The one early reference to Natural born from 1790 Nat Act is as a COMPARATIVE between the children of Naturalized Citizens, the folks the 1790 Act was concerned with, and the children of Natural Born Citizens.
The children of both groups would be considered “Citizens”.
The Founders WOULD NOT consider NBC to refer to a person born of one citizen parent, one foreigner AND born outside the country.
It would make no sense to have the unique Natural Born language if it did not delineate a unique status.
It was put there as a last bulwark to PROTECT the country from voters making big mistakes, like blindly electing a NON NBC like Obozo!!!
The popularly elected Senate, a bastardization of the constitution, wasn’t able to protect The People on this because of their concerns for re-election.
It would make no sense to have the unique Natural Born language if it did not delineate a unique status.
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You mean like to delineate a “unique status” of citizen at birth as opposed to “naturalized citizens” who were, by definition, not citizens at birth. And naturalized citizens could not be President whereas “citizens at birth” could be?
But what about...??
Eight Presidents, however, were born before 1776, meaning they were born before the United States existed:
George Washington.
John Adams.
Thomas Jefferson.
James Madison.
James Monroe.
John Quincy Adams.
Andrew Jackson.
William Henry Harrison.