Who is the only U.S. president born on the West Coast of the United States? Answer
The only U.S. President born on the contiguous West Coast (the states of California, Oregon, and Washington) is Richard Nixon.
He was born on January 9, 1913, in Yorba Linda, California, making him the first—and to date, the only—president whose birthplace lies in one of these three continental Pacific states. This fact is significant because it highlights the historical political dominance of the Eastern Seaboard and Midwest in the election of U.S. presidents, as it took until the election of 1968 for a native son of the West Coast to reach the White House.
While Barack Obama was born in Hawaii, which is geographically further west, the distinction of “West Coast” typically refers to the continental states. Furthermore, other presidents, like Ronald Reagan and Herbert Hoover, have strong political or residential ties to California and Oregon, but they were born in Illinois and Iowa, respectively. Therefore, Richard Nixon holds the unique distinction as the only president to begin his life in California, the largest of the three contiguous West Coast states.
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