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Who received the second largest number of electoral votes in the 1796 election

Thomas Jefferson came in second in 1796 and thus was elected the vice-president.

Who is the oldest person to have been president

As of 2012, the oldest elected U.S. President was Ronald Reagan, who was 69 years old when he took office.

An order the president gives based on the authority of the constitution is called

An executive order

Which president defeated a president who served only a partial term and he served only one term himself

Jimmy Carter fits that description.

What does it mean that the vice president is ''only a heartbeat away'' from the presidency

People say that the Vice President is "only a heartbeat away" from the presidency because the vice president is first in the order of succession. If the President's heart should stop beating, the Vice President takes over the office.
If the president dies or otherwise become incapacitated, the vice-president becomes president.

If the house fails to choose a president by January 20 the 20th amendment says that

the Vice president shall act as President

Before being amended the Constitution stated that if the presidency became vacant coma the powers and duties of the president were to be

Transferred to the vice president but not the office itself. ( gradpoint

According to article II what is the presidents main duty

to carry out laws that have been passed

When After a bill is introduced in the House and numbered what is the next step

It goes to Committee.

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