[gusty]

Lets see. Chester Arthur was born in Vermont, thus a natural born citizen. It did not matter where his father was born or when he was naturalized. Nobody cared, and old Chester served out his term without anyone except Hinman disputing his eligibility. Congress nor the Supreme Court at the time cared about the citizenship of his father, otherwise they would have said so.

[Godebert]

Chester Arthur had something to hide.

He had all of his papers burned which was very odd for a President.

Arthur lied about his mother’s time in Canada. He lied about his father’s time in Canada. He lied about his father’s age plus where and when he got off the boat from Ireland. By obscuring his parents’ personal history he curtailed the possibility that anybody might discover he was born many years before his father had naturalized.

When Chester runs for VP, Hinman comes along essentially demanding to see Chester’s birth certificate to prove he was born in the United States. This causes a minor scandal easily thwarted by Chester, because Chester was born in Vermont…but at the same time, the fake scandal provides cover for the real scandal.

Is this the twilight zone?............Leo Donofrio