	(41st) January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993
October 1, 1924	Jimmy Carter	Plains	Georgia	(39th) January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981
November 20, 1942	Joe Biden	Scranton	Pennsylvania	(46th) January 20, 2021 – Present
June 14, 1946	Donald Trump	Queens	New York	(45th) January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021
July 6, 1946	George W. Bush	New Haven	Connecticut	(43rd) January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009
August 19, 1946	Bill Clinton	Hope	Arkansas	(42nd) January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001
August 4, 1961	Barack Obama	Honolulu	Hawaii	(44th) January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017
*^Gregorian date; Julian date is April 2, 1743^[3]**
^†Colony, pre–1776, rather than state.

Presidential birthplace and early childhood historic sites

The birthplaces and early childhood residences of many U.S. presidents have been preserved or replicated. In instances where a physical structure is absent, a monument or roadside marker has been erected to denote the site's historic significance. All sites in the table below are listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

A dramatic shift in childbirth from home to hospital occurred in the United States in the early 20th century (mid–1920s to 1940).^[4] Reflective of this trend, Jimmy Carter and all presidents born during and after World War II (Bill Clinton and every president since) have been born in a hospital, not a private residence. This sortable table is ordered by the presidents' birthdates.

President	Image	Historic site
George Washington		George Washington Birthplace National Monument, Colonial Beach, Virginia
John Adams		John Adams Birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts
James Madison		Belle Grove Plantation, Port Conway, Virginia
James Monroe		James Monroe Family Home Site, Colonial Beach, Virginia
John Quincy Adams		John Quincy Adams Birthplace, Quincy, Massachusetts
William Henry Harrison		Berkeley Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
Zachary Taylor		Zachary Taylor House, Louisville, Kentucky
John Tyler		Greenway Plantation, Charles City County, Virginia
James Buchanan		Buchanan's Birthplace State Park, Cove Gap, Pennsylvania
James K. Polk		President James K. Polk Historic Site, Pineville, North Carolina
Franklin Pierce		Franklin Pierce Homestead, Hillsborough, New Hampshire
Andrew Johnson		Mordecai Historic Park, Raleigh, North Carolina
Abraham Lincoln		Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park, Hodgenville, Kentucky
Abraham Lincoln		Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial, Lincoln City, Indiana
Ulysses S. Grant		Grant Birthplace, Point Pleasant, Ohio
Rutherford B. Hayes		Spiegel Grove, Fremont, Ohio
Chester A. Arthur		Chester Alan Arthur State Historic Site, Fairfield, Vermont
Grover Cleveland		Grover Cleveland Birthplace, Caldwell, New Jersey
William McKinley		McKinley Birthplace Home and Research Center, Niles, Ohio
Woodrow Wilson		Woodrow Wilson Birthplace and Presidential Library, Staunton, Virginia
Woodrow Wilson		Woodrow Wilson Boyhood Home, Augusta, Georgia
William Howard Taft		William Howard Taft National Historic Site, Cincinnati, Ohio
Theodore Roosevelt		Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site, New York City, New York
Calvin Coolidge		Calvin Coolidge Homestead District, Plymouth, Vermont
Herbert Hoover		Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, Iowa
Franklin D. Roosevelt		Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site, Hyde Park, New York
Harry S. Truman		Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site, Lamar, Missouri
Dwight D. Eisenhower		Eisenhower Boyhood Home, Abilene, Kansas
Lyndon B. Johnson		Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, Stonewall, Texas
Ronald Reagan		Birthplace of Ronald Reagan, Tampico, Illinois
Richard Nixon		Birthplace of Richard Nixon, Yorba Linda, California
Gerald Ford		President Gerald R. Ford Jr. Boyhood Home, Grand Rapids, Michigan
John F. Kennedy		John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Brookline, Massachusetts
Jimmy Carter		Jimmy Carter National Historical Park, Plains, Georgia
George W. Bush		George W. Bush Childhood Home, Midland, Texas
Bill Clinton		President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site, Hope, Arkansas

