THE PRESIDENCY: Review

NUMBER OF MEN WHO HAVE BEEN PRESIDENT (to date)

45

NUMBER OF PRESIDENTS (to date)

46

ELECTORAL VOTES FOR ILLINOIS

19

CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL SALARY

$400,000

VOTES TO WIN THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

270

VOTES TO WIN IN A PRESIDENTIAL TIE

26

VOTES TO WIN IN A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL TIE

51

NUMBER OF ROLES OF PRESIDENT NOT IN CONSTITUTION

2

LEAST NUMBER OF ELECTORAL VOTES A STATE CAN HAVE

3

ELECTORAL VOTE OF CALIFORNIA

54

MINIMUM AGE TO BE PRESIDENT

35

TOTAL ELECTORAL VOTES IN ELECTORAL COLLEGE

538

MAXIMUM YEARS A PERSON COULD BE PRESIDENT

10

YEARS A PRESIDENT GETS SECRET SERVICE AFTER THEY LEAVE

10

NUMBER OF CANDIDATES IN A PRESIDENTIAL TIE BREAKER

3

NUMBER OF CANDIDATES IN A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL TIE BREAKER

2

CURRENT PRESIDENTIAL SALARY

$400,000

ORIGINAL PRESIDENTIAL SALARY

$25,000

NUMBER OF STATES THAT DON’T HAVE “Winner Takes All” IN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

2

TOTAL NUMBER OF PRESIDENTS WHO HAVE LEFT OFFICE PRIOR TO THE END OF THEIR TERM

9

YOUNGEST TO EVER BE ELECTED PRESIDENT

JFK (43)

PROPOSED PLAN FOR ELECTORAL COLLEGE

HAMILTON

LAST PRESIDENT TO LEAD TROOPS INTO BATTLE AS PRESIDENT

WASHINGTON

FIRST PRESIDENT TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO USE NUCLEAR (atomic) WEAPONS

TRUMAN

FIRST PRESIDENTS TO BE BORN “AMERICAN” (both)

MARTIN VAN BUREN and JOHN TYLER

GAVE US THE IDEA OF PATRONAGE/SPOILS SYSTEM

ANDREW JACKSON

OLDEST TO SERVE (to date) AS PRESIDENT

BIDEN

DEVELOPED THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE

JAMES MADISON

ONLY PRESIDENT TO RESIGN THE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

NIXON

OLDEST TO BE ELECTED (to date) PRESIDENT

BIDEN

YOUNGEST TO SERVE AS PRESIDENT

T. ROOSEVELT

“PRESIDENT IS THE PERSONAL EMBODIMENT OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE’S DIGNITY AND MAJESTY”

TAFT

PRESIDENTS IMPEACHED TO SOME DEGREEE (4)

JOHNSON, CLINTON, TRUMP, NIXON

PRESIDENT ASSASSINATED WHILE IN OFFICE (4)

LINCOLN, GARFIELD, MCKINLEY, JFK

PRESIDENT TO DIE (natural causes) WHILE IN OFFICE (4)

HARRISON, TAYLOR, HARDING, FDR

WHEN A DIPLOMAT IS NO LONGER ALLOWED IN THE U.S.

PERSONA NON GRATA

WRONGFUL CONDUCT BY SOMEONE HOLDING PUBLIC OFFICE

MALFEASANCE

THIS PERSON/OFFICE SWEARS IN THE PRESIDENT

CHIEF JUSTICE

THE PRESIDENT USES THIS TO DESCRIBE HIS LEGISLATIVE PROGRAMS AND PUBLIC POLICIES (2 possible)

MESSAGE POWER and STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

FORMAL PROCEDURE FOR REMOVING AN ELECTED OFFICIAL FROM OFFICE

IMPEACHMENT

PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT REQUIRE THE CONSENT OF THIS BODY

SENATE

RELEASE FROM LEGAL PUNISHMENT

PARDON

FORMAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN TWO OR MORE SOVEREIGN STATES

