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Did the house of representatives ever have to decide a presidential election?
1800 & 1824
Which branch selects the president if there's no majority in the Electoral College?
If there is no majority in the Electoral College, the members of the US House of Representatives elect the President. No one ever appoints a President of the United States.
Can a president do whatever he wants to do?
it's all up to the senate and the house of representatives. And when was Adolf Hitler ever the president?
Why should Obama be impeached?
1. Only the House of Representatives can impeach the President. 2. The president must first break a federal law in order to be impeached. As of right now only two presidents have ever been voted on by the House of Representatives to be impeached and the House voted against it. Unless President Obama breaks a federal law, it is impossible for the House of Representatives to impeach him.
Did a former president ever serve as a congressman later?
Yes. John Quincy Adams served in the House of Representatives fter he was President. (In fact, he died in office.) Andrew Johnson was a US Senator after he was President.
Who decides who the president is if there is a tie?
In the event of a tie, the House of Representatives breaks it - but each state has only 1 vote, instead of each House member voting. The Senate breaks the tie for the Vice President. This was put into action by the 12th amendment.
What is the role of the house of representatives in impeaching a president?
The House of Representatives brings charges, indicts (in DITES) or impeaches a president. It is only an accusation. The Senate's job is to convict the president and sentence him or her. Several presidents have been impeached, but none have ever been convicted.
What vote brings charges of treason or bribery against a president?
Impeachment is the name for the formal levying of charges against a President by the House of Representatives. An impeached President is then tried by the Senate and if 2/3 of the senators find him guilty, he is removed from office. No President has ever been removed from office by the Senate.
Who has ever won the presidency without winning California?
The House of Representatives
Where is the state of the union address held?
The State of the Union address is held in the Capital Building in Washington DC.
Was Kennedy ever a vice president?
Lyndon B. Johnson was the Vice President of the United States during the time John F. Kennedy was president. After the assassination of President Kennedy in 1963, Johnson was inaugurated as president.
Has there ever been a president who lost both the electoral votes and poplular votes?
Yep The election of 1824. Jackson won both electoral and popular votes but didn't get majority. That's why The house of representatives whose the president. and John Q. Adams won.
