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Vice Presidents are not an integral part of government decisions. Their purpose reaches more towards public appearances and speeches that the President is unable to attend.
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What women ran for the vice presidency?
The only two women to make a serious run at the vice-presidency so far were Geraldine Ferraro (with Walter Mondale) and Sarah Palin (with John McCain).
For what reasons is the vice presidency so lightly regarded?
The Vice President's entire role is: 1) become President if the President dies, 2) preside over the Senate, 3) cast a tie-braking vote in the Senate. 4) help out with whatever the President lets him do. Presidents don't die in office very often, so role #1 is not very important. In practice, the Senate is actually run by the Majority Leader instead of the Vice President, so role #2 is a mere formality and not at all important. Most important Senate work is crafting legislation and voting in committees instead of voting on the Senate floor, and even then, the Vice President cannot vote to end a filibuster, which is realistically the only way to get something through the Senate anyway. Most of the Vice President's power comes from role #4. In other words, the Vice President's power is almost entirely dependent on the whim of the President.
Why might Theodore Roosevelt have disliked the vice presidency?
he did that because thomas c platt wanted him out of politics and he wanted to run for vice president so he disliked ti he wanted nothing to do with it
Who was the first vice president to assume the presidency due to the death of president?
John Adams was George Washington's vice president. So he was the first vice president!!!
What were Lyndon Baines Johnson's facts?
His birthday is a state holiday in his home state of Texas. As of 2012, he was the last incumbent President eligible to run for reelection who didn't. He was the last Vice President to vacate the Vice Presidency before ratification of the 25th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution, so he was the last Vice President who was not replaced (before the next Inauguration Day) when he assumed the Presidency after the President's death. As of 2012, he was the last person to complete the term of a President who died in office. The term that he decided not to run for in 1968 ended just two days before his death in 1973. Before he became the Vice President in 1961, he was the Senate Majority Leader. His Vice Presidency immediately followed Richard Nixon's Vice Presidency, but Nixon's Presidency immediately followed his Presidency. His widow, Lady Bird Johnson lived until 2007, to the age of 94½. After her passing, an Austin lake was renamed in her honor.
If a vice president serves two terms as vice president how many years can they server as president if they are elected?
I did some research and it turns out that they can only serve 2 years in office after their 8 years in office as a vice president. Totaling the years that they can serve at 10. So there would be no point to try to run for the presidency after 8 years in the vice presidency. This is a newer law that is not known by most including me until today.
How many president were not voted into office?
Nine Vice Presidents has ascended to the Presidency upon the death or resignation of the President. Eight of the nine were voted into the Vice Presidency (one was appointed), and four of the eight later won a Presidential election (so there have been five U.S. Presidents who never won a Presidential election).
Why did Andrew Johnson become president after Lincoln died?
Johnson was the vice president when Lincoln died and so succeeded to the presidency in accordance with the US Constitution.
Why is the presidency of John Tyler so significant?
He was the first president who got into office not by vote, but by the president dying (William Henry Harrison).
What time is the vice president sworn into office?
Answer: I the inauguration and in January but it takes a while into they really start getting the hang of the presidency so this results in an inaugaration so that they could start becoming president.
How did John Tyler become the president of the US?
Tyler was Vice President under William Henry Harrison. Harrison died a month after his inauguration, so Tyler ascended to the Presidency.
Which presidents never had a vice-president?
John Tyler, Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, and Chester Arthur were vice-presidents who moved up to president when the president died. In those days, a vacant vice-presidency was not filled until the next presidential election, so these men had no vice-president and were not re-elected as president so they never had a vice-president. ( Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge ,Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson also moved up to president from vice-president and so lacked a vice-president for their first term,but all were elected to a second term and had a vice-president then. )Nowaday there is a process for getting a new vice-president if the President dies.
