More Ohio Politics - CNS Fact-O-Rama

Today must be "Ohio Day" at Cybercast News Service, and by extension (since I post many articles from there), at Pro Ecclesia:

‘Mother of Presidents’ or Presidential Curse?

Ohio was in fact the state where Presidents Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Taft and Harding were born. That’s seven out of the 42 men who have served as president, or approximately 17 percent, all coming from the same state.

But out of the eight presidents who have died in office, three, or about 38 percent, were born in Ohio. James Garfield and William McKinley were both assassinated and Warren Harding died of a heart attack.

(SOURCE: Virtual Library)

My Comments:
My former state of residence, the Commonwealth of Virginia, probably has a better claim to being the "Mother of Presidents" than does Ohio. It is, after all, the birthplace of 8 U.S. Presidents: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.

Virginia is also the birthplace of the first President of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston.

So, in essence, Virginia has 9 Presidents to its credit compared to 7 for Ohio. Just a little trivia for anyone who cares.