What states have never had presidents?

[minionofmidas]

Hoover was from Kansas. And I think he ran from California the second time around.

Hoover was born in Iowa (ask PB). But I thought he ran from California, too.

JQ Adams was from Massachusetts btw.

[minionofmidas]

There's quite a lot of presidents not born in the state they ran from.
Jackson - born in SC (or possibly NC), from TN
WH Harrison - born in Va, from Ohio IIRC
Polk - born in NC, from TN
Taylor - born in Va, nominally from Louisiana (he absentee owned a plantation there. He really lived wherever he was posted)
Lincoln - born in KY, (raised in IN,) from IL
Andy Johnson - born in NC, from TN
Arthur - born in VT, from NY
Cleveland - born in NJ, from NY (so no matter how you look at it, NJ had a president)
Ben Harrison - born in Ohio, from IN
Wilson - born in Va, from NJ
Coolidge - born in VT, from MA
Hoover - born in Iowa, take your pick where from
Eisenhower - born in Texas, (raised in Kansas,) from New York or Pennsylvania or whatever. He switched homestates in office
Nixon - born in CA, from NY at the time of the '68 election (but not of the 52, 56, 60 or 72 elections, when he was registered in California)
Ford - born in IL, from MI
Reagan - born in IL, from CA
Bush sr - born in MA, from TX
Bush jr - born in CT, from TX

[minionofmidas]

Hoover was from Kansas. And I think he ran from California the second time around.

Hoover was born in Iowa (ask PB). But I thought he ran from California, too.

JQ Adams was from Massachusetts btw.

He ran from Kansas the first time around.

Adams? Unlikely.

[minionofmidas]

Hoover was from Kansas. And I think he ran from California the second time around.

Hoover was born in Iowa (ask PB). But I thought he ran from California, too.

JQ Adams was from Massachusetts btw.

He ran from Kansas the first time around.

According to this site, Hoover ran from California in 1928. His VP, Charles Curtis, was from Kansas.

Oh, yeah, that is right. Well, Hoover certainly didn't run from Kansas then.

[minionofmidas]

There's quite a lot of presidents not born in the state they ran from.

The Vice Presidents are more exotic.  One was born in Paris, and another in Ceylon, and one died in Berlin.

What!? You sure you're not thinking of First Ladies or something? Vice Presidents, like Presidents, are required by the constitution to be native born or have immigrated to the US before 1789.
I've also been through the biographies of US vice presidents and I've not found any such reference.
(I have found reference to a -baseless- conspiracy theory that Chester A Arthur was really his older brother, who was born in Canada.)

[minionofmidas]

Who was from Lousiana?

read my list, dude. Taylor, officially.

[minionofmidas]

So that could have been the case with the VPs born in Paris and Ceylon (which ones were they, BTW?)

Hannibal Hamlin was born in Paris, Maine.  Incidentally, within 50 miles you'll find Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Poland, Mexico, Peru, Leeds, Belgrade, Vienna, Naples, and Lisbon.

Walter Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota.

Spiro Agnew died in Berlin, Maryland (other sources say Ocean City, but they are close to each other).

Oh, okay...there#s a movie called "Paris,Texas".

[minionofmidas]

Who was from Lousiana?

Ford was elected from Michighan, so scratch Michigan from the original list.

I assume you mean 'was elected to Congress from Michigan' since Ford was never elected President.

Yes, good point...he ran from Michigan in 76 though, and he obviously was registered to vote in Michigan at the time he became vice president, and presumably also at the time he became president.

[minionofmidas]

Why WY ?  Cheney

Dick Cheney, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, raised there as well I think, started working in DC (and presumably living in either DC, Md, or VA) right after graduating from college. Out of a job after the 76 elections, elected to Congress in 78 from Wyoming, where he owned a house for vacations (er-what's the "right" way to say that? This doesn't sound right). Served from Wyoming until appointed to the cabinet in 88. Out of a job after 92, he started working for Haliburton and had an official address in Texas throughout most of the 90s, though he still owned that house in Wyoming. Changed his registration from Texas to Wyoming after being named VP candidate by Bush (but before the convention) to circumvent the Constitution.