Terms & Pay
Constitutional Requirements
At least 35 years old
Natural born citizen
US resident for at least 14 years
4 year term
Limit of 2 terms from the 22nd ammendment
President earns $400,000 per year
The radification of the 25th ammendent allows for the order of Presidential succession
Vice President
Speaker of the House
President pro tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of the 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 Vice President is assigned very few constitutional roles, although the 25th ammendent allows for first in line for Presidential succession. The VP is the President of the Senate.
Presidential Succession
Office of the Vice Presidnet
Roles of the President
The Electoral College
The electoral college is responsible for electing the president.
The consitituional framers believed that the Presidential decisions should not be put directly in the hands of the genral public, so the Electoral College was created to allow an educated decission to be made. Eache state is given a certain amount of electoral votes as the amount of congreessmen they hav.
The Framers believed that the general public was not smart enough to elect a good president so they left that responsibility to the electoral college.
Cheif of State
Cheif Executive
Cheif Diplomat
Commander in Cheif
Cheif Legislator
Cheif of Party