Only 8 presidents were born there, which leaves 35 who weren't.
John Adams, the second president , was from Massachusetts.
James Monroe was the last president from the Virginia Dynasty.
The first such was Andrew Jackson, the 7th US president. The 9th (Harrison), 10th (Tyler ) and 12th ( Taylor) were also born in Virginia, but after that, there has been only one Virginia-born president ( Wilson) and only one Massachusetts-born President (Kennedy), although Coolidge spent his adult life in Mass.
The second US president , John Adams was not born in Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson and John Tyler were the only two US vice-president born in Virginia.
No- no US president has been from West Virginia. Further, none of Virginia presidents lived in that part of Virginia that became the state of West Virginia.
Virginia Plan
Virginia, with 8 is the birth state of the largest number of Presidents.(Ohio with seven is second )The Virginia born PresidentsThe 1st President of the United States George Washington was born in Pope's Creek, Virginia. The 3rd President of the United States Thomas Jefferson was born in Goochland County, Virginia. The 4th President of the United States James Madison was born in Port Conway, Virginia. The 5th President of the United States James Monroe was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia. The 9th President of the United States William Henry Harrison was born in Charles City County, Virginia. The 10th President of the United States John Tyler was born in Charles City County, Virginia. The 12th President of the United States Zachary Taylor was born in Orange County, Virginia, and the 28th President of the United States Woodrow Wilson was born in Staunton, Virginia.
No U.S. President has ever been from West Virginia.
The president of west Virginia was was President James. P. Clements.
West Virginia divided from Virginia in 1861 when Virginia seceded from the Union. The counties northwest of the Allegheny Mountains were not slaveholders, and sided with the Union. Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States when this happened, and when West Virginia became a separate state in 1863.