THE PRESIDENCY: Hamilton

" 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"—Article II, Section 1, the Constitution of the United States.

The phrase " or a Citizen of the United States at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution" is said to be the only provision in that document inserted in respect to one man. That man was Alexander Hamilton, who, born on the island of Nevis...

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