A lawyer, Van Buren served as a New York senator, governor, and attorney general before becoming president. He later moved to Kinderhook, where his Lindenwald estate remains open to the public.
Fillmore practiced law upstate before becoming the New York comptroller, vice president, and then president, upon Zachary Taylor’s death. His modest 1826 home in East Aurora now functions as a house museum.
Raised in upstate New York, Arthur practiced law in Manhattan and lived at 123 Lexington Avenue, where the famed Middle Eastern market Kalustyan’s now stands. As vice president, he secretly took the oath of office here upon the assassination of President Garfield.
Primarily raised in upstate New York, Cleveland served as the mayor of Buffalo as well as the governor in Albany before moving to the White House upon his election as president.
A member of the New York senate and assembly, Roosevelt was raised in a townhouse at 28 East 20th Street. A replica of the home is open to the public at the same location today.
Teddy Roosevelt’s fifth cousin, F.D.R. was the governor of New York before becoming president. Springwood, his lifelong home in Hyde Park, is open to the public.
A first-timer in public office, Trump grew up in a 1940 Tudor at 85-15 Wareham Place and currently divides his time between the White House and the top floor of Trump Tower.