Question: What three U.S. presidents were born in North Carolina?
Answer: North Carolina claims three U.S. Presidents.
- Andrew Jackson from Union County was our seventh U.S. president, serving from 1829 to 1837.
- James Knox Polk from Mecklenburg County was our 11th U.S. president, serving from 1845 to 1849.
- Andrew Johnson from Wake County was our 17th U.S. president, serving from 1865 to 1869.