[MamaTexan]

Okay - double checking and this link has both acts so it's easier to do comparisons.

First, apologies to you both. It looks like the 'father' disclaimer is in both acts, so I pretty much brought up a nonexistent point.

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While the first act of 1790 said:

And the children of citizens of the United States that may be born beyond Sea, or out of the limits of the United States, shall be considered as natural born Citizens:

The Act of '95 had no such provision, so apparently it's intent was one strictly that of naturalizing aliens and their children.

So while the 1790 Naturalization Act acknowledged that the Revolutionary generation was eligible to hold the Presidency, the Act of 1795 did not.

[GilesB]

You are wrong, the 1795 act was silent on the question. You CANNOT assume the more restrictive classification if it is not stated.

You are reading into a non-statement what you want it to say.