Article II, Section 1, Clause 5

Further, he cannot be an ideot, probably not a knave or tyrant, for thoſe whom nature makes ſo diſcover it before the age of thirty-five, until which period he cannot be elected.

The paragraph says the President cannot be elected before the age of thirty-five, the age qualification in Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.

Our Preſident muſt be matured by the experience of years, and being born among us, his character at thirty-five muſt be fully underſtood.

The paragraph says the President must be of mature age, "born among us," and thirty-five, the natural-born citizen and age qualifications of Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.

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 per••• be eligible to that office who ſhall not have attained to the age of thirty-five years, and been fourteen years a reſident within 〈◊〉 United States.

The paragraph prints Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 of the Constitution as signed; the quoted words are the same as the clause's (apart from capitals and the long s), though the pamphlet's punctuation differs in places.

Beſides, the Conſtitution has provided, that no perſon ſhall be eligible to the office, who is not thirty-five years old; and in the courſe of nature very few fathers leave a ſon who has arrived to that age.

The paragraph says the Constitution requires that the president be thirty-five years old, as Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 does.

By excluding men under thirty-five from the first office, and those under thirty from the second, it confines the electors to men of whom the people have had time to form a judgment, and with respect to whom…

Says the Constitution excludes "men under thirty-five from the first office," which in this paragraph is the President's, the age given in this clause.

…of a president and vice-president, who are to hold their offices during the term of four years; the same article has marked the manner and time of their election, and established the qualifications of the president; it also provides against the removal, death, or inability of the president and vice-president — regulates the salary of the president, delineates his duties and powers; and, lastly, declares…

In its summary of "the 2d article", the paragraph names the clause that sets the qualifications of the president.

…have any qualifications ; none are mentioned ; but he may serve as president, and it may be inferred, he ought to be qualified therefore as the president ; but the qualifications of the president are required only of the person to be elected president.

Names the qualifications required of the President, which only this clause sets out.

As to the little circumstances commented upon, by some writers, with applause — as the age of a representative, of the president, &c. — they have, in my mind, no weight in the general tendency of the system.

Names the age "of the president" among the provisions other writers have praised; only this clause sets the President's age.

Art. 2. sect. 1. clause 5. at the end, add these words, "Nor shall any person be capable of holding the office of President of the United States more than eight years in any term of…

The proposal names its place by number: "Art. 2. sect. 1. clause 5."

The words "natural born" occur in the Constitution. It also provides that all persons born in the Republic, and also all persons of foreign birth who may become naturalized, shall be citizens of the United States.

The paragraph says "the words 'natural born' occur in the Constitution"; they occur only in Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.

What is the qualification for the office of President? He must be a native citizen of the United States and thirty five years of age. Nothing more.

The paragraph states the qualifications "for the office of President" (a native citizen, thirty-five years of age), which are those of Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.

What is the qualification for the office of President? He must be a native citizen of the United States and thirty five years of age. Nothing more.

The paragraph, a quotation from Mr. Boutwell's speech, states the qualifications "for the office of President" (a native citizen, thirty-five years of age), which are those of Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.

I refer the Senator to the Constitution of the United States, which declares that none but a natural born citizen of the United States shall be elected President of the United States.

The paragraph refers to the provision of the Constitution that only a natural born citizen may be President, which is Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.

…prescribing the qualifications of a Senator in Congress, declares that he "shall have been nine years a citizen of the United States." It is also fixed in the instrument that no person shall be President except a natural born citizen or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution." These clauses show that such a thing as United States citizenship existed at and prior to the time when the Constitution was adopted.

The paragraph quotes the clause on the President's qualifications: "except a natural born citizen or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution".

In the clause fixing the qualifications of the President, the language is changed from "citizenship" to "residence." It says no person shall be elected President who shall not have been" fourteen years a resident of the United States." Fourteen years went back to the period of the battle of Lexington.

Naming "the clause fixing the qualifications of the President", the paragraph quotes "fourteen years a resident of the United States" (the clause reads "within the United States").

…the power originally to declare that a member of the lower House of Congress shall have been seven years a citizen of the United States, a Senator nine years, and the President a native born citizen, a resident for fourteen years, they certainly had the right to say that no man shall hold office who has committed murder, burglary, or larceny; and if they can so declare, they may certainly…

The paragraph names the qualifications of the President: a native born citizen and a resident for fourteen years.

It is not, perhaps, very easy to define with accuracy what is meant by the expression, "citizen of the United States," although that expression occurs twice in the Constitution, once in reference to the President of the United States, in which instance it is declared that none but a citizen of the United States shall be President, and again in reference to Senators who are likewise to be citizens of the United States.

The paragraph names the place where the expression "citizen of the United States" occurs in the Constitution "in reference to the President," declaring who may be President; only the qualifications clause for the President fits.

It provides that no person shall be eligible to the Presidency of the United States except a natural born citizen of the United States or one who was in the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution; it provides that no person shall be eligible to the office of Senator who has not been a citizen of the United States for nine years; but there is…

The paragraph restates the eligibility requirement for the Presidency, echoing "natural born citizen" and "at the time of the adoption of the Constitution" from Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.

The Constitution of the United States declares that no one but a native born citizen of the United States shall be President of the United States. Does.

The paragraph names the provision of the Constitution that only a native born citizen may be President, which is Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.

."No person except a natural bom 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."

The paragraph quotes, in quotation marks, the clause the speaker gives as "the language of the Constitution" for "natural born"; he numbers it "the fourth clause of the first section of article three", which does not match, but the words are those of Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.

If this amendment shall be adopted, then that clause of the Constitution which requires that the President of the United States shall be a native born citizen of the United States is repealed, and any person who has been naturalized and then become a citizen of the United States will be eligible to the office of President; and so of the…

The paragraph names "that clause of the Constitution which requires that the President of the United States shall be a native born citizen"; only Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 fits.

The framers of the Constitution did not mean that, or if they did they violated their own construction of the instrument, for they expressly provided in the Constitution that no man but a natural born citizen of the United States should be President of the United States.

The paragraph says the framers "expressly provided in the Constitution that no man but a natural born citizen of the United States should be President"; only Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 fits.

The Constitution requires that the President must be a native born citizen of the United States. No one wishes to change that.

The paragraph says "the Constitution requires that the President must be a native born citizen of the United States"; only Article II, Section 1, Clause 5 fits.

This is, of course, a mistake, as the Constitution in its original form contained such a provision; but it may be possible that the circumstances referred to by the writer in Niles' relate to the passage through Congress of this amendment.

The paragraph says the Constitution in its original form already contained a provision that only native-born citizens may be President, which is Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.

Article II, section 1, paragraph 4: 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 35 years, and been 14 years a resident within the United .

The printed excerpt cites Article II, section 1, and quotes the qualifications clause for the President, Clause 5.

"Whereas the Constitution of the United States, as framed by the fathers of the Republic, imposes no limit upon the eligibility of any citizen to the office of President further than that be shall be native-born and of a certain age and time of residence: Therefore be it •

The quoted resolution names the provision of the Constitution on eligibility to the office of President by birth, age and residence, which is Article II, Section 1, Clause 5.