Which US president was born on July 4?

Calvin Coolidge was the U.S. president born on July 4.

John Calvin Coolidge Jr. was born on July 4, 1872, in Plymouth Notch, Vermont. He remains the only American president born on Independence Day, giving his birthday an especially fitting connection to the national holiday. He was usually called Calvin rather than John, despite being named for his father.

Coolidge became the 30th president after Warren G. Harding died in office in 1923. Before that, he had served as vice president and as governor of Massachusetts. He won the presidency in his own right in 1924 and served until 1929, becoming associated with limited government, fiscal restraint, and the prosperity of the 1920s.

The other names in this question are tempting because George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams are all central figures in the founding era. None was born on July 4: Washington was born February 22, Jefferson April 13, and Adams October 30. Coolidge’s holiday birthday is a coincidence of the calendar, not a reason he was selected as president or a special constitutional qualification.