Section 1:The Presidency The Main Idea The president and the vice president are required to have certain qualifications. Reading Focus What are the qualifications and terms of office for the presidency? What are the duties of the vice president? What are the rules of succession for the presidency?

Constitutional Qualifications of the Presidency ______________________________ At least________________________ A legal resident of the US for at least_______________________

Unwritten Qualifications ______________ –Hillary Clinton? ______________ –Barack Obama? _______________Protestant –JFK? _______________________ –Abraham Lincoln? _______________________ –Harry S. Truman? _______________________ –Bill Clinton? Held other political offices –Dwight D. Eisenhower?

Term of Office __________term __________term limit –Tradition set by George Washington –Tradition broken by FDR ( ) 22 nd Amendment (1951) sets the two term limit

Salary and Benefits Set by Congress and cannot be changed during the president’s term in office –_______________per year –Lodging (the White House) –Camp David (mountains in Maryland) –Cars, helicopters, air force one

The Vice President Becomes president if__________________is removed or dies Presides over the_______________________ –Has no vote except when there is a tie Must be informed –Truman and the bomb $208,100 per year plus expenses Why is a VP chosen to be VP?

Presidential Succession Who takes place of the president, VP, and so on…? –Passed by law in 1947 ____________________________________

The 25 th Amendment Ratified in 1967 –Provides for a new VP if there is no VP The new president nominates a VP and the Congress must approve by a majority vote –If the president is too ill to serve then the VP takes over until the president is well President wants to return, VP and cabinet thinks he’s not ready, the Congress decides by a 2/3 vote