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Originally Posted by honeychile
Believe it or not, I remember this little dilemma from a high school textbook, prior to when Al Gore invented the internet. I googled it, too, so maybe the Atlantic Ocean v. the Carolinas became less of a story.
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Jackson was born in 1767 so it's a non issue. (But yes, he's the one it's rumored about). Even if he were born earlier and on a ship as some claim, he's still eligible.
"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;"
Some relevant wiki text:
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Jackson's father died in an accident in February 1767, at the age of 29, three weeks before Jackson was born. Jackson was born in the Waxhaws area, but his exact birth site is unclear because he was born around the time his mother was making a difficult trip home from burying Jackson's father. The area was so remote that the border between North and South Carolina had not officially been surveyed yet.[9]
In 1824, Jackson wrote a letter saying that he was born at an uncle's plantation in Lancaster County, South Carolina. But he may have claimed to be a South Carolinian because the state was considering nullification of the Tariff of 1824, which Jackson opposed. In the mid-1850s, second-hand evidence indicated that he may have been born at a different uncle's home in North Carolina.[9]
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And an article:
WaPo