[Tallguy]

His birth would have been in an American Territory, but not an American state. I have no idea if or how that has ever come up before.

There have been US Presidents who were born in territories before they became states. I believe that precedent would hold in the case of Alaska or Hawaii -- can't see why it wouldn't.

[GoLightly]

I was looking for a precedent, since I didn’t know if the issue had ever been settled.