>Presidents who were not citizens at the time they were born:
>George Washington
>John Adams
>Thomas Jefferson
>John Quincy Adams
>James Madison (key author of the US Constitution)
>James Monroe
>Andrew Jackson
>William Harrison
And the guy not on that list is Alexander Hamilton because he was born in the British West Indies. And a good thing to. Hamilton while brilliant was not fundamentally an American in temperament and would have made a disastrous president, just like Ted Cruz.
What fundamental “temperament” are Americans supposed to have??
No one can seriously equate Cruz’s Cuban/Canadian/American birth with the circumstances of the founding Fathers.
1. George WASHINGTON – covered by Article II Grandfather Clause (GFC) - was born on 22 Feb 1732 in VA.
2. John ADAMS – covered by Article II Grandfather Clause (GFC) - was born on 30 Oct 1735 in MA.
3. Thomas JEFFERSON – covered by Article II Grandfather Clause (GFC) - was born on 13 Apr 1743 in VA.
4. James MADISON – covered by Article II Grandfather Clause (GFC) - was born on 16 Mar 1751 in VA.
5. James MONROE – covered by Article II Grandfather Clause (GFC) - was born in 1758 in VA.
6. John Quincy ADAMS – covered by Article II Grandfather Clause (GFC) - was born in 1767 in MA.
7. Andrew JACKSON – covered by Article II Grandfather Clause (GFC) - was born in 1767 in Carolinas.
8. Martin VAN BUREN - Article II (NBC) both parents Citizens when he was born - was born in 1782 in NY. First that qualified under the NBC clause- born in the USA to two Citizen parents.
The entire list:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3419381/posts?page=599#599
Raphael Cruz could had taken his son ‘Felito’ to Cuba; Ted would have been a Cuban national.