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.
Ohio has produced more presidents than any other US state. Those presidents from Ohio include W.H. Harrison, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, B. Harrison, 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.
Virginia, although there hasn't been a President from Virginia since 1920. Three Presidents were born in Virginia but officially resided somewhere else: (William Henry Harisson, Zachary Taylor and Woodrow Wilson).
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virginia has 8,ohio 4 and 31 states have none.
The state that is often referred to as the Cradle of Presidents is Ohio. To date, eight presidents have been from Ohio.
There are 8 states that have produced at least 2 Presidents. They are: 7 Presidents - New York 6 Presidents - Ohio 5 Presidents - Virginia 3 Presidents - Massachusetts, Tennessee, and California 2 Presidents - Illinois, and Indiana
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By primary state affiliation, New York and Ohio have both sent 6 U.S. Presidents to Washington, but, by birth, 8 Presidents were born in what is now Virginia and 7 were born in Ohio. New York and Massacusetts are the 3rd-most popular birthplaces of U.S. Presidents, with 4 each.
Virgina (1,3,4,5,10); Massachusetts (2,6); Tennesee (7); New York (8) ; Ohio(9).
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"
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