Is there a significant amount of people who have ran for Presidential candidacy in the past? If so, do you believe that the segment that states only NATURAL BORN citizens can become President?
Provide reasons and facts, thnx!
2006-09-27 03:41:42 · 3 answers · asked by indianguy314 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Honestly, I can't determine the number of CANDIDATES... but Presidents number 1-9 were not Natural-Born Citizens: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Adams, Jackson , Van Buren, & Harrison.
Since citizens of the original 13 states "at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution" could become President without being natural-born, this may allow citizens of a new state at its admission (such as Goldwater) to run for President even if not natural-born.
Of historical note, Martin Van Buren was arguably the first "Natural-Born Citizen" to become President. Prior Presidents had been born British subjects and were arguably not "natural-born Citizens", but were nonetheless clearly eligible for the presidency by being "a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution." Van Buren was born in 1782, after the United States declared independence from Great Britain, but before the Constitution was adopted. Van Buren was the only president born during the period between the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States; he therefore qualified for the presidency both as a "natural born citizen" and as "a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution." The first president to have been born after the adoption of the Constitution was John Tyler, who was born in 1790.
2006-09-27 04:26:44 · answer #1 · answered by mariner31 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Washington, Adams, Jefferson...the first six!
2006-09-27 10:50:28 · answer #2 · answered by battle-ax 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are none, ligitament anyway. Constitution does not permit it.
2006-09-27 10:44:48 · answer #3 · answered by Fred C. Dobbs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