Eight US Presidents Were Born British
January 28, 2011 at 2:00 am Chad Upton 9 comments
By Chad Upton | Editor
The United States declared its independence from the Kindgom of Great Britian on July 4, 1776. Eight of the first nine Presidents were born before the United States even existed.
They were born in British America, the area that would later make up parts of the United States and Canada. Therefore, these men were technically British subjects at birth.
| Name | Birthday | Birthplace |
| George Washington | 2/22/1732 | Westmoreland, Virginia |
| John Adams | 10/30/1735 | Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Thomas Jefferson | 4/13/1743 | Shadwell, Virginia |
| James Madison | 3/16/1751 | Port Conway, Virginia |
| James Monroe | 4/28/1758 | Westmoreland, Virginia |
| John Quincy Adams | 7/11/1767 | Quincy, Massachusetts |
| Andrew Jackson | 3/15/1767 | Waxhaws Area (NC/SC) |
| William Henry Harrison | 2/9/1773 | Charles City County, Virginia |
*Some of the birthplaces mentioned above were not known by these same names at the time of their birth.
These were all consecutive presidents, except for Harrison. He succeeded Martin Van Buren, who was born in 1782, making him American by birth.
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Unintentional Housewife | March 15, 2011 at 11:35 pm
I really enjoy this fact! I love that they were all born in North America, even though it was under British Rule at the time. It’s a neat little loop-hole/different way to think about history. Thanks!
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kemw | September 22, 2013 at 1:00 am
And absolutely NONE of those was born AFTER 1776 which is what the constitution states to be president, must be a natural born citizen and a US citizen at the time of this adoption. any one BORN after 1776 must be natural born. You need a new list
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kemw | September 22, 2013 at 1:04 am
If the founders meant for a president to just be a US citizens after 1776 there would be NO reason at all to include natural born. Now would there?
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ZCARP | January 19, 2020 at 11:09 am
EXACTLY AND THAT IS WHY OUR WORLD IS SO CONFUSED BY THE DELUSIONAL TACTICS AND ENGLISH PRACTICES OF THE ANGLO- WHO CALLS HIMSELF A “WHITE” ” AMERI- CAN” WHEN IN FACT HE KNOWS HE MADE IT ALL UP HE IS NEITHER…THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS WHITE OR BLACK PEOPLE ITS RACISM OF DISCOLORED MIGRATING SETTLING COLONIST THAT CREATED THEIR SYSTEM ON NATIVE COLORED SOIL ENSLAVING HUMAN BEINGS TO STEAL “PROPERTY” WHICH ANGLOS IMPLEMENTED IN THEIR ENTIRE USCC = A COMMERCIAL CODE A CONTRACT WE ARE ALL FORCED INTO TO PROVIDE FOR ANGLO MISMANAGING DELUSIONAL DISPLACED INHUMANE NEANDERTHALS….INHUMANES A DARK HUMAN BEING MUST HAVE FELL VICTIM TO AND THEN THIS SUB HUMAN CAME ABOUT HATEFUL ENVIOUS JEALOUS AND INCAPABLE OF NOBILITY…LOOK AT THAT ANGLO CONGRESS; FOR “COMFORT” THEY COMFORT IS WHY THEY CAME ACROSS THOSE SEAS BETRAYING THEIR HERITAGE FAMILIES AND COUNTRIES = TRAITORS SO HOW COULD WE EVER EXPECT ANYTHING MORE FROM AN ANGLO “THEY” CAN NOT CONTAIN OR CONTROL “THEY” SELVES LOOK AT GOVERNOR CUOMO YELLING SCREAMING HATE BULLYING COLORED MENTALLY ILL CITIZENS SINGLING THEM OUT AS TERRORIST…HOW COULD THE POT EVER CALL THE KETTLE BLACK OR BE USEFUL WITHOUT IT CAUSING NO HARM…IT CAN NOT! #PAYATTENTION ASIA WAS “INDIA” SO HOW THEY INDIAN” WHO IS THE “REAL “ASIAN” PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO A CONFLICTED DELUSIONAL PEOPLE THAT WOULD FIGHT FOR “THEY” DELUSIONS “THEY” ARE SO WEAK THEY WILL CRUMBLE WITHOUT “THEY”JOBS WITHOUT “THEY” COLORED” CHATTEL I CHALLENGE THE AMERICANS TO #DEMAND #FREEDOM FROM THE ANGLO SAVAGERY HE WILL NOT #FREE YOU ON HIS OWN TERMS HE KNOWS HE IS NOTHING WITHOUT THE LIKENESS OF THE NATIVES ANY AND EVERYWHERE. HOW IS A FARMER STRUGGLING PEOPLE? CAUSE HE CAN NOT CULTIVATE HE IS INCOMPTETENT IN HIS “COMPANY” HE IS NOT A CREATOR HE IS A COVER HE IS NOT A WINNER HE IS A LOOKER HE IS NOT STRONG HE IS BROKEN WITHIN HIS GENES HE IS SELFISH HE HAS STOLEN WHAT DOES NOT BELONG TO HIM AND NOTHING WILL NGROW ON HIS LANDS HIS PLANTATIONS AND HE SO STUPID SO DELUSIONAL DOES NOT REALIZE WHY?! HE WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS HAS NO ANSWERS!! ALL THAT RESEARCH ALL THESE CHARITIES ALL THSES CORPORATE BAIL OUTS BUT AMERICANS ARE HUNGRY HOMELESS HORNY AND HINDERED BY GOVERNMENT CIRCUMSTANCES IMPLEMENTED BY “ENGLISH NATURALIZATION BY A CITIZEN EX PARTITION; ANYONE CAN BECOME OR NOT A CITIZEN OF A ANGLO CAPITALISTIC “CHATTEL” SYSTEM #FREE AND BRAVE COLORED TRIBES NEVER KNEW VEFORE AN INTERACTION WITH THE “WHITE” MAN THAT WOULD RUIN HUMANITY AND THE EARTH….ONLY A MAN NOT BORN ON THIS LAND WOULD SPEND HIS LIFE LIVING OFF OF IT AS HE WILLING TO DIE FOR HIS BELIEFS WHY SHOULDN’T ANY OF WE!