Washington

J. Adams

Jefferson

Madison

Monroe

Jackson

J.Q. Adams

W.H. Harrison

Van Buren

Taylor

Tyler

Buchanan

Polk

Fillmore

Pierce

A. Johnson

Lincoln

Grant

Hayes

Arthur

Garfield

B. Harrison

Cleveland

McKinley

Wilson

Taft

T. Roosevelt

Harding

Coolidge

Hoover

F.D. Roosevelt

Truman

Eisenhower

Kennedy

L.B. Johnson

Reagan

Nixon

Ford

G.H.W. Bush

Carter

G.W. Bush

Clinton

Obama

Trump

Biden

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Birthplaces of U.S. presidents

States of primary affiliation

A list of U.S. presidents including the state with which each was primarily affiliated or most closely associated with, due to residence, professional career, and electoral history.

OP	President	State
1	George Washington	Virginia
2	John Adams	Massachusetts
3	Thomas Jefferson	Virginia
4	James Madison	Virginia
5	James Monroe	Virginia
6	John Quincy Adams	Massachusetts
7	Andrew Jackson	Tennessee
8	Martin Van Buren	New York
9	William Henry Harrison	Ohio
10	John Tyler	Virginia
11	James K. Polk	Tennessee
12	Zachary Taylor	Kentucky ^{[lower-alpha 1]}
13	Millard Fillmore	New York
14	Franklin Pierce	New Hampshire
15	James Buchanan	Pennsylvania
16	Abraham Lincoln	Illinois
17	Andrew Johnson	Tennessee
18	Ulysses S. Grant	Illinois
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	Ohio
20	James A. Garfield	Ohio
21	Chester A. Arthur	New York
22, 24	Grover Cleveland	New York
23	Benjamin Harrison	Indiana
25	William McKinley	Ohio
26	Theodore Roosevelt	New York
27	William Howard Taft	Ohio
28	Woodrow Wilson	New Jersey
29	Warren G. Harding	Ohio
30	Calvin Coolidge	Massachusetts
31	Herbert Hoover	California
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	New York
33	Harry S. Truman	Missouri
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Kansas ^{[lower-alpha 2]}
35	John F. Kennedy	Massachusetts
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	Texas
37	Richard Nixon	California ^{[lower-alpha 3]}
38	Gerald Ford	Michigan
39	Jimmy Carter	Georgia
40	Ronald Reagan	California
41	George H. W. Bush	Texas
42	Bill Clinton	Arkansas
43	George W. Bush	Texas
44	Barack Obama	Illinois
45	Donald Trump	New York ^{[lower-alpha 4]}^{[lower-alpha 5]}
46	Joe Biden	Delaware

Notes

↑ Taylor spent his entire childhood in Louisville, commissioned the Kentuckian 7th Infantry Regiment at Terre aux Boeufs, and is buried in a cemetery in Louisville named after him. According to Zachary Taylor: The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849–1850 states on p. 11 ~ "Taylor's home state of Kentucky,..."
↑ Eisenhower held residency in New York during the 1952 presidential election and later in Pennsylvania during the 1956 presidential election, but was primarily raised in Kansas and later settled back there.
↑ For a brief period whilst working as a lawyer, Nixon identified his home state as New York and won the 1968 presidential election as a resident, but he later reclaimed residency in California (where he was born, and served previously as a U.S. senator) early into his first term.
↑ • Trump Revealed: The Definitive Biography of the 45th President (Kranish, Michael) p. 124 ~ "Trump had hoped his home state of New York..."
• The Elections of 2016 (Nelson, Michael) p. 50 ~ "the next primary on the Republican calendar was in New York, Trump's home state"
↑ Trump's official state of residence was New York in the 2016 presidential election but later changed to Florida, when his permanent residence was switched from Trump Tower to Mar-a-Lago in 2019.

Presidents by state of primary affiliation

A list of U.S. presidents grouped by primary state of residence and birth, with priority given to residence. Only 19 out of the 50 states are represented. Presidents with an asterisk (*) did not primarily reside in their respective birth states (they were not born in the state listed below).

