{"id":15061,"date":"2014-07-03T18:31:15","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T23:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=15061"},"modified":"2025-03-01T11:38:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T16:38:58","slug":"presidential-birthplaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/presidential-birthplaces\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidential Birthplaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure why I began to think about the birthplaces of every President of the United States. Maybe this might interest people, or so I considered. However I wasn&#8217;t fooling myself &#8212; I did it for me. Theoretically I could pass through one of these areas someday in the future and I might want to stop if it were close enough to my intended track. So I created a map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/embed?mid=1G02MH3tvqypWH7mnsABRXntAVXs\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First I gathered all of the locations in <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheet\/ccc?key=0Ak9jUE8mya8mdHZxOXB5N2U4cWR4UUc4dzJMZ0p2T2c&amp;usp=sharing\">a shared spreadsheet<\/a>. Twelve Mile Circle readers should feel free to consult the spreadsheet for exact latitude\/longitude coordinates. This could be a handy little reference for anyone wishing to visit these birthplaces &#8212; and there are people <a href=\"https:\/\/ivisitpresidentialbirthplaces.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who do that<\/a>! I don&#8217;t know why I&#8217;m surprised. After all, it&#8217;s not that much different from my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/counties\/united-states-county-map.html\">county counting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then trends began to reveal themselves as I plotted each location. For instance, notice the concentration of sites in the eastern half of the United States, particularly the northeast. That would be expected to a degree because of population and settlement patterns. However I didn&#8217;t expect it to be quite that stark. Obviously Nixon and Obama(<a href=\"#footnote1\">\u00b9<\/a>) stand far apart as outliers, considerably removed from everyone else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Adams Family<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jcbwalsh\/4890034653\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/4123\/4890034653_978b85de69_b.jpg\" alt=\"John Adams' Birthplace. Photo by James Walsh; (CC BY-NC 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The original father-son presidential duo, John Adams and John Quincy Adams should win an award for proximity. They were born in adjacent houses (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/7ZPje\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>) in the north precinct of Braintree, now Quincy, Massachusetts. Both are open the public as part of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/adam\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adams National Historical Park<\/a>. So that would be an easy and productive visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The National Park Service estimated the distance between birthplaces at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/adam\/learn\/historyculture\/places.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">75 feet<\/a> (23 metres).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Clusters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1630790744651!6m8!1m7!1saPitb8GZ7vHdchCXVuRy3g!2m2!1d38.24209590261228!2d-76.99063118831297!3f72.9423639493461!4f-6.560912141441989!5f1.9587109090973311\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I noticed a couple of particularly tight birthplace clusters, one in Virginia and one in Ohio. These two states dominated presidential politics during different eras, creating opportunities for statistical anomalies. The Virginia cluster occurred on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.northernneck.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Northern Neck<\/a> with the births of some of the earliest presidents and &#8220;founding fathers,&#8221; George Washington, James Madison and James Monroe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then Ohio dominated the presidency in the late 19th and early 20th centuries with a string of Republican victories. As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dispatch.com\/content\/stories\/local\/2011\/02\/20\/ohios-pipeline-to-presidency-long-ago-went-dry.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">explained<\/a> by the Columbus Dispatch,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Ohio&#8217;s dominance of the presidency around the time the 19th century became the 20th was no accident: Ohio was the third-largest state, behind New York and Pennsylvania, and it was the economic engine of America. Ohioans were the inventors and operators of the industrial age. With economic might came political power, including dominant influence in the political parties, especially the GOP, from whence seven of Ohio&#8217;s eight presidents came.