[Non-Sequitur]

he first Natural born citizen President was Martin Van Buren 8th President of the U.S.

Van Buren was born in 1782 so he was qualified to be president for the same reason Washington and Jefferson and Jackson were - citizen of the U.S. at the time the Constitution was ratified.

[El Gato]

Van Buren was born in 1782 so he was qualified to be president for the same reason Washington and Jefferson and Jackson were - citizen of the U.S. at the time the Constitution was ratified.

And he was a natural born citizen of the United States. He was doubly eligible you might say.

[omegadawn]

oops, I misread Van Buren’s birth date , I stand corrected.
I should have caught it .

[SteveH]

I wonder what would happen if a public celebration in front of Kapi'olani Medical Center on August 4 were to be held, and Obama and members of Obama's family were (very publicly invited) to attend... :-)