State	#	Presidents (in order of presidency)
New York	8	Martin Van Buren (8), Millard Fillmore (13), Chester A. Arthur* (21), Grover Cleveland* (22, 24), Theodore Roosevelt (26), Franklin D. Roosevelt (32),Richard Nixon* (37), Donald Trump (45)
Ohio	6	William Henry Harrison* (9), Rutherford B. Hayes (19), James A. Garfield (20), William McKinley (25), William Howard Taft (27), Warren G. Harding (29)
Virginia	5	George Washington (1), Thomas Jefferson (3), James Madison (4), James Monroe (5), John Tyler (10)
Massachusetts	4	John Adams (2), John Quincy Adams (6), Calvin Coolidge* (30), John F. Kennedy (35)
California	3	Herbert Hoover* (31), Richard Nixon (37), Ronald Reagan* (40)
Illinois	3	Abraham Lincoln* (16), Ulysses S. Grant* (18),Barack Obama* (44)
Tennessee	3	Andrew Jackson* (7), James K. Polk* (11), Andrew Johnson* (17)
Texas	3	Lyndon B. Johnson (36), George H. W. Bush* (41), George W. Bush* (43)
Arkansas	1	Bill Clinton (42)
Delaware	1	Joe Biden* (46)
Georgia	1	Jimmy Carter (39)
Indiana	1	Benjamin Harrison* (23)
Kansas	1	Dwight D. Eisenhower* (34)
Kentucky	1	Zachary Taylor* (12)
Michigan	1	Gerald Ford* (38)
Missouri	1	Harry S. Truman (33)
New Hampshire	1	Franklin Pierce (14)
New Jersey	1	Woodrow Wilson* (28)
Pennsylvania	1	James Buchanan (15)

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References

↑ Collings, Jeffrey (March 7, 2011). "Old fight lingers over Old Hickory's roots". The Washington Post . Washington, D.C.
↑ Glass, Andrew (July 21, 2014). "Van Buren slips into coma, July 21, 1862". Arlington County, Virginia: Politico. Retrieved January 6, 2018.
↑ "Jefferson's Tombstone". Charlottesville, Virginia. July 11, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
↑ Thomasson, Melissa A.; Treber, Jaret (January 2008). "From home to hospital: The evolution of childbirth in the United States, 1928–1940" (PDF). Explorations in Economic History. 45 (1). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier: 76–99. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2007.07.001. S2CID 54670409.

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[5] Taylor spent his entire childhood in Louisville, commissioned the Kentuckian 7th Infantry Regiment at Terre aux Boeufs, and is buried in a cemetery in Louisville named after him. According to Zachary Taylor: The American Presidents Series: The 12th President, 1849–1850 states on p. 11 ~ "Taylor's home state of Kentucky,..."

[6] Eisenhower held residency in New York during the 1952 presidential election and later in Pennsylvania during the 1956 presidential election, but was primarily raised in Kansas and later settled back there.

[7] For a brief period whilst working as a lawyer, Nixon identified his home state as New York and won the 1968 presidential election as a resident, but he later reclaimed residency in California (where he was born, and served previously as a U.S. senator) early into his first term.

[8] • Trump Revealed: The Definitive Biography of the 45th President (Kranish, Michael) p. 124 ~ "Trump had hoped his home state of New York..."
• The Elections of 2016 (Nelson, Michael) p. 50 ~ "the next primary on the Republican calendar was in New York, Trump's home state"

[9] Trump's official state of residence was New York in the 2016 presidential election but later changed to Florida, when his permanent residence was switched from Trump Tower to Mar-a-Lago in 2019.

[1] Collings, Jeffrey (March 7, 2011). "Old fight lingers over Old Hickory's roots". The Washington Post . Washington, D.C.

[2] Glass, Andrew (July 21, 2014). "Van Buren slips into coma, July 21, 1862". Arlington County, Virginia: Politico. Retrieved January 6, 2018.

[3] "Jefferson's Tombstone". Charlottesville, Virginia. July 11, 2017. Retrieved February 12, 2021.

[4] Thomasson, Melissa A.; Treber, Jaret (January 2008). "From home to hospital: The evolution of childbirth in the United States, 1928–1940" (PDF). Explorations in Economic History. 45 (1). Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier: 76–99. doi:10.1016/j.eeh.2007.07.001. S2CID 54670409.

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