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Which president was not born in us?

Only so-called natural-born US citizens (or those born abroad, but only to parents at least one of whom was a U.S. citizen at the time) can become President of the United States. President Barack Obama is the only president who wasn't born in the contiguous United States.
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Can you be a president if you weren't born in the US?

To become the President or Vice President of the United States, a person must be a natural born citizen. This "Natural Born Citizen Clause" is located in Section 1 of Article 2 of the United States Constitution.
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Where were 7 US presidents born?

Ohio. Ohio was the birthplace of seven U.S. presidents: James A. Garfield, Ulysses S. Grant, Warren G.
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Who was the first president born in the United States?

When Van Buren took office in 1837, he became the first president who was born as a U.S. citizen.
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How many US presidents were born in the US?

All 46 U.S. Presidents Were Born in Just 21 States but Hundreds of Places Have Presidential Names.
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Who was the first female president?

The first woman elected president of a country was Vigdís Finnbogadóttir of Iceland, who won the 1980 presidential election as well as three subsequent elections, remaining in office for a total of 16 years, which makes her the longest-serving non-hereditary female head of state in history.
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What two presidents died on the same day?

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died on the same day, July 4, 1826. Both were old men—Adams was 90, and Jefferson was 83—and both were ill, though Adams had been in comparatively robust health until just a few months earlier and Jefferson had been ill for an extended period.
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Who was the first unmarried president?

Tall, stately, stiffly formal in the high stock he wore around his jowls, James Buchanan was the only President who never married. Presiding over a rapidly dividing Nation, Buchanan grasped inadequately the political realities of the time.
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Which president had 15 children?

John Tyler was the most prolific of all American President: he had 15 children and two wives. In 1813, Tyler married Letitia Christian, the daughter of a Virginia planter.
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Who was America's youngest president?

Age of presidents

The youngest person to become U.S. president was Theodore Roosevelt, who, at age 42, succeeded to the office after the assassination of William McKinley. The oldest person inaugurated president was Joe Biden, at age 78.
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Who was the shortest president?

The tallest U.S. president was Abraham Lincoln at 6 feet 4 inches (193 centimeters), while the shortest was James Madison at 5 feet 4 inches (163 centimeters).
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Why is Ohio the mother of presidents?

More of our country's presidents come from Ohio than from any other state. Eight of 44 American presidents were elected from the Buckeye State, earning Ohio the nickname "the Mother of Presidents."
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Which U.S. president was born a king?

Gerald Rudolph Ford, the 38th President of the United States, was born Leslie Lynch King, Jr., the son of Leslie Lynch King and Dorothy Ayer Gardner King, on July 14, 1913, in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Can Elon Musk be president?

As a sidenote, Elon Musk isn't eligible to be president as he is a naturalized US citizen. You must be a natural-born US citizen in order to be president.
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Can someone born in Puerto Rico be president?

In addition, an April 2000 report by the Congressional Research Service, asserts that citizens born in Puerto Rico are legally defined as natural-born citizens and are therefore eligible to be elected President, provided they meet qualifications of age and 14 years residence within the United States.
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What happens if a child is born in America to foreign parents?

The 14th Amendment to the Constitution establishes that people who are “born or naturalized” in the United States are citizens. Children who are born in the United States are entitled to United States citizenship, regardless of the nationality of their parents, or their immigration status.
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Who was the only unmarried president?

In his personal life, Buchanan never married and was the only U.S. president to remain a lifelong bachelor, leading some historians and authors to question his sexual orientation. His failure to forestall the Civil War has been described as incompetence, and he spent his last years defending his reputation.
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Which president has his sister as the first lady?

Rose Elizabeth "Libby" Cleveland (June 13, 1846 – November 22, 1918) was an American author and lecturer. She was acting first lady of the United States from 1885 to 1886, during the presidency of her brother, Grover Cleveland.
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Which president had two wives?

Presidents John Tyler and Woodrow Wilson had two official first ladies; both remarried during their presidential tenures.
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Which president married his niece?

Mary Dimmick Harrison (née Mary Scott Lord; April 30, 1858 – January 5, 1948) was the second wife of Benjamin Harrison, the 23rd president of the United States. She was nearly 25 years younger than Harrison, and was the niece of his first wife. Honesdale, Pennsylvania, U.S. New York City, U.S.
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Which president had his wife take over for him?

Edith Bolling Galt Wilson was second wife of the 28th President, Woodrow Wilson. She served as First Lady from 1915 to 1921. After the President suffered a severe stroke, she pre-screened all matters of state, functionally running the Executive branch of government for the remainder of Wilson's second term.
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Which president never lived in the White House?

Construction began when the first cornerstone was laid in October of 1792. Although President Washington oversaw the construction of the house, he never lived in it.
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Which president died broke?

Thomas Jefferson died with debts of $107,000, which is roughly $2 million today. How did he get into this financial disaster? Jefferson's debt wasn't entirely due to business failures, poor investments, or a shopaholic wife. Jefferson inherited a significant amount of debt from his father-in-law in 1774.
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Which president died while serving?

On April 12, 1945, Franklin D. Roosevelt (who had just begun his fourth term in office) collapsed and died as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage. The most recent U.S. president to die in office was John F. Kennedy, who was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963, in Dallas, Texas.
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Which president died almost immediately?

William Henry Harrison, an American military officer and politician, was the ninth President of the United States (1841), the oldest President to be elected at the time. On his 32nd day, he became the first to die in office, serving the shortest tenure in U.S. Presidential history.
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