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ExecutiveBranch
What is the purpose of the Executive Branch?
To carry-out the Laws.
John Adams
What is the chief executive of the United States called?
President of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson
How long is the term in office for the chief executive?
Four years.
James Madison
How is a president elected?
Electors from each state equal to the number of senators and representatives to which the state is entitled.
James Monroe
What are the qualifications to be president?
The president must be:• a natural-born citizen• thirty-five years old• been a resident of the
United States for fourteen years
John Quincy Adams
Duties of the President
Commander-in-Chief of the:
• Army
• Navy
• State militias
Andrew Jackson
Duties of the President(continued)
• require written reports from the principal officer in each executive department
Martin van Buren
Duties of the President(continued)
• grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States
William Henry Harrison
Duties of the President(continued)
• make treaties with the advice and consent of the Senate
John Tyler
Duties of the President(continued)
• appoint ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls
James K. Polk
Duties of the President(continued)
• appoint judges of the Supreme Court
Zachary Taylor
Duties of the President(continued)
• can fill all vacancies that happen during the recess of the Senate
Millard Fillmore
Presidential Powers
• deliver a State of the Union message to Congress
Franklin Pierce
Presidential Powers(continued)
• may recommend to Congress measures he judges necessary and expedient
James Buchanan
Presidential Powers(continued)
• can convene one or both houses of Congress on extraordinary occasions
Abraham Lincoln
Presidential Powers(continued)
• may settle disputes over when Congress convenes and adjourns
Andrew Johnson
Presidential Powers(continued)
• receives ambassadors and other public ministers
Ulysses S. Grant
Presidential Powers(continued)
• sees that laws are faithfully executed
Rutherford B. Hayes
Presidential Powers(continued)
• commission all officers of the United States
James A. Garfield
How can a president be removed from office?
He can be impeached.
Chester A. Arthur
On what grounds can a president be impeached?
• treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors
Grover Cleveland
Who brings a charge of impeachment?
The House of Representatives.
Benjamin Harrison
Who sits as the jury in an impeachment proceedings?
The Senate.
William McKinley
What fraction of the Senate is needed to remove an
official from office?
Two-thirds.
Theodore Roosevelt
Who sits as the judge in an impeachment?
The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.
William Howard Taft
