<P> Twenty - one states claim the distinction of being the birthplace of a president . One president's birth state is in dispute; North and South Carolina (British colonies at the time) both lay claim to Andrew Jackson, who was born in 1767, in the Waxhaw region along their common border . Jackson himself considered South Carolina as his birth state . Born on December 5, 1782, Martin Van Buren was the first president born an American citizen (and not a British subject). </P> <P> The term Virginia dynasty is sometimes used to describe the fact that four of the first five U.S. presidents were from Virginia . The number of presidents born per state, counting Jackson as being from South Carolina, are: </P> <Ul> <Li> One: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina </Li> <Li> Two: North Carolina, Texas, and Vermont </Li> <Li> Four: Massachusetts </Li> <Li> Five: New York </Li> <Li> Seven: Ohio </Li> <Li> Eight: Virginia </Li> </Ul> <Li> One: Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina </Li>

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