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What US presidents have been born west of the Mississippi river?

Question #102730. Asked by star_gazer.
Last updated May 13 2021.

mscorpion
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mscorpion
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There have been 8 Presidents of the United States that were born west of the Mississippi River:

1. Herbert Hoover - West Branch, Iowa
2. Harry S. Truman - Lamar, Missouri
3. Dwight D. Eisenhower - Denison, Texas
4. Lyndon B. Johnson - Stonewall, Texas
5. Richard Nixon - Yorba Linda, California
6. Gerald Ford - Omaha, Nebraska
7. Bill Clinton - Hope, Arkansas
8. Barack Obama - Honolulu, Hawaii


link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Hoover
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_S._Truman
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyndon_B._Johnson
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Ford
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama

Response last updated by Terry on Oct 12 2016.
Feb 02 2009, 11:46 PM
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Interesting fact: Truman was the first to be born AND to die west of the Mississippi. LBJ was the second and - as of November 2020 - the last.

Nov 11 2020, 12:59 PM
Red_John
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Red_John
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Up to the 2020 Presidential election, a total of eight men born west of the Mississippi have served as President of the United States. Of these, the individual born furthest west was Barack Obama, who was born in Honolulu, Hawaii on 4 August 1961. Obama is also one of only two on that list born west of the Rocky Mountains, the other being Richard Nixon, who was born in Yorba Linda, California on 9 January 1913. Of the eight men on the list, Herbert Hoover was born closest to the Mississippi, with his home town of West Branch, Iowa being just under 50 miles from the city of Davenport, through which the Mississippi flows. Obama is the only member of the list to be born in the capital of the state, while Gerald Ford, who was born in Omaha, Nebraska on 14 July 1913, is the only one to have been born in the state's largest city. Harry S Truman, born in Lamar, Missouri on 8 May 1884, was the first to die west of the Mississippi, when he passed in Kansas City, Missouri on 26 December 1972, while Lyndon B. Johnson was the first of the list to be born and die in the same town, Stonewall, Texas (born 27 August 1908, died 22 January 1973). Johnson is one of two Texans to have been President, with Dwight D. Eisenhower having been born in Denison on 14 October 1890. The eighth member of the list, Bill Clinton, was born in Hope, Arkansas on 19 August 1946, and is one of two men who have served as the Governor of Arkansas to have been born there (the other being Mike Huckabee).

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States_by_home_state

Response last updated by CmdrK on May 13 2021.
Nov 23 2020, 10:55 AM
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