[DiogenesLamp]

Did that make them eligible to become President?

Not if you are splitting hairs. "Considered as" is not the same thing as "is."

In practice, during that era, i'm not certain how they would have regarded it. I would suppose that they would have accepted it.

[thackney]

Not if you are splitting hairs. "Considered as" is not the same thing as "is."

Was there any other purpose in writing it? Was there any other reason to be considered as natural born?