TREATY

RULES WITH THE FORCE OF LAW

EXECUTIVE ORDER

REDUCTION IN A SENTENCE OR FINE

COMMUTATION

THIS OFFICE IS USED BY THE PRESIDENT TO NEGOTIATE TREATIES

SECRETARY OF STATE

PACT BETWEEN THE PRESIDENT AND THE HEAD OF A FOREIGN STATE THAT REQUIRES NO CONSENT

EXECUTIVE AGREEMENT

WHERE ELECTORAL VOTES ARE CAST

STATE CAPITOLS

PLAN BY WHICH A PRESIDENTIAL VACANCY IS FILLED

PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION

POSTPONEMENT OF LEGAL PUNISHMENT

REPRIEVE

ACKNOWLEDGING THE LEGAL EXISTENCE OF ANOTHER GOVERNMENT OR COUNTRY

RECOGNITION

STOPPING A BILL FROM BECOMING A LAW

VETO

BORN OF AMERICAN PARENTS

JUS SANGUINIS

BORN ON AMERICAN SOIL

JUS SOLI

TERM USED FOR SALARY IN THE CONSTITUTION

PRESIDENTIAL COMPENSATION

NICKNAME FOR THE ARMORED CARS THE PRESIDENTAL TRAVELS IN

THE BEASTS

NAME FOR THE PRESIDENT’S PLANE

AIR FORCE ONE

WHERE A PRESIDENTIAL TIE GOES

HOUSE

NAME FOR THE PRESIDENT’S HELICOPTER

MARINE ONE

WHERE A VICE-PRESIDENTIAL TIE GOES

SENATE

THE OTHER TITLE HELD BY THE VICE-PRESIDENT

PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE

STATE WITH THE MOST ELECTORL VOTES

CALIFORNIA

TWO STATES WITHOUT “Winner Takes All” WHEN IT COMES TO THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

MAINE and NEBRASKA

STATE WHERE LEGALLY PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES MUST BEGIN

NEW HAMPSHIRE

TWO STATES WASHINGTON D.C. SITS BETWEEN

MARYLAND and VIRGINIA

THE SEVEN “SWING STATES” (11/19)

Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan, North Carolina, Georgia, Arizona, Nevada

(P-ROLE) RECOGNITION

CHIEF DIPLOMAT

(P-ROLE) STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

CHIEF LEGISLATOR

(P-ROLE) FOREIGN POLICY

CHIEF DIPLOMAT

(P-ROLE) EXECUTIVE ORDERS

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(P-ROLE) VETO

CHIEF LEGISLATOR

(P-ROLE) TREATIES

CHIEF DIPLOMAT

(P-ROLE) DECLARE WAR

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

(P-ROLE) CEREMONIAL/SYMBOL OF THE U.S.

CHIEF OF STATE

(P-ROLE) FAVORS

CHIEF LEGISLATOR

(P-ROLE) BOSS OF WHITE HOUSE STAFF

CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR

(P-ROLE) PERSONA NON GRATA

CHIEF DIPLOMAT

(P-ROLE) SPOILS SYSTEM

CHIEF OF PARTY

(P-ROLE) SEES LAWS CARE CARRIED OUT

CHIEF EXECUTIVE

(P-ROLE) TOTAL SUPPORT TO AND FROM THE PARTY

CHIEF OF PARTY

(P-ROLE) THE IDEAL OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AMERICAN

CHIEF CITIZEN

(P-ROLE) PATRONAGE

CHIEF OF PARTY

(P-ROLE) EXECUTIVE AGREEMENTS

CHIEF DIPLOMAT

(P-ROLE) USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

(P-ROLE) PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHIEF OF STATE

(D/D) PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

JANUARY 20TH

(D/D) DATE (2024) OF ELECTORAL VOTE

DEC 16

(D/D) DATE OF THE ELECTORAL COUNT

JANUARY 6TH

(D/D) DAY OF THE POPULAR VOTE

FIRST TUESDAY AFTER THE FIRST MONDAY IN NOV

(D/D) DAY OF THE ELECTORAL VOTE

FIRST MONDAY AFTER THE SECOND WENDESDAY IN DEC

(D/D) DATE (2024) OF THE POPULAR VOTE

NOV 5

(Y/N) Steve Rogers is born in the District of Columbia to a French mother and a Russian father.  Can he be President? 

YES

(Y/N) Clint Barton is born at a hospital on a U.S. Naval Base in Guatemala to unknown parentage (meaning he was left behind by parents who disappeared right after he was born) Can he be President?

YES

(Y/N) Donald Blake’s mother is American, and his father is Portuguese.  He was born on a British Air Force base in Nigeria.  Can he be President?

YES

(Y/N) Carol Danvers is born in Tanzania.  Her mother is Irish, and her father is Canadian.  She is rushed to an American Air Force base moments after her birth.  Can she be President?

NO

(P-K) What is the difference between a treaty and an executive agreement? 

A treaty requires 2/3 of Senate approval, while executive agreement does not.

(P-K) What are the formal Qualifications to by President of the U.S.? 

Natural-Born Citizen

Be at least 35 years old

U.S. Resident for 14 years

(P-K) What are the Four Parts of the 25^th Amendment? (SKIP til end of Unit) 

1. VP for P

2. P must have VP

3. P can WRITE to PRO TEM and SPEAKER if he can’t do his job. VP takes over until he WRITES he can.

4. VP and Cabinet can WRITE to PRO TEM AND SPEAKER IF president isn’t qualified

(P-K) What are the Five Steps in the Impeachment Process?  (SKIP til end of Unit) 

House calls for investigation

House Judiciary Committee

House “impeaches”

Senate holds trial (Chief Justice/VP)

Senate convicts

(P-K) What are the OFFICIAL jobs of the Vice President? (SKIP til end of Unit) 

Preside over Senate

Presidential disability

“Balance Ticket”