Which state is often called “the mother of presidents?
According to Wikipedia– “Eight U.S. presidents hailed from Ohio at the time of their elections, giving rise to the nickname “Mother of Presidents”, a sobriquet it shares with Virginia. Seven presidents were born in Ohio, making it second to Virginia’s eight, but Virginia-born William Henry Harrison and his grandson, Benjamin Harrison, (who also lived part of his adult life in Indiana) settled in, led their political careers from and/or were buried in North Bend, Ohio, on the family compound, founded by William’s father-in-law John Cleves Symmes. The other six presidents born in Ohio were Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William Howard Taft and Warren G. Harding.” Also, “eight Virginians have served as President of the United States, including four of the first five: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.