Who was the first president born in the United States?

Answer 1

The first US president, George Washington was born in Virginia while it was still a British colony. Martin Van Buren was the first president born after independence was declared in 1776. John Tyler was the first born after the constitution was ratified and the United States of America came into existence by that name.

Answer 2

The first 9 presidents were born on British soil; when the US was 13 colonies. Article II of the Constitution established an exception for these men so they were legally elected. John Tyler, born 1790, was the first president born "in the US." Many cite Martin Van Buren as the first, but he was born in 1782 and the Revolution did not end until 1783.

Answer 3

The first President to be born after the US Constitution was ratified (i.e. the United States existed as a nation) was John Tyler. (11th President). The first president born after independence from Britain was declared was Martin Van Buren(8th President). The first nine presidents were all born in one of the British colonies that united to form the United States and so were British citizens at birth.

Answer 4

George Washington was born in Virginia which became part of the US but was a British subject when he was born because Virginia was British soil at his birth.

John Tyler was the first to be born after independence was gained by the American Revolution and the ratification of the Constitution officially established the "United States of America".

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Answer 5

Martin Van Buren, 8th President of the United States, was the first U.S. President born in the new nation United States of America. Van Buren was born in 1782 in Kinderhook, New York. His successor, William Henry Harrison, born in 1773, was the last U.S. President not born in the United States. All previous U.S. Presidents were born in colonies that, at U.S. Independence, became U.S. states.

Answer 6

As required by the Constitution, all were born on American soil, in what became the United States of America. The first U.S. President born after the U.S. Declaration of Independence from Britain was the 8th President, Martin Van Buren, on December 5, 1782. The 1st through 7th and 9th Presidents were born before 1776.

Answer 7

Every president of the united states must be born there, so I guess that would mean the first president born in the US is George Washington.

Answer 8

The first "Mr. President" actually born in the United States was Martin Van Buren; our 8th president. He was born on December 5, 1782 and died on July 24, 1862.