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To: fightinJAG

What about Woodrow Wilson’s England-born mother?

Was he not a natural-born citizen?


38 posted on 12/05/2008 4:09:46 PM PST by kenboy
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To: kenboy

Wilson’s mother was an American at the time of his birth. Thus, Wilson was born in the U.S. to two American citizens.

Obama was born to an American mother and a British father. Hello.

This may or may not have an impact on his status as a “natural born citizen,” but no one the hell knows that for sure.

Excerpt from here:

http://naturalborncitizen.wordpress.com/

WOODROW WILSON

Born December 28, 1856 - the 28th President, born in Staunton, Virginia.

Wilson’s mother was from Carlisle, England. His father was a US citizen from Ohio. Wilson’s mother gained US citizenship when she married his father according to a congressional Act of February 1855, which stated,

“any woman who might lawfully be naturalized under existing laws, married, or shall be married to a citizen of the United States, shall be deemed and taken to be a citizen.” [Act of February 10, 1855, 10 Stat. 604, section 2]

This was called derivative citizenship. This act was enacted in 1855. Woodrow Wilson was born in December 1856. He was born in the US, both parents were US citizens - natural born citizen.


71 posted on 12/05/2008 4:54:16 PM PST by fightinJAG (TWO BIG BUSH TAX CUTS EXPIRE AT THE END OF 2008. Happy New Year, love, President Obama)
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