Executive Branch

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