"Hamilton would have made a fair president, but he would've been a far better United States Senator."
Hamilton could not become President for the same reason Arnold can't become President.
Hamilton was born in the Bahamas, he was not a natural born citizen of any of the united states.
Hamilton was born in the Bahamas, he was not a natural born citizen of any of the united states.
I was taught that that provison was put in specifically to prevent Hamilton from becoming President.
Hamilton was born in the Bahamas, he was not a natural born citizen of any of the united states.
You may want to review Article 2, Section 5.
Wrong, my friend. When the Constitution of the United States was ratified in 1787 it was explicitly understood that a "grandfather" clause was fully in effect for such matters. It was "upon ratification" that those clauses had the force of law - Hamilton could have run, and it's too bad he didn't have the chance. Surely you jest.
US Constitution
Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5
No Person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President; neither shall any Person be eligible to that Office who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty five Years, and been fourteen Years a Resident within the United States.
Now if find any Austrian born actors who were citizens of the US before September of 1787, they are indeed eligble to become President -- as long as they have been resident for 14 years. ;~))