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]
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.
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.
^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,..."
^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"
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).
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