James A. Garfield was born in Ohio, and he was a resident of Ohio when he ran for President.
Ulysses S. Grant (18th President), Rutherford Hayes (19th President) and James Garfield (20th President) were all three born in Ohio.
William Henry Harrison who was living in Ohio when he ran for President and who is buried in Ohio, was born in Virginia.
William Henry Harrison , 9th president, was the first Ohio resident to become President. He served in the Ohio statehouse and represented Ohio in the both houses of the US Congress. ( He was born in VA and lived in Indiana before he settled permanently in Ohio.) Ulysses Grant (18th president) was the first President born in Ohio.Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (18th President), Rutherford Hayes (19th President) and James Garfield (20th President) were all three born in Ohio.
President McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio.
President McKinley was born on 29 January 1843 in Niles, Ohio.
William McKinley (25th president) was the 5th Ohio-born president. The first four were Grant(18),Hayes(19),Garfield (20) and Benjamin Harrison(22).
23rd U. S. President Benjamin Harrison of Indiana was born in Ohio.
McKinley was the 5th president born in Ohio. Grant, Hayes, Garfield and Benjamin Harrison were all born in Ohio and served as president before him. However, one can argue that McKinley was the fourth president whose political base was Ohio, since Grant and Benjamin Harrison moved out of Ohio before they sought political office and William Henry Harrison moved into Ohio to begin his political career.
William Henry Harrison belonged to the Whig Party and was the 9th President of the United States Harrison was actually born in Virginia, but he lived in Ohio when he ran for the office.Ulysses S. Grant belonged to the Republican Party and was the 18th President from 1869 - 1877. He was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio.
He was born in Ohio and in a log cabin . He had worked his way up from driving mules on the Ohio towpaths of the Ohio Canal. He served as president of the Hiram College in Ohio, a member of the Church of Christ and a lay preacher. This Ohio native was sworn in as president on March 4, 1881.