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Who was the 1st president born in US; how was it decided about nationality;?

Asked by tse1717 (1points) March 8th, 2010

what are the names of the presidents not born in the US

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jca's avatar

i believe it’s the law they must have been born in the US.

Sarcasm's avatar

Every US president has been born in the US. Including George Washington, who was born In Westmoreland, Virginia.

The rule to be a “natural born citizen” was written into the constitution itself.

It was decided to let only natural born citizens be president because the founders just got done fighting off the British, and didn’t want one to become a president.

thriftymaid's avatar

The Constitution mandates that the president be USA born.

Captain_Fantasy's avatar

And yes, Hawaii was a state when Obama was born there.

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