Politics & Government
NYC's Presidents: It's Not Just Teddy Roosevelt And The Donald
Presidents' Day 2023 is on Monday. Have you ever wondered which of the Commander in Chiefs have lived in New York City?

NEW YORK CITY — It is Presidents' Day on Monday, which makes it the perfect time to look back at the Commander in Chiefs that have called New York City home.
While a larger number of presidents were born and lived in other areas of New York State, just five U.S. presidents have called New York City their home.
Here are those presidents that have had full-time residence in New York City.
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George Washington: 1st President
There is no better place to start the list than with the first president of the United States.
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Washington is best known for his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia, but he did spend multiple years living in New York City when he first became president.
New York City was still the nation's capital in 1789 as Washington became president, so he moved to the Samuel Osgood House at the corner of Pearl and Cherry streets in Lower Manhattan with his family until 1790.
The Lower Manhattan mansion has long since been demolished.
Chester Arthur: 21st President
Arthur grew up in Upstate New York, but he moved to New York City in 1853 to practice law.
He quickly bought a five-story townhouse at 123 Lexington Ave., between 28th and 29th streets, on Manhattan's east side.
He would go on to spend the majority of his life living at the address.
Arthur was elected as vice president under President James Garfield in 1881, but quickly had to take the Commander in Chief position after Garfield died following an assassination attempt.
He actually took the presidential oath of office in the middle of the night inside his Manhattan address.
Arthur was not reelected in 1884.
The townhouse is now the Kalustyan's Spice Emporium.
Theodore Roosevelt: 26th President
There is maybe no president more connected to New York City than Theodore Roosevelt.
Roosevelt was the first president born in New York City, and grew up in a townhouse on East 20th Street. He also spent time as a child in another family home on West 57th Street.
He was elected to the New York State Assembly in 1882, and was appointed as the New York City Police Commissioner in 1895.
Roosevelt would go on to become Governor of New York in 1899, before serving two terms as president.
Roosevelt died in Oyster Bay, New York, in 1919.
Franklin Roosevelt: 32nd President
The longest-serving president was born in Hyde Park, New York, but he did also live for a time in New York City.
His New York City days were near the beginning of his life, when he moved into a townhouse rented by his mother at 125 E. 36th St. with his wife Eleanor Roosevelt.
Eleanor was born in New York City in 1884, and grew up in Manhattan.
In 1994, the townhouse address received the Murray Hill Architectural Award from the Murray Hill Landmarks Committee in recognition of the "outstanding renovation work."
Barack Obama: 44th President
Obama lived in New York City during his college years.
He transferred to Columbia University in 1981, where he lived in his first Manhattan apartment at 142 W. 109th St.
Obama would go on to live in two more New York City buildings, one at 339 E. 94th St., and again on the west side at 662 W. 114th St.
He moved to Chicago in 1985 and never ended up living full time in New York City again.
Donald Trump: 45th President
Trump is one of just two U.S. presidents to have been born in New York City.
The 45th president of the United States was born and raised in Jamaica, Queens. In his adult life he's lived in multiple Upper East Side apartments, including on East 75th Street and East 65th Street.
Trump's life long New Yorker status is no more, though, as he recently changed his residence to Palm Beach, Florida.
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