The term 'Mother of Presidents' is a nickname given to the states of Ohio and VIRGINIA. Ohio is the birthplace of seven U.S. presidents, including Ulysses S. Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, William McKinley, William H. Taft, and Warren G. Harding. VIRGINIA is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents, including George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson.