Eight US Presidents Were Born British

January 28, 2011 at 2:00 am Chad Upton 7 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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1. 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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2. 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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- 3. 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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  - 4. 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!
- 5. betsyross1777 | January 12, 2022 at 10:19 am
  
  even morons get a voice in USofA…
  
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6. 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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7. British Subject | September 26, 2021 at 6:06 pm

They were what the British call Colonials, not British but British.

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