Eight US Presidents Were Born British

January 28, 2011 at 2:00 am Chad Upton

By Chad Upton | Editor

The United States declared its independence from the Kindgom of Great Britian on July 4, 1776. Eight of the first nine Presidents were born before the United States even existed.

They were born in British America, the area that would later make up parts of the United States and Canada. Therefore, these men were technically British subjects at birth.

Name Birthday Birthplace George Washington 2/22/1732 Westmoreland, Virginia John Adams 10/30/1735 Quincy, Massachusetts Thomas Jefferson 4/13/1743 Shadwell, Virginia James Madison 3/16/1751 Port Conway, Virginia James Monroe 4/28/1758 Westmoreland, Virginia John Quincy Adams 7/11/1767 Quincy, Massachusetts Andrew Jackson 3/15/1767 Waxhaws Area (NC/SC) William Henry Harrison 2/9/1773 Charles City County, Virginia

*Some of the birthplaces mentioned above were not known by these same names at the time of their birth.

These were all consecutive presidents, except for Harrison. He succeeded Martin Van Buren, who was born in 1782, making him American by birth.

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Sources: Wikipedia (USA, US Presidents)

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