Skinner Sphere

A few months ago I heard from someone that America has had an expansive history and that no president has served under the same flag under which he was born. It's an interesting thought and I decided the other day to see if it is true. Here are the results.

President	Year Born	Stars on Flag	Years Served	Stars on Flag
George Washington	February 1732	0	1789-1797	13 & 15
John Adams	October 1735	0	1797-1801	15
Thomas Jefferson	April 1743	0	1801-1809	15
James Madison	March 1751	0	1809-1817	15
James Monroe	April 1758	0	1817-1825	15, 20, 21, 23, 24
John Quincy Adams	July 1767	0	1825-1829	24
Andrew Jackson	March 1767	0	1829-1837	24 & 25
Martin Van Buren	December 1782	13	1837-1841	25 & 26
William Henry Harrison	February 1773	0	1841	26
John Tyler	March 1790	13	1841-1845	26
James K. Polk	November 1795	15	1845-1849	26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Zachary Taylor	November 1784	13	1849-1850	30
Millard Fillmore	January 1800	15	1850-1853	30 & 31
Franklin Pierce	November 1804	15	1853-1857	31
James Buchanan	April 1791	13	1857-1861	31, 32, 33
Abraham Lincoln	February 1809	15	1861-1865	33, 34, 35
Andrew Johnson	December 1808	15	1865-1869	35, 36, 37
Ulysses S. Grant	April 1822	23	1869-1877	37
Rutherford B. Hayes	October 1822	24	1877-1881	37 & 38
James A. Garfield	November 1831	24	1881	38
Chester A. Arthur	October 1829	24	1881-1885	38
Grover Cleveland	March 1837	25	1885-1889	38
Benjamin Harrison	August 1833	24	1889-1893	38, 43, 44
Grover Cleveland	March 1837	25	1893-1897	44 & 45
William McKinley	January 1843	26	1897-1901	45
Theodore Roosevelt	October 1858	32	1901-1909	45 & 46
William Howard Taft	September 1857	31	1909-1913	46 & 48
Woodrow Wilson	December 1856	31	1913-1921	48
Warren G. Harding	November 1865	36	1921-1923	48
Calvin Coolidge	July 1872	37	1923-1929	48
Herbert Hoover	August 1874	37	1929-1933	48
Franklin D. Roosevelt	January 1882	38	1933-1945	48
Harry S Truman	May 1884	38	1945-1953	48
Dwight D. Eisenhower	October 1890	43	1953-1961	48, 49, 50
John F. Kennedy	May 1917	48	1961-1963	50
Lyndon B. Johnson	August 1908	46	1963-1969	50
Richard Nixon	January 1913	48	1969-1974	50
Gerald Ford	July 1913	48	1974-1977	50
Jimmy Carter	October 1924	48	1977-1981	50
Ronald Reagan	February 1911	46	1981-1989	50
George H. W. Bush	June 1924	48	1989-1993	50
Bill Clinton	August 1946	48	1993-2001	50
George W. Bush	July 1946	48	2001-present	50

All presidential data is taken from Wikipedia and flag data comes from US Flag. Obamessiah was born in 1961, under the 50 star flag. All other candidates were born under the 48 star flag.

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