Six presidents hailed from the great state of Ohio. They were William Henry Harrison, Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, William McKinley, and Warren Harding,
There were two Presidents who were Democrats and came from Ohio: William Henry Harrison and William McKinley. However, it is important to note that they were born in Ohio, but they were not necessarily considered Ohioans in terms of their political careers.
Eight U.S. Presidents were born in Virginia, earning the state the nickname "Mother of Presidents." (Ohio has seven, plus W.H. Harrison who lived in the state and held office there. )
Ohio had six presidents who lived there when they ran for president: William H. Harrison, Hayes, Garfield, McKinley, Taft and Harding.
Virginia and Ohio were both birthplaces of 7 presidents. Ohio can claim 8 by adding Wm. Henry Harrison who lived in Ohio as an adult. However, Grant and Benjamin Harrison who were born in Ohio moved out of Ohio before they got into politics, so 8 may be an exaggeration.
Grant (#18), Hayes (#19) and Garfield (#20) are all born in Ohio. Grant moved out when he left for college and never lived in Ohio thereafter.
The 8 presidents ("8 Jewels of Ohio" monument at statehouse) born or lived in Ohio are: Warren G. Harding, William Howard Taft, William Henry Harrison (9th--& 1st pres to die in office), Ulysses S. Grant (18th), Rutherford B. Hayes (19th), James A. Garfield (20th), Benjamin Harrison (23rd), and William McKinley (25th). William H. Harrison was not born in Ohio but lived in Ohio.
More were born in Virgina than in any other state, but more actually lived as adults in Ohio. Both of these states make a claim to being the mother of the Presidents.
How many presidents have lived in the White House.
The state that is often referred to as the Cradle of Presidents is Ohio. To date, eight presidents have been from Ohio.
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Virginia and Ohio are both known as "The mother of presidents" due to large number of presidents born there. Ohio's nickname sometimes is varied as" The mother of modern presidents"
Virginia wins this contest with 8; Ohio is a close second with 7. However, William Henry Harrison, Taylor and Wilson left Virginia when they were children, so you might say only 5 presidents were really Virginians. As for Ohio, Grant did not live in Ohio after he left for college and Benjamin Harrison left Ohio when was 21 . However, the other five born in Ohio lived their lives in Ohio and held public office there.