One is also a citizen, even though born outside the United States, if both of his parents were citizens and one of them had a residence in the United States prior to the birth. A citizen is one who, under the Constitution and laws of the United States, has a right to vote for representatives in congress and other public officers, and who is qualified to fill offices in the gift of the people. In a more extended sense, under the word citizen are included all persons born in the United States and naturalized persons born out of the same who have not lost their right as such. This includes men, women and children.
Citizens are either native born or naturalized.
Anterior to the adoption of the Constitution of the United States each state had the right to make citizens of such persons as it pleased. A citizen of the United States residing in any state of the Union is a citizen of that state.