IF A GROUP OF PEOPLE WOULD BE WILLING TO DIE FOR “THEY” DELUSIONALS WHEN VAN BUREN HISTORY IS VERY “REAL” THEY PREFER EDITS AND HISTORICAL ALTERATIONS….LOOK AT WHAT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES ARE DOING…THINK ABOUT RIP VAN WRINKLE” 20 YEARS AFTER HE SLEPT HE LOOKED UP AND SEEN AN ENTIRE DIFFERENT DISTORTING DELUSIONAL IMAGE THAT CONFUSED HIM ABOUT HIS “IDENTITY”! WHITE PEOPLE NEED TO TEACH “THEY” OFFSPRING THE #TRUTH VS LYING ABOUT #TRUTH INSTEAD OF CONCEALING BURNING SHOOTING DOWN DRONING AND CONFINING #TRUTHTELLERS ASK YOURSELVES WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOUR PEOPLE THAT YOU LIVE IN TH ESTUBBORN IGNORANCE YOU SUBJECT OTHERS TOO.. THINK ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT THE U.S. IS TOO YOU SO IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT WITHOUT THINKING OF YOURSELVES THAT THE CHICANERY HAS GONE ON LONG #ENOUGH HUMAN BEINGS ARE TIRED OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC “ENGLISH” “FOREIGN” INVASION!
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betsyross1777 | January 12, 2022 at 10:19 am
even morons get a voice in USofA…
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paul | June 29, 2017 at 9:01 am
Whatever anyone says ,reality is that they were all British Citizens who,s parents,grand parents,great grand parents and so on all originated from The United Kingdom.
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political geek | February 10, 2023 at 6:30 am
Strictly speaking not ‘British Citizens’, that status only came into being on 1 January 1983.
So there has only been one US election where it was possible for a person born as a British Citizen to run for US President. This is because the US law requires Presidents to be a natural born US Citizen aged over 35 years of age.
So upto and including the 2014 election any Dual National born a British Citizen was not old enough to run.
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British Subject | September 26, 2021 at 6:06 pm
They were what the British call Colonials, not British but British.
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woodencarrott@gmail.com | February 10, 2023 at 6:21 am
British Subject Status is defined by the laws of Britain (and some other Commonwealth countries), there are many more Presidents of the USA who were born as British Subjects.
British Nationality law is complex and has evolved over time, and the concepts of citizenship was not so well developed in the 18th and 19th Century as now, so there is some uncertainty. The recognition of American Independence in 1783 may not of itself deprive the (former colonists) of their British status immediately, it did however start a clock ticking that probably only mattered for the children of their as yet unborn children.
We know that all of the First 9 US Presidents were born British Subjects. Van Buren is often correctly identified as the first born after UDI in 1776, however it is often incorrectly stated he was not a British Subject. He was born in the Colony of New York (for the purpose of British law) prior to the Peace of Paris and so he was in fact born a British Subject as well as an American Citizen. He was the first BORN a dual national.
It is quite likely that all of the first 17 Presidents were born British Subjects, since they could have inherited that status from their fathers born prior to the Succesfull conclusion of the Revolution or from a father born in the British empire. So Ulysses S Grant is the first President we can be absolutely sure was not born a British Subject. Later ones inherited the status from their British Empire born fathers.
The only President we can 100% sure who was born a British Subject but who had lost that status prior to their Presidency is Barrack Obama. The rest likely held that status throughout their lives even if they did not know so.