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To: Godebert
William Arthur, the father of Chester Arthur, was born in Ireland. (As with Obama, there was a dispute as to where he was born. The official record shows Arthur as being born in Vermont; it was alleged that he was really born in Quebec, Canada.) If the definition of a natural born citizen requires that the parents be American citizens at the time of the President’s birth, then Arthur would have failed that test, as Obama does. He was born in 1829, but his father did not become a US citizen until 1843. Like Barack Obama, Sr., William Arthur was a British subject at the time of his son’s birth,
57 posted on 10/15/2009 9:19:57 PM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: Wallace T.
"William Arthur, the father of Chester Arthur, was born in Ireland. (As with Obama, there was a dispute as to where he was born. The official record shows Arthur as being born in Vermont; it was alleged that he was really born in Quebec, Canada.) If the definition of a natural born citizen requires that the parents be American citizens at the time of the President’s birth, then Arthur would have failed that test, as Obama does. He was born in 1829, but his father did not become a US citizen until 1843. Like Barack Obama, Sr., William Arthur was a British subject at the time of his son’s birth, "

There was a dispute as to where he was born? When was this dispute? My understanding is that there was no dispute about Arthur's father until long after Chester was president.

69 posted on 10/16/2009 2:53:24 AM PDT by Godebert
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