Presidents by State Quiz

Can you also do a quiz of the presidents' birth states?

I found a quiz for you

Turns out I have no idea where presidents are from.

But his political career is based in Chicago

wrong, he was born in Hawaii.

Or Reagan being born in Illinois but running as the former governor of California.

Got all but Ford with a guess or two, but had to run through about 25 states to get Ford. And of course, it was Michigan. Really should have made that connection before...

To the previous commentors, read the instructions: Name the state of origin for each U.S. president. (The place of their political base, not necessarily their birth place.)

Not related to Henry. Born Leslie King and was given the name Gerald Ford by his stepfather. Also from Grand Rapids, not Detroit.

Thank you Die Hard With a Vengence for the Chester A. Arthur answer. "Find out who the 21st president is." "Chester A. Arthur...did you know he was the collector of customs right here in New York?" Awesome!

39, not bad.

At first I put "nobody knows" for where Obama was born, but then I read the footnote......

I'm pretty sure his mother, grandparents, those that printed his birth announcement in the newspaper, and the government officials who verified his legitimate birth certificate was on file could all help you find Hawaii on the map if you're not sure where it is yourself.

Do you think those same officials could help you find your way to a sense of humor?

Savage

Would be a lot more likely than you finding any sense at all, Quizzler.

and I wish you knew the difference between "could have" and "could of," and "their" and "his," and "saw" and "seen," and "won" and "stole"...

but sometimes we just have to accept being disappointed.

Got the first seven and last six (hint for the early ones: Virginia and Massachusetts). Rest were mostly a crap shoot. C'mon this is way harder than some of my other leaders quizzes. Also, though I got it, was Bush Sr.'s power base really in Texas? I thought he was a Mass resident. I know the family has ties to many states. Not really important...

Actually, the Bush family roots are in CT. Bush Sr's father, Prescott Bush, was a US senator from CT. The family 'compound' is in Kennebunkport, ME. But GHWB got into the awl bidness in Texas, where he tried to change his New England blueblood accent to a Texas accent, without much success. His son GWB did it quite a bit better, but you could tell if you listen close enough that he is still not really a Texan.

thanks. :)

The quiz is about the location of his political base, not where he was born or buried. He was living in Louisiana at the time of his election to the presidency, and had been a resident there for 25 years. Taylor didn't really have a political career prior to running for president, and while you are correct that he was "all over the US territories" during his military service, he was living in Louisiana when his political career began.

Herbert Hoover was from West Branch, Iowa (I live there!) !

First of all, to Kalabahamut: I find I very much enjoy your quiz commenrs and that I agree with you a lot. I know when I see your name that the post will be worth reading. Secondly, I love this quiz. Where a politician makes his or her home and political base should always take precedence over where he or she was born unless it is the same place. Ronald Reagan has always and will always be remembered as a Californian even though he was born in IL and was already an adult when he headed for Hollywood. Abraham Lincoln was born in KY and raised in IN but he chose to make IL his home an that's the reason it is the 'Land of Lincoln.' And President Obama (regardless of what certain lying fools like Donald Trump and Orly Taitz say), although being born in Hawaii, has made Illinois his home.

Franklin Pierce University is in New Hampshire, making that one a little easier to remember.

There's also a James Madison University in Virginia. About an hour away from where I live.

... but moved to California, where he lived when he was elected.

Got a few by guessing Virginia for all of the older ones.

Dwight D.Eisenhower ran for President from New York not Kansas

Coolidge is from VT and grew up there.

But he was the mayor of Northampton, MA when he first went into politics, and then became governor of MA. However, he took the oath of office in his family house in Plymouth Notch, VT, after Harding died. His father, who was a justice of the peace, administered the oath.

And to top it all off, Reagan's base was in California

Actually, Barack Obama was born in Hawaii...It's okay that you made that mistake, not everyone is as smart as me.

Most can still read though, which is doubtful in your case.

Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson really helped with, well, everything up to Andrew Jackson, inclusive.

Using the same logic as the others (and I agree with it), Nixon ran from New York.

Guess no one wants to run for president from a political base waist-deep in potatoes and sugar beets...... When I'm old enough, I'm probably gonna run for president in the place I was born and raised:Idaho.

Please.

Dyllan101 READ THE BEGINNING OF THE QUIZ... it is their political base, not necessarily their birth place :)

Could u accept state abbreviations? Plz?

Does anyone else just guess Virginia for all the early presidents hoping to get lucky?