Where did Washington chop down the cherry tree?
In what state did Polk poke his siblings when he was growing up? (You know he did.)
Where did the Bush’s plant bushes? (Or other flora.)
You probably already know the location of the log cabin where Lincoln grew up, but do you know where our other U.S. presidents came from?
Check out the list below to find out.
Oh, and while you’re looking at it, see if you can also figure out the answer to this trivia question:
Which state has produced the most U.S. presidents?
The answer is at the end of this post.
List of U.S. Presidents and Their Home States
| 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 | Louisiana |
| 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. Grover Cleveland | New York |
| 23. Benjamin Harrison | Indiana |
| 24. Grover Cleveland | New York |
| 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 |
| 35. John F. Kennedy | Massachusetts |
| 36. Lyndon B. Johnson | Texas |
| 37. Richard Nixon | California |
| 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 |
Now, let’s see what the answer to the trivia question is. Scroll down to find out.
The state that has produced the most U.S. presidents is… New York, at least, for now. 😉
Would you like a game about the U.S. presidents? Check out The Presidents Game. It’s a free printable.
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