List of Presidents of the United States by place of primary affiliation

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This is a list of Presidents of the United States by place of primary affiliation. Some presidents have been born in one state, but are commonly associated with another.

[edit] By order of date in office

Note: The flags presented for the states are the present day flags, which were not necessarily adopted in the times of the earliest presidents.

#	President	State affiliation	Alternative state affiliation
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	South Carolina
8	Martin Van Buren	New York
9	William Henry Harrison	Ohio	Virginia, Indiana
10	John Tyler	Virginia
11	James K. Polk	Tennessee	North Carolina
12	Zachary Taylor	Louisiana	Virginia, Kentucky
13	Millard Fillmore	New York
14	Franklin Pierce	New Hampshire
15	James Buchanan	Pennsylvania
16	Abraham Lincoln	Illinois	Kentucky, Indiana
17	Andrew Johnson	Tennessee	North Carolina
18	Ulysses S. Grant	Illinois [1]	Ohio, Missouri, New York
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	Ohio
20	James A. Garfield	Ohio
21	Chester A. Arthur	New York	Vermont
22	Grover Cleveland	New York	New Jersey
23	Benjamin Harrison	Indiana	Ohio
24	Grover Cleveland	New York	New Jersey
25	William McKinley	Ohio
26	Theodore Roosevelt	New York	North Dakota
27	William Howard Taft	Ohio
28	Woodrow Wilson	New Jersey	Virginia, Georgia, S. Carolina
29	Warren G. Harding	Ohio
30	Calvin Coolidge	Massachusetts	Vermont
31	Herbert Hoover	California	Iowa, Oregon
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	New York
33	Harry S. Truman	Missouri
34	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Kansas	Texas, New York, Pennsylvania
35	John F. Kennedy	Massachusetts
36	Lyndon B. Johnson	Texas
37	Richard Nixon	California	New York, New Jersey
38	Gerald Ford	Michigan	Nebraska, Colorado
39	Jimmy Carter	Georgia
40	Ronald Reagan	California	Illinois
41	George H. W. Bush	Texas	Massachusetts, Connecticut
42	Bill Clinton	Arkansas	New York
43	George W. Bush	Texas	Connecticut
44	Barack Obama	Illinois	Hawaii

[edit] By state

Total of 43 presidents based where their political career started/where they came from. (Based on residence and birth, priority given to residence). Grover Cleveland is both the 22nd & 24th president, thus there are only 43 presidents in the below table. Barack Obama is the 44th President. Presidents with an asterisk (*) did not primarily reside in their respective birth states (they were not born in state listed below).

State	Number of Presidents	Presidents (#th President of the United States)
New York	6	Martin Van Buren (8), Millard Fillmore (13), Chester A. Arthur* (21), Grover Cleveland* (22, 24), Theodore Roosevelt (26), Franklin D. Roosevelt (32)
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 Fitzgerald 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)
Georgia	1	Jimmy Carter (39)
Indiana	1	Benjamin Harrison* (23)
Kansas	1	Dwight D. Eisenhower* (34)
Louisiana	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)

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