The Presidency and Executive Branch

Name the 44 Presidents

1. George Washington

2. John Adams3. Thomas Jefferson4. James Madison5. James Monroe

6. John Quincy Adams7. Andrew Jackson8. Martin Van Buren

9. William Henry Harrison10. John Tyler

11. James K. Polk12. Zachary Taylor13. Millard Fillmore14. Franklin Pierce15. James Buchanan16. Abraham Lincoln 17. Andrew Johnson18. Ulysses S. Grant

19. Rutherford B. Hayes20. James A. Garfield21. Chester A. Arthur22. Grover Cleveland

23. Benjamin Harrison24. Grover Cleveland25. Theodore Roosevelt26. William McKinley27. William Howard Taft28. Woodrow Wilson29. Warren G. Harding30. Calvin Coolidge31. Herbert Hoover32. Franklin D. Roosevelt33. Harry Truman34. Dwight D. Eisenhower35. John F. Kennedy36. Lyndon B. Johnson37. Richard Nixon38. Gerald Ford39. Jimmy Carter40. Ronald Reagan41. George Bush Sr.42. Bill Clinton43. George Bush Jr. 44. Barack Obama

Qualifications

Must be a natural born citizenMust be 35 years of age

Must have lived in the United States for fourteen years. Elected every four years

The President’s Term Limit

There was no term limit to the presidency until 1951

George Washington began a tradition of refusing to seek more than two terms.

FDR broke the tradition and won a third and fourth term in 1940 and 1944.

The 22nd Amendment (passed in 1951) now sets a term limit of two terms or 8 years.

Pay and Benefits

In 1789 the salary for the president was $25,000 per year

NOW it is $400,000 $50,000 allowance per year to be spent however

the president wants to spend it.Living in the White HouseAir Force One/ Camp David Health Care BenefitsTravel and entertainment fundsLifetime secret service protection$200,000 pension

What Does the President Do?

Chief of State – ceremonial head of government

Chief Executive – the power to execute the laws Chief Administrator – head of the executive branch

Chief Diplomat – the head of America’s foreign policy and the nation’s spokesperson in world affairs

Commander in Chief - head of the armed forces Chief Legislator – head of the congressional agenda, works to persuade Congress to pass or not pass legislation

Chief of Party – leader of the political party that he is part of

Chief Citizen – the representative of all of the United States citizens.

The Vice Presidency

Qualifications:Same as the qualifications for presidency. *The President cannot fire the VP. Formal Duties:Presides over the Senate – he only votes if there

is a tie in the Senate. To help decide the question of presidential

disability – i.e. first in the line of succession if the president dies or is incapable of performing his duties.

Salary: $230,700

Which Have Become President?

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Presidential Succession

Vice President Speaker of the House President pro tempore of the Senate Secretary of State Secretary of Treasury Secretary of Defense Attorney General Secretary of the Interior Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of Commerce Secretary of Labor Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Energy Secretary of Education Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary of Homeland Security

The Inauguration

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