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A number of past Presidential candidates also raised controversy:

A number of past Presidential candidates also raised controversy:

* [[George Romney]], Governor of Michigan, ran in the 1968 Republican Presidential primaries even though he was born in [[Mexico]] with both of his parents being US citizens.<ref name=reut>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/us-usa-campaign-romney-birth-certificate-idUSBRE84S1GF20120529|title=Romney's birth certificate evokes his father's controversy|date=May 29, 2012|accessdate=August 11, 2012}}</ref>

* [[George Romney]], Governor of Michigan, ran in the 1968 Republican Presidential primaries even though he was born in [[Mexico]] with both of his parents being US citizens.<ref name=reut>{{cite news|url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/29/us-usa-campaign-romney-birth-certificate-idUSBRE84S1GF20120529|title=Romney's birth certificate evokes his father's controversy|date=May 29, 2012|accessdate=August 11, 2012}}</ref>

* [[John McCain]] ran for President as the Republican nominee in 2008, even though he was born in the Panama Canal Zone.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/politics/28mccain.html?_r=0|title=McCain’s Canal Zone Birth Prompts Queries About Whether That Rules Him Out|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 28, 2008|accessdate=August 11, 2014|first=Carl|last=Hulse}}</ref>

* [[John McCain]] ran for President as the Republican nominee in 2008, even though he was born in the Panama Canal Zone. However, he is a natural-born citizen as defined by the Naturalization Act of 1790.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/28/us/politics/28mccain.html?_r=0|title=McCain’s Canal Zone Birth Prompts Queries About Whether That Rules Him Out|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 28, 2008|accessdate=August 11, 2014|first=Carl|last=Hulse}}</ref>

== See also ==

== See also ==