Births by State More presidents were born in Virginia than in any other state - eight. Martin Van Buren was the first president born in a state rather than a colony. 21 of the 50 states have been the birthplace of a president. Rank#President# Presidents 1Virginia8 1George Washington 3Thomas Jefferson 4James Madison 5James Monroe 9William Henry Harrison 10John Tyler 12Zachary Taylor 28Woodrow Wilson 2Ohio7 18Ulysses S. Grant 19Rutherford B. Hayes 20James A. Garfield 23Benjamin Harrison 25William McKinley 27William H. Taft 29Warren G. Harding 3New York5 8Martin Van Buren 13Millard Fillmore 26Theodore Roosevelt 32Franklin D. Roosevelt 45 & 47Donald J. Trump 4Massachusetts4 2John Adams 6John Quincy Adams 35John F. Kennedy 41George H. W. Bush 5North Carolina2 11James K. Polk 17Andrew Johnson 5Pennsylvania2 15James Buchanan 46Joe Biden 5Texas2 34Dwight D. Eisenhower 36Lyndon B. Johnson 5Vermont2 21Chester A. Arthur 30Calvin Coolidge 9Arkansas1 42Bill Clinton 9California1 37Richard M. Nixon 9Connecticut1 43George W. Bush 9Georgia1 39Jimmy Carter 9Hawaii1 44Barack Obama 9Illinois1 40Ronald Reagan 9Iowa1 31Herbert Hoover 9Kentucky1 16Abraham Lincoln 9Missouri1 33Harry S. Truman 9Nebraska1 38Gerald R. Ford 9New Hampshire1 14Franklin Pierce 9New Jersey1 22 & 24Grover Cleveland 9South Carolina1 7Andrew Jackson Return to Presidential Facts