George Washington was the first president to be born in the US. He was born in Colonial Virginia. However, Martin Van Buren was the first president to be after Independence from Britain was declared. (1782). William Henry Harrison was the first born after the United States Constitution was ratified and the United States of American existed.
The first 9 presidents were born on British soil; when the US was 13 colonies. Article II of the Constitution established an exception for these men so they were legally elected. John Tyler, born 1790, was the first president born "in the US." Many cite Martin Van Buren as the first, but he was born in 1782 and the Revolution did not end until 1783.
Martin Van Buren was the first President born an American citizen, that is, after independence was declared. John Tyler was the first born after the Constitution was ratified and the United States actually existed as a nation.
Since you were born. Only a native born American Citizen can be president.
All Presidents of the United States of America have been American citizens, but Martin Van Buren (1782-1862), eighth president of the United States (1837-1841) was the first President born after the United States won its independence from Britain.
President Martin Van Buren was born and raised in the village of Kinderhook, New York. He was the first native born citizen to become President.
Martin Van Buren was the first United States President to be born a United States citizen. He was born in Kinderhook, New York, US on December 5, 1782.
No. All presidents must be American-born citizens. Martin Van Buren was the first president born after the American Revolution.
To become US President you have to be a born US citizen.
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If you mean the first president to be born a U.S. citizen rather than a British subject, that's Martin Van Buren.
The answer hinges on when the American colonies became independent from Britain. Independence was declared on July 4, 1776. Martin Van Buren, the 8th president, was born in 1782, was the first born after 1776. However, Britain did not acknowledge American independence until they lost the Revolutionary War and signed the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Thus Van Buren , when he was born, was considered an American citizen by the Americans and a British citizen by the British. John Tyler,10th president,born 1790, was the first president born after the Treaty of Paris.
According to Answers.com, George Washington was born in Virginia, and since he was the first US President, that makes him the first Natural Born President.Special:ContributionsGeorge was President under the grandfather clause and was NOT a "natural born" American citizen. There were no "natural born" American citizen Presidents UNTIL both parents were American citizens AND the person who became President was born under American sovereignty of those American parents.Article II of the Constitution was taken directly from Vattel' "Law of Nations". It clearly indicates that to be a "natural born" citizen your parents (PLURL) HAD to be citizens when you were born.The only time that citizenship comes into play in America is ONLY with the offices of President and Vice President of the United States. It is a stricter qualification of citizenship.
No. One of the rules is that you must be a natural born American citizen.
No. To become an American president, you have to have been born as an American citizen.
No, not only to you need to be an American citizen to become president of the United States, you also need to have been born in America. Therefore, there have been no US presidents (Including President Obama) that have not both been born in the US and been American Citizens.
Martin Van Buren was the first President to be born after independence was declared. All U.S. Presidents have been native speakers of English.
If you are talking about the first person to ever be the president of the United States, it would be George Washington. If you are talking about the first president to be born as a US citizen, it would be Martin van Buren.