The Constitution Of The United States

in the process of choosing a President for the United States. If a President was chosen through

He was the first president to take office after another president had perished. He was labeled “his accidency” but a great leader indeed. Who is this president? Let’s find out…

The arguments made by Federalists and anti-Federalists regarding the office and powers of the presidency during the ratifying debates that followed the drafting of the Constitution in 1787 were persuasive, but distinctly at odds. Both sides, however, sought the same thing, how best to allocate power in a unified republic of states? From this question opposing views developed as to whether or not a President should even exist, and if so, what powers he should be granted. I will briefly examine the presidential powers that were primarily awarded under Article II of the new Constitution. I will then explore the opposing arguments that arose during the ratifying debates concerning those granted powers. I do so in the interest of offering a

This brought on a new question, one concerning if Kennedy had managed to survive the shooting but came back to office with an injury to the head. It asked about what would happen if there came a president who was disabled in some way and could not complete the duties of the president any longer. This question was the catalyst to the creation of the 25th amendment. The 25th amendment allowed for a new way to remove the president from office but was not the same as impeachment. Impeachment could only happen because of a high crime or misdemeanor, and being disabled is not a crime, so the 25th amendment allowed for the Vice President and the majority of the Cabinet to decide if the president is unable to use and perform the powers and duties of their role(Doc 6). With these powers, the Vice President, Cabinet, and Congress have the powers to remove the president from office when

If we were listening in on the conversation going on at the table we would be able to see that there were three predominant theories on how the president should be elected. The first idea was for Congress to choose the president by voting on the candidates they saw fit. (Hendricks) The main problem with this idea was the tilt of power towards the legislative branch. If the legislative branch was given this express power of ushering in the executive not only would it tilt the balance of power towards the legislative but it would also open the door wide to corruption and bargaining. The second option on the table was the election of the president of the United States by the state legislatures (much like the Senators were first elected). (Hendricks) The biggest fear behind this idea was the possibility of an executive that was too intertwined with the state, an executive who slowly worked with the state and helped them erode the power of the central government. This would undermine the whole idea of the republic that the founding fathers were trying to build and thus was an idea that was quickly disregarded. The third and final proposal was the direct election of the president by the people, or now more famously known as the popular or national vote. (Smith) The biggest problem behind this proposition is the likeliness of the electorate to vote for a “favorite son” or a figure that they identify with personally rather than politically and

Finally, we are at his presidency (sorta). We are in 1840, and the whigs selected Tyler as the vice president nominee with William Henry Harrison running for president. They won, but around a month later, WHH died. 2 days after, on April 4th, 1841, Tyler (finally) became the president!!!

Twenty-Fifth Amendment-to the United States Constitution deals with succession to the Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities. It supersedes the ambiguous wording of Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution

Following the end of the American Revolution, the new Constitution and its laws were implemented. This new governing document augmented the dimensions of American political life in allowing the voting citizens of the United States to partake in the idea of popular sovereignty. As the voters chose their own national leaders as well as their local and state officials, power would draw its roots to the American people. As a result of the election of 1788, there was a massive Federalist majority in the national government, with 44 of them in the House of Representatives compared to the meager 8 Antifederalists. As expected, George Washington was chosen to be president by the electoral college with John Adams as his vice president.The turning

Millard Fillmore was the 13th president of the United States, taking over the presidency after Zachary Taylor died in office. As a result, he was the second vice president to be the president. His term lasted from 1850 to 1853 and he was the last Whig party president in office. Millard Fillmore was known for being modest, even declining an honorary degree from Oxford University, saying he had nothing to deserve it. Although he was more of a accidental president, Fillmore did achieve some accomplishments during his administration that are widely known today.

7. Compromise of 1877-It solved the disputed result of the election of 1876 and ended Reconstruction. Republicans promised to remove military from the South, appoint Democrat to cabinet, and use money to build railroad for the South and levees on Mississippi River.

In this election, the Democratic-Republican Party was with four separate candidates who fought for presidency.This election is notable for being the only time since the passage of the Twelfth Amendment in which the presidential election was decided by the House of Representatives, as no candidate received a majority of the electoral vote. This presidential election was also the only one in which the candidate receiving the most electoral votes did not become president. The United States presidential election of 1828 featured a rematch between John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson. Vice President John C. Calhoun had sided with the Jacksonians, the National Republicans led by Adams, chose Richard Rush as Adams.Unlike the 1824 election, no other major candidates appeared in the race, allowing Jackson to consolidate a power base and easily win an electoral victory over

When they passed the end of independent treasury system also known as Van Buren’s “Divorce BUI”, Tyler signed this. Tyler was formally expelled from his party by congressional caucus of Whigs. They also made a serious attempt to impeach him which lead to the resignation of the entire cabinet. The Webster Ashburton Treaty of 1842 had several different causes.

The Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution is made of 4 different sections. The first section explains what occurs if the president is removed from office or if they resign or worst die during their term. The second section basically lets one know how the vice presidency is filled if vacant. The President nominates someone, and the majority vote of both House of Congress makes the final decision. The third section states that if the president is disabled he must submit a written declaration stating that he is unable to perform his responsibility to the president pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The vice president then holds the role of the acting president until the president can return

impeachment by both the house and senate. The line of succession is mentioned in three places in the Constitution, firstly in Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 which says the Vice President is first in the line of succession and allows the Congress to provide by law for cases in which neither the President nor Vice President can serve. The current such law governing succession is the Presidential Succession Act of 1947. Secondly, Section 3 of the 20th Amendment says that if the President-elect dies before his term begins, the Vice President-elect becomes the President on Inauguration Day and serves for the full term to which the President-elect was elected. The section also provides that if, on Inauguration Day, a president has not been chosen

John Adams, the second President of the United States, and Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States, both passed away within hours of each other. This was very coincidental because Adams and Jefferson ran against each other in the run for president in 1800. In addition, Jefferson was Adams’ vice president from 1797-1801. Jefferson and Adams had different points of views on politics. They were rivals for a very long time.