Vice president

What is the best way to decide who becomes president? When building this country and designing the Constitution, the founding fathers created the electoral college. The electoral college is a group of electors chosen by a state to carry that state’s vote for president to Congress. It was created to make a compromise between the options for election by the popular vote of the general public and election based on Congress’s vote (“What is the Electoral College?” 1-2), but since then many states…

The Articles of the Constitution was a brilliant setup made by our founding fathers. The Constitution, thought out for days and days, was a genius plan made by the Framers to keep the government of the United States in line for years to come. Still, to this day, the United States goes by the “Law of the Land”, or the Constitution. In this essay I will only be going over three of the seven Articles which are Articles one, two, and seven. In the first Article, it outlines the lawmaking powers of…

rejects a President, and has the ability to declare war on another country. The legislative branch is made up of 2 bodies of government called the House of Representatives and the Senate. Both these bodies together are called Congress, Congress works together to make laws for our country. The House of Representatives consists of 435 members from all 50 states. The number of…

Democrats taking advantage of President Truman’s coattails, who succeeded President Franklin Delano Roosevelt due to the latter’s death, gained 75 seats in the House and 9 seats in the Senate. In 1950 midterms with a 4.2% unemployment rate and an incumbent president who had a 40% (Below 50%), approval rating roughly a month before the midterm election, the Democrats lost 29 seats in the House and six seats in the Senate. In 1952, the Republicans took over the White House. President Eisenhower’s…

successful, and Tyler was Vice President in 1841. President Harrison gave a two and a half hour inauguration speech in the cold, without wearing a coat or hat, and caught pneumonia. He died only a month later, leaving Tyler as President. Tyler was the first Vice President to become president after the president died, so people were unsure whether he should have the full powers and responsibilities of the president, or just the title. Tyler maintained that he was the president, and that he was…

As the head of the executive branch, the president of the United States, holds a number of powers provided by the Constitution. These powers granted to the president are clearly outlined in Article II of the Constitution, and are referred to as formal powers. Formal powers granted to the President are the power to sign or veto legislation, command the armed forces, the ability to pardon, the power to appoint officials, negotiate treaties with foreign nations, and to convene Congress. Along with…

In the constitution, Article 1 is about the Legislative Branch. The Legislative Branch is made up of the two houses of congress. Those houses are Senate and House of Representatives. The Legislative Branch are the ones who writes the laws. The laws are written and then passed on to congress for a vote. There are one hundred senators in the Senate, two from each state. The House of Representatives is made up of 435 elected members, divided among the 50 states in proportion to their total…

George Washington as we all know was the very first President of the United States of America. Along with the Secretary of Treasury who was Alexander Hamilton and John Adams as Vice President. George Washington was a Federalist so he had strong beliefs in having a strong government along with a strong executive branch. Washington had to goal when becoming president, the first was to translate the US Constitution and translate it into an actual form of government. Then in order to form the…

1. The President’s various activities reflect the various roles of the presidency. The President of the United States plays various roles, such as chief of state, chief executive, commander-in-chief, and party leader. The President also serves as the chief administrator, chief diplomat, chief legislator, and chief citizen. The President has a very busy schedule, and must try to play all of these roles while paying attention to his many constituencies. However, not all of these roles are…

gallery are the envoys of two dictator powers. They have come here to see what they can't see at home. DEMOCRACY IN ACTION.” In Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, the main character, Mr. Jefferson Smith, is a character loosely inspired by the 33rd Vice President Henry Wallace and his battle against the democratic party bosses as America’s forgotten visionary. Through political activism and deep patriotism for…