September 20, 2007 -- Presidential Trivia

TRIVIA QUESTION:

To the chagrin of Arnold Schwarzenegger, Article Two of the Constitution states you must be a natural-born citizen of the U.S. to be President. But, some Presidents were not born in this country. How many presidents were not born in the United States?

TRIVIA ANSWER:

Eight Presidents were born British subjects before the establishment of the United States, although all were born in what would become the U.S. Listed below are those Presidents, and the state they were born in (after it became a state).

George Washington (Virginia)
John Adams (Massachusetts)
Thomas Jefferson (Virginia)
James Madison (Virginia)
James Monroe (Virginia)
John Q. Adams (Massachusetts)
Andrew Jackson (South Carolina)
William Harrison (Virginia)

Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the US Constitution states that, 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. Thus, no naturalized citizen may serve as president.

Those who acquire US citizenship at birth while abroad (e.g. those born to US servicemen abroad, while on an U.S. army base) are probably also considered eligible, though it is unclear.


>>>>>>>> NET CHECK IN's <<<<<<<<

Congratulations to all who got the answer to tonight's Trivia Question and a hearty thank you to everyone for playing along. Here is the list of stations that checked in to tonight's net along with their answers:


* WB6A - Pat - 3
* WB6ATV - Ron - 1
* KE6CZH - Robert - 3
* KG6DBL - Bill - 3
* K6FCC - Khalil - 7
* N6HY - Ernie - 5
* KB6IS - Madeline - 4
* KD6JEV - John - Late Check in
* N6KAS - Andy - 5
* KG6KTC - Leon - 4
* NY6L - Jay - 7
* K6LMN - Roger - 5
* KE6MSS - Thomas - 5
* N6NGU - Lee - 4
* W6NVY - Gary - 2
* KG6NWJ - Barry - 4
* KD6OBM - Jason - 3
* KF6PIH - Scott - 1
* K6QVZ - Joe - 4
* KG6RDA - Sidney - Checked in by ZQM
* KG6TRR - Bob - 6
* AD6UP - Louie - 10
* WA6USL - Murray - 8
* KF6YBM - Henry - 4
* KF6ZQM - Harry - Late Check In
* N6ZZK - Theo - 8
* KF6LIL - Robin - 1
* W6AID - Ara - 3


Thanks to all!
73. de N6CIZ