Lists of Presidents of the United States by place of birth
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These are lists of United States Presidents by place of birth.
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[edit] By community
[edit] By state of birth
[edit] Presidents who did not primarily reside in their respective birth states
As of 2008, 19 out of 44 presidents (43%) were elected after officially residing in a different place than their birth.
[edit] Presidents born as British subjects
The following Presidents were born British subjects before the establishment of the United States:
- George Washington
- John Adams
- Thomas Jefferson
- James Madison
- James Monroe
- John Quincy Adams
- Andrew Jackson
- William Henry Harrison
The following Presidents were born British subjects, as well as American citizens, after the establishment of the United States:
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ There is some dispute as to whether Arthur was in fact born in Canada. In addition, being born prior to the 1921 Cable Act, both of Arthur's parents were Canadian. Therefore, even the 14th Amendment did not make him a U.S. citizen until his father naturalized. See here for details.
- ^ The modern county in which Lincoln's birthplace lies, LaRue County, was not created until 1843.
- ^ All Massachusetts-born Presidents have been born in Norfolk County, but counties in Massachusetts are largely ceremonial and hold little meaning in that state.
- ^ Note: Bill Clinton's home in his first four years is sometimes called the Bill Clinton Birthplace, although the name is misleading.
- ^ http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9506E7DB1139F937A15751C1A9669C8B63
- ^ http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM42NN
- ^ http://www.infoplease.com/biography/var/barackobama.html
- ^ a b Born in the Waxhaw region on the North Carolina/South Carolina border. Exactly on which side of the border Jackson was born is unknown. Jackson himself claimed South Carolina as his birth state. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/03/06/AR2011030603406.html?wprss=rss_print/asection
- ^ The Official Library of Congress Naturalization Record for William Arthur (father of Chester Arthur) states that William Arthur (who was born in Ireland and later emigrated to Canada) was not naturalized until 14 years after the birth of Chester Arthur. His father's British subjecthood, governed by English common law, was conferred via jus sanguinis; cf. William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England I.10 ("Of People, Whether Aliens, Denizens or Natives"), Oxford 1765-1769: […] all children, born out of the king’s ligeance, whose fathers were natural-born subjects, are now natural-born subjects themselves, to all intents and purposes, without any exception; […].
- ^ According to the British Nationality Act 1948, Obama was from birth a Citizen of the United Kingdom and Colonies by descent (jus sanguinis) through his father, a native of Kenya, which was then a British colony. This status reverted to Kenyan citizenship upon Kenya's independence in 1963, and Obama lost his Kenyan citizenship upon turning 23 in 1984 because the Kenyan Constitution prohibits dual citizenship for adults. Does Barack Obama have Kenyan citizenship? See also: Barack Obama citizenship conspiracy theories
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