DBAHC: American President Whose First Language is NOT English?

With all the recent immigration from Latin American countries and the possibility of a Latino president looming on the horizon, is it possible for a president whose first language is not English to become president before, say 1900?

My main idea would be that the US ends up annexing more or all of Mexico after the Mexican-American war so Spanish-speakers get more representation in the government. Perhaps a French-speaking president would be easier to elect- maybe after a failed rebellion in Quebec leads to political dissidents settling in the United States after being expelled from Canada. Does anyone else have ideas how to accomplish this?
 
In an alternate universe where the revolutionaries weren't genocidal land speculators....

Tecumseh: Noble Indian, American Hero
 
Pre-1900, I think it would be possible to get a native French-speaking President without a drastic PoD. He could be from New Orleans or northern New England, where French was very common for most of US history. Dutch could be another possibility (Roosevelts, Van Burens, etc.). Either way, he would need to be able to speak English without any trace of a foreign accent.

EDIT: Did Van Buren speak Dutch?
 
How about Albert Gallatin? Yes, he was eligible--he was a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution, though for just how long he had been one became a subject of dispute in the 1790's, when his eligibility for the US Senate (which required nine years of citizenship) was questioned. https://groups.google.com/d/msg/soc.history.what-if/ZfED6GpHglo/5hGe6lAhXoAJ And in 1824, the Crawford supporters originally backed Gallatin for vice-president, but he proved unpopular and dropped out.

Or if Gallatin isn't popular enough to be a plausible president (or even vice-president who could later become president on the president's death), how about Lafayette? Suppose he accepted Jefferson's offer to be the territorial governor of Louisiana. https://books.google.com/books?id=xu4uoI4DimMC&pg=PA493 Could he later be a candidate for president? Several states gave him citizenship in the 1780's, so wasn't he eligible as a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of the Constitution? Note the Maryland General Assembly Act of 1784:

"Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland--that the Marquiss de la Fayette and his Heirs male forever shall be and they and each of them are hereby deemed adjudged and taken to be natural born Citizens of this State and shall henceforth be intitled to all the Immunities, Rights and Privileges of natural born citizens thereof, they and every one of them conforming to the Constitution and Laws of this State in the Enjoyment and Exercise of such Immunities, Rights and Privileges." http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9E00EFDE1F3BEE3ABC4F53DFBF668382609EDE
 
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