Posted on 09/12/2009 7:47:48 PM PDT by RobinMasters
Thomas F. Bayard was a US Senator from Delaware between 1869 and 1885, which includes the Chester Arthur administration. From 1885 to 1889, Bayard was Secretary of State under Grover Cleveland.
This is the same Bayard mentioned in Hinman’s book on Chester Arthur. Hinman wrote to Bayard and Bayard’s response has been erroneously cited by those who support Obama’s eligibility.
For some reason I have yet to comprehend, they argue Bayard was aware of Chester Arthur having been born a British subject.
But nothing in Bayard’s letter to Hinman supports that position.
Regardless, due to a recent find by the UNDEAD REVOLUTION research team, this issue has been settled once and for all.
The letter written by Bayard to Hinman is from 1884, while Chester was still President. But in 1885, as Secretary of State under Grover Cleveland, Bayard made an official ruling which firmly established his position as to the citizenship of persons born on US soil to foreign parents: they were not considered to be US citizens.
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Ping.
Thanks for the ping.
Interesting..
Like losing the pop vote but winning the electoral, maybe history is repeating itself.
Perhaps that is why, following the 14th Amendment being inacted that the SCOTUS on more than one occasion mentions native born in cases not involving the Constitutional eligibility of the President.
Need to get to bed making mistakes like that one!
inneresting
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