Virginia is one of the original 13 states of the United
States that revolted against British rule in the American
Revolution and is generally classified as part of the South. Its
official name is the Commonwealth of Virginia; it is one of four
Commonwealths out of the fifty United States.
Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents", as more U.S.
Presidents (8) were born in this state than in any other. Five
of them were re-elected to a second term: George Washington,
Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, and Woodrow
Wilson. William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Zachary Taylor
round out the list of American Presidents from the Commonwealth
of Virginia. (Historical footnote: both Harrison and Taylor died
while in office.) |