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Who were the only two presedential candidates who were born outside of the continental US?
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoNo, they have to be a natural born U. S. citizen to become president.
However, the continental US generally means the 48 contiguous states ,maybe including Alaska but not Hawaii. Citizens born in Alaska and Hawaii are indeed natural born US citizens.
A more interesting question which has not every been officially ruled on by the courts is whether a person born on a US Military base in a foreign country is natural born or whether someone born to US citizens while visiting a foreign country is natural born.
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∙ 14y agoI believe Barack Obama was born in Hawai'i. Also, John McCain was born on a U.S. ship near the Panama Canal.
Both of those count as U.S. territory, so they were still allowed to run.
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∙ 15y agoObama was born in Hawaii. Does that count?
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∙ 12y agoAll have been born in the US. The argument about Hawaii is mute. It became a state in 1959.
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∙ 8y agoAs of 2016 (before the election), only Obama was born outside the continental U.S. He was born in Hawaii.
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∙ 8y agoBarack Obama is the only President born outside of what became the continental US.
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