And only natural born citizens, or persons who are citizens of the U.S. while the Constitution was being adopted, are eligible to become President, Correct?
“And only natural born citizens, or persons who are citizens of the U.S. while the Constitution was being adopted, are eligible to become President, Correct?”
Yes. Our founding fathers added the clause “or citizens of the US at the time of the adpotion of the Constitution” so that one or more of them could hold the office of President. Washington was born in VA and Adams was born in MA, but at the time of their birth our country was still under British rule. So although they were born on the soil of our new country, they were not “natural born” because they were British subjects at birth, but were citizens of our new country at the signing of the Constitution.