just a test—and I failed!
prior post
We have a saying in our marriage. If one of us says something to the other that we then realise is wrong, we say “It was a test, Commander” which my husband once heard someone say to a commander aboard ship. The follow on sentence is either “you passed!!!” or “you failed”.
I most definitely failed. I was so into what I was writing that I didn’t think about the beloved Constitutional provisions all around. The Constitution states unequivocally one must be born in this country to be president so Hamilton, a native of the Caribbean (albeit prior to there being the United States), was ineligible.
I would like to say I was testing you in my prior post when I mentioned Alexander Hamilton becoming president, assumably rather than being on the wrong side of the duel with Aaron Burr in 1804.
I am completely capable of errors as Dr. Joe Collins raised with that corrective.
I am so lucky you all read and remember better than me some times. Thank you, Joe.
No, Alexander was not eligible, dead or alive.
Keep those eagle eyes working, readers!
Be well and be safe. FIN
I am not so sure Joe had it correct. The pertinent part is: "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;”. Surely, Alexander Hamilton, having served in the Army during the Revolution, including four yers as GEN Washington’s aide, was a Citizen when the Constitution was adopted, and thus eligible. On the other hand, how did one become a Citizen in those days?
Regards. — Cliff