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>A particularly remarkable clustering centered near Cincinnati, with the birthplaces of Ulysses Grant, Benjamin Harrison and William Taft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Close to the Border<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/dougtone\/8260132547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/8337\/8260132547_a9d45a2594_b.jpg\" alt=\"Chester Alan Arthur State Historic Site - Vermont. Photo by Doug Kerr; (CC BY-SA 2.0)\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chester Arthur birthplace in Fairfield, Vermont fell remarkably close to Canada, about 20 miles (32 kilometres) from the border (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/QXraHeq6FSzuzCWM9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">map<\/a>). His father immigrated from Ireland to Canada, settling in Dunham, Lower Canada, which is now part of Qu\u00e9bec. His mother was an American born in Vermont. The couple wed in Canada and their first child was born in Canada. However, Arthur was born in the United States. The family moved regularly as Chester&#8217;s father taught at various schools and later served as a minister of the Free Will Baptist church.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Article 2, Section 1 of the Constitution of the United States <a href=\"https:\/\/www.archives.gov\/founding-docs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a>,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Arthur&#8217;s political opponents conducted a smear campaign focused on the Constitution&#8217;s natural-born-citizen clause. His father&#8217;s immigration to Canada, his birth near the border, and his family&#8217;s frequent relocation were all used as &#8220;evidence&#8221; of non-citizenship in an attempt to disqualify Arthur from office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hospital Births<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!4v1630792827955!6m8!1m7!1sFrC8R24NvtasurziEMbDuA!2m2!1d33.65993160288954!2d-93.58923158097983!3f70.0716732958828!4f-0.34075816982139884!5f1.8155005495239083\" style=\"border:0;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Most presidential birthplaces earned landmark status. Many can be visited by the public. Unfortunately, that might not be possible for future presidents. Increasingly, the more recent presidents trace their births to hospitals. Jimmy Carter came first, then Bill Clinton, then George W. Bush and most recently Barack Obama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bill Clinton provided a case in point in Hope Arkansas. The Julia Chester Hospital of his birth no longer exists. It was torn down. Now the Brazzel-Oakcrest Funeral Home occupies its former site. In commemoration the funeral home placed a flagpole and a marker to signify Clinton&#8217;s birthplace. Street View provided decent coverage although a view from <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/VV6dRbzw9AV5fbru5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">inside of the funeral home<\/a> actually offered a better image. In addition his <a href=\"http:\/\/clintonchildhoodhomemuseum.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">childhood home<\/a> became a museum. Likely, that&#8217;s what will happen in the future. The hospital might deserve a simple plaque while the president&#8217;s initial home will replace the typical &#8220;birthplace&#8221; museum of the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Odd Men Out<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I won&#8217;t bother discussing all of the presidential birth sites. Maybe I&#8217;ll provide more information if I ever visit them. Nonetheless, I&#8217;ll wrap this up with two more examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andrew Jackson&#8217;s birthplace remains <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2011\/03\/06\/AR2011030603406.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">an historical mystery<\/a>. It was somewhere in the <a href=\"https:\/\/museumofthewaxhaws.org\/local-history\/andrew-jacksons-birthplace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Waxhaws Region<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Andrew Jackson, Sr., died in late February, 1767. Betty traveled south to the Old Waxhaw Presbyterian Church to bury her husband. On the return trip, she gave birth to Andrew Jackson, the future president of the United States. Although stories abound as to the events surrounding the birth, as of yet no definitive evidence has arisen to authenticate the exact location of Andrew Jackson\u2019s birth on March 15, 1767.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>He may have been born in North Carolina. He may have been born in South Carolina. Both have claimed him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally, pity poor Warren Harding. Many historians considered Harding <a href=\"https:\/\/millercenter.org\/president\/harding\/life-in-brief\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the worst<\/a> or amongst the worst of all U.S. presidents. Nobody built a Warren Harding Birthplace museum. He barely earned a marker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Foreshadowing Alert<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Watch <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheReal12MC\">@TheReal12MC<\/a> Twitter account over the next few days and you might be able to figure out the topic of several upcoming articles<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">12MC Loves Footnotes!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><small><a name=\"footnote1\"><\/a>(\u00b9) I&#8217;ve listed Obama&#8217;s birthplace as Kapi&#8217;olani Maternity &amp; Gynecological Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii. I don&#8217;t put much credence in <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Barack_Obama_citizenship_conspiracy_theories\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Birther conspiracies<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m not sure why I began to think about the birthplaces of every President of the United States. Maybe this might interest people, or so I considered. However I wasn&#8217;t fooling myself &#8212; I did it for me. 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