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To: Plummz
This is false. Hamilton proposed the Presidential qualification that he be a "born citizen," but this was rejected by the founders in favor of John Jay's reccommendation that the President be only a natural born citizen.

Please stop lying about our Founding Fathers.

This is another FALSE birther meme.

Hamilton's wording was never "rejected," for the simple reason that IT WAS NEVER PLACED BEFORE THE DELEGATES OF THE CONSITUTIONAL CONVENTION AT ALL.

He made PERSONAL NOTES of the kind of Constitution he wanted. Among those notes he wrote that he wanted the President to be born a citizen.

He got a lot of what he wanted. His private notes were handed to James Madison at the end of the Convention.

THERE IS NOT THE SLIGHTEST EVIDENCE ANYWHERE THAT HAMILTON'S "BORN A CITIZEN" AND JOHN JAY'S "NATURAL BORN CITIZEN" MEANT ANYTHING DIFFERENT.

In fact, there were 55 Delegates to the Constitutional Convention. Only TWO men proposed a birth qualification for President.

John Jay, who wasn't at the Convention, and Alexander Hamilton, who was.

Why those two and nobody else?

Guess what.

John Jay and Alexander Hamilton were personal friends and close working associates who lived in the same city, and who actively worked together both before and after the Convention. In fact, Hamilton was the major author of The Federalist (also known as "the Federalist Papers"), which was instrumental in convincing the people of the key State of New York to actually adopt the Constitution.

He was assisted in this task by... John Jay and James Madison.

160 posted on 08/21/2013 3:50:14 PM PDT by Jeff Winston (Yeah, I think I could go with Cruz in 2016.)
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To: Jeff Winston
IT WAS NEVER PLACED BEFORE THE DELEGATES OF THE CONSITUTIONAL CONVENTION AT ALL.

You have absolutely no evidence for this claim.

Hamilton was at the convention. Hamilton presented his ideas. That is why he was there.

Since Hamilton's idea on presidential eligibility was not adopted, we can safely say it was rejected.

John Jay's idea was accepted.

170 posted on 08/21/2013 5:19:28 PM PDT by Plummz (pro-constitution, anti-corruption)
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