Can a person born in a US Territory become President of the US?

Answer 1

You must be a "natural-born citizen, NOT "native-born". Current U.S. statutes define various categories of individuals born overseas as citizens at birth i.e. natural born, including (for example) all persons "born outside of the United States and its outlying possessions of parents both of whom are citizens of the United States and one of whom has had a residence in the United States or one of its outlying possessions, prior to the birth of such person[s]."

Answer 2

You have to be born a citizen of the United States, not necessarily in the United States.

The Constitution places certain restrictions on those who may be eligible to the Office of the President of the United States. These eligibility requirements can be found in Article two, Section one, Paragraph five of the constitution, which reads as follows:

"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."

Naturalization Acts starting with the American Naturalization Act of 1790 and following naturalization acts such as those of 1855 have recognized that those "...born outside of the borders or beyond the control of the United States,...,to a US citizen shall be considered as a natural born Citizen of the United States."

Following the literal translation of the language of the Constitution and the following naturalization acts, you do not have to have been born in the United States. However, you do have to have been born to at least one parent who holds citizenship with the USA.

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Answer 3

I'm assuming you're asking if you can be President of the United States. The simple answer is, it depends. The father must have spent five years in the US after age 14 before you were born for you to be considered an American citizen. Things become more complicated if your parents weren't married. You'd have to prove paternity somehow.

Answer 4

No, you have to be a U.S. born citizen. There was a case going on about that for Barack Obama. He claims to have been born in Hawaii..

However, there is one exception to this rule. If you are born in a land which later become part of the united states. George Washington was technically born in the british colonies

Answer 5

Yes, as long as the territory you were born in assigns US citizenship at birth. Depending on the year you were born (and which US territory you were born in), you may be granted US citizenship at birth. For Puerto Rico, that year is 1941. The only US territories which do not grant natural-born citizenship are American Samoa and Swains Island. You must however meet all of the other requirements provided by law.

Here are examples of major-party presidential nominees who were not born in a U.S. state:

• 1964 Republican Candidate Barry Goldwater was born in the Arizona Territory.
• 2000 Democratic Candidate Al Gore was born in the District of Columbia.
• 2008 Republican Candidate John McCain was born in the Panama Canal Zone.

Answer 6

The President of the United States must have been born an American citizen.

It is not necessary to be born in the U.S. to be born a US citizen. For example, a child born to U.S. citizen abroad is still a U.S. citizen by birth. Children born as U.S. citizens abroad have a Birth Cerificate issued by the U.S. State Department.

Answer 7

You are Constitutionally required to be a "natural-born" citizen, which means to be born on US soil or born on foreign soil to parents who were US citizens when you were born.

Answer 8

No unless your born in a U.S. Military Base.

Answer 9

no because you have to be born in the united states