My suggestion presupposed that he would have come back. Really, if you are going to ask for fictional characters you’re going to have to be less fussy about the requirements. A better question might be whether Doctor Manhattan is still human (although that requirement is technically not in the Constitution).
That same problem pertains to R. Daneel(not being human). There is a difference between being fussy and simply requiring that the fictional candidates follow the same simple requirements as the non-fictional candidates, otherwise you end up with President Richie Rich or President Rainbow Dash.
What, 21 posts and nobody else has nominated Atticus Finch yet? He’s even got political experience.
Will Calpurnia be First Lady?
He would never serve.
I would support this.
Wyoming Knott? (going back to Heinlein)
Sheldon Cooper. Because we need a petulant, petty, vindictive man-child in the White House.
Oh wait…
He’s not old enough.
Hmm… indeed, I do NOT see a requirement that the candidate be human! (Which saves us from having to define “human”).
Whether or not Dr. Manhattan is currently human, he clearly once was and was in fact born. Olivaw is more problematic - he was built/created in the greater New York City area, but he wasn’t born. I suppose, since a time machine was already required, you could take him back to the 1750’s, have him reside in the colonies, serve in some capacity during the revolutionary war (clearly, he could not take part in any battle or be near a battle front), gain his citizenship that way, then be eligible…
What about James Norcross?*
*Free ride in the Omnicar to the first person who gets the reference.
Actually Sheldon is old enough, he was officially born: February 26, 1980
Sten’s The Eternal Emperor. He was born in Hawaii and is several thousand years old at the time of the series. He has also survived numerous assassination attempts, only three of which were successful.
Robocop.
Either Spock or Kirk.
A saver on Adama (original series).
Was he the one who liked cooking spicy food?
There was a Superman What-If story that jumped through some hoops pertaining to Kryptonian obstetric technology to claim that he wasn’t “born” until his spaceship was opened up near Smallville, thus making him eligible… but it wasn’t actually necessary. He’s a foundling, and the law on foundlings is that they’re presumed to be natural-born citizens of the place where they were found. That presumption can be challenged, but only until they’re 18 years old: Once the foundling reaches majority, their legal status is unchanged, even if new evidence comes to light proving that they were actually born somewhere else.
I wanted to nominate Havelock Vetinari, but aside from the birth requirement I can’t see Vetinari lowering himself to democracy.
Kirk qualifies.
John Rambo or maybe “Dirty” Harry Callahan. Or perhaps John McClane from Diehard or John Matrix from Commando.
Spock’s mother, Amanda, is a Seattle native.
So do I, but IIRC they never make clear whether he was born in the US: just that he was born the year his immigrant parents came to America.
Titus Tipton, the grandfather in* The Liberation of Clementine Tipton* by Jane Flory. Very progressive for his era (the 1870’s), especially when it came to women’s rights, and a self-made millionaire.
:smack: And I knew that, from the book Ishmael.