[bunkerhill7]

Andy Jackson`s parents were born in Ireland.

[Political Junkie Too]

Jackson was 22 when the Constitution was ratified. He was grandfathered in under the Article II Section 2 exception "'No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President..."

His parents were original citizens of the United States at the founding, since they were already here as colonists (in 1765) when the Declaration of Independence was signed.

-PJ

[woodpusher]

Andy Jackson`s parents were born in Ireland.

Andrew Jackson and all of his predecessors had non-citizen parents. They were eligible for the presidency because they were citizens at the time the Constitution was adopted. Their father could have been the commanding general of the British forces and they still would have been eligible.