“I think that President Jackson may have received Irish citizenship through his parents. Although I’m not sure why he would not have been covered by the 1783 Treaty of Paris and lost that citizenship.”
Wouldn’t Jackson have been covered by the A2 grandfather clause? He fought in the Revolutionary War at age 13 and was a POW.
“Wouldn’t Jackson have been covered by the A2 grandfather clause?”
Absolutely, I’m not sure if the “born at sea” claims would lead President Roosevlet to assume that President Jackson had dual citizenship. President Jackson being born in South Carolina before 1776 would have made him a British subject (or were Irish subjects treated differently?) and I don’t see how his case would be different from other early presidents. So I don’t see why President Roosevelt singled him out.
He appears to be oppose to dual citizenship but doesn’t say if in his opinion that would make Presidents Jackson and Arthur ineligible. He doesn’t seem to.