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Have the people in the District of Columbia always voted in presidential elections?
No - they could not vote for President until the 23rd amendment was ratified in 1961.
Which amendment sayd the president cannot change salary for congress until after next election?
The 27th Amendment
How long can vice president act as president when president is ill?
Until the president gets better or indefinitely until the next election period. Check out the 25th Amendment.
Which President endorsed the passage of the 19 amendment which gave women the right to vote?
President Woodrow Wilson was the president who supported the amendment that gave women the right to vote. The amendment was the 19th amendment to the Constitution.
Who was the president when the 27th amendment was written?
This amendment was written and passed by Congress in 1789 when Washington was President. It was not ratified by the required number of states until 1992, while George H. W. Bush was President.
Why did Franklin Delano Roosevelt get 4 presidential terms and not 2?
When FDR served, the Constitution did not limit the number of terms a president could serve. George Washington set the precedent of two terms and presidents had followed it until FDR. After him an amendment to the Constitution was ratified that limits a president to two terms
When did the number two winner in the presidential election become the vice president?
Such was the case until the 12th amendment to the US Constitution was ratified on 6/15/1804. This amendment calls for separate votes on the President and vice-president.
Which amendment established the tradition that if a president dies or step down the vice-president takes his place?
The body of the Constitution says that the Vice-president will fill a vacancy in the Presidency. The 25th Amendment allows for a disabled President to be replaced until he can function again.
Which amendment established the tradition that if a president dies or steps down the vice president takes his places?
The body of the Constitution says that the Vice-president will fill a vacancy in the Presidency. The 25th Amendment allows for a disabled President to be replaced until he can function again.
Which amendment establishes what to do if the president is incapacitated and cant perform his duties?
Amendment #25. Specifically, Section 3, which states, "Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President."
How long could John Quincy Adams be president?
John Quincy Adams was the sixth President, serving only four years, from March 4, 1825 until March 4, 1829. Although he was only in office for a single term, there were no term limits in place for President until the Twenty-Second Amendment was ratified in 1951, so (theoretically) he could have been re-elected almost indefinitely (until he died, resigned, retired or was impeached).
If president dies does the vice president's position remain empty until the next election?
Not since the 25th Amendment to the U. S. Constitution was ratified in 1967.
