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Ohio was home to 8 U.S. Presidents and birthplace of 7

Virginia was birthplace of 8 and home to 7

California - ??? only native Californian to become Pres. was Nixon I believe.

Another article mentions Ohio as 2nd to New York in Presidents - this is also incorrect. NY was home to 5 Presidents

Summing up: either Ohio or Virginia have the most Presidents, depending whether you count by residency or birthplace (William Henry Harrison was born in Virginia but elected from Ohio)

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Other sources (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_name_etymologies) suggest word "Ohio" originated from the Seneca word "ohi:yo'" meaning "large creek". The French mistranslated this as "beautiful river". Both are accurate descriptions of the Ohio River, which is technically part of Kentucky. Go figure.

Actually, I think I wrote NY as first and OH as second to be consistent with this Edited Guide article - A781887. But I count 7 Ohio Presidents - Harding, Taft, McKinley, Garfield, Hayes, Grant and WH Harrison. I'm not sure how the author of that squeezed 8 out of NY, to be honest I suppose it really just depends on how you count them.

You're missing Benjamin Harrison who was actually born in Ohio, whereas his grandfather was born in Virginia but elected from Ohio. Yes, there are several ways to count them. NY leads when considering where the President was registered to vote at time of election. So, that means by various methods NY, VA and OH can all lay claim to 8 Presidents. Confusing as all hell, but I've only ever heard of VA and OH being called "the Mother of Presidents".

No, you can't include both Harrisons in a single count honestly. If you're going by birthplace, Virginia claims WH Harrison and OH claims Benjamin Harrison. If you're going by residence and place of election, Ohio claims WH Harrison and Indiana claims Benjamin. Either way you split it, you can only have one Harrison from Ohio, unless you just want to fudge the numbers.