Even though, in the only verified case of someone with that status becoming (de facto) President, that status was not known to the public when he was elected (VP) and/or became (de facto) President.
Really, really desperate.
As if "public opinion in the late 1880s or the late 1960s/early 1970s has anything directly do with the original meaning of any term in the Constitution in the first place. It means what it meant when written and ratified. Nothing more, nothing less. That's the way written contracts and Constitutions are.
It is amazing just how hard they are trying to show some precedent.
And yeah, “public opinion” during any period is not enough to change the Constitution in anyway, anyway.