Was Alexander Hamilton an American President?

Answer 1

Yes, Alexander Hamilton was born in Charlestown, Nevis, in the British West Indies on January 11, 1755 or 1757. He and his family moved to St. Croix in 1765. Then in 1772, Hamilton wrote a letter describing a hurricane to his father; the letter, which was subsequently published in the Royal Danish-American Gazette, inspired members of the community to collect funds to send him to college in America. Later that year, he arrived in Boston, and in May of 1782, he became a citizen of the State of New York. Although Hamilton is considered today as a prime example of someone who lived the immigrant's American Dream, his contemporaries viewed his immigrant status in a negative light; they doubted his loyalty to his adopted country.

Answer 2

Hamilton was never president and he was not born in the United States so he couldn't have been one.

More Information:

Alexander Hamilton could have served as President because he was a citizen at the time the Constitution was adopted. There was a temporary exception to the "natural born citizen" rule that would have applied to Hamilton.

Hamilton would never have been elected, anyway, because the Federalist Party was in decline when the Second US President, John Adams, left office on March 4, 1801. Hamilton was killed in a duel with Aaron Burr on July 11, 1804 (died July 12), which brought both Hamilton's and Burr's political careers to an end.

Article II

"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; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States."

Answer 3

Yes, he got his citizenship, although he was born in the West Indies.

Answer 4

1882