[DoctorBulldog]

Jefferson was covered under the “grandfather clause,” (”at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution”)as were just about all of the first few Presidents. They were pretty much all born with dual-citizenship because the colonies were part of Britain. Therefore, it is believed that the grandfather clause was added to address that situation.

Cheers

[EnderWiggins]

Ahhh... but Jefferson was different. He was not born a dual citizen with France. He was a naturalized French citizen, and he naturalized after the War of Independence as an adult, just a few months before the Constitution was written.

So much for the Framer's concern with "dual allegiances." They even voted for him.