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The Constitution declares that the law-executing department of the government shall be in the hands of a President of the United States, who shall be chosen by electors, and not elected directly by the people; his term of office was fixed at four years; he may legally succeed himself.
The system of electing the President and Vice-President is not clearly understood by many people. As a rule, we fail to see why it would not be right that every legal voter in the country should cast his vote directly for President and Vice-President. The plan adopted in the convention which framed the Constitution was the result of a compromise. One section demanded that the President be elected by Congress, and that in the selection the people directly should have no choice. Another faction desired to place the responsibility fully upon the people by direct vote. By the plan adopted, each state was empowered to choose by vote, a number of men/women equal to its total membership in Congress, and the men so chosen were to meet on the same day all over the United States in the various state capitals and there cast their votes directly for President and Vice-President. If a state has ten Representatives and two Senators, it is entitled to choose twelve electors of the President and Vice-President.
The First 100 Years of American Presidential History Artifacts:
In Order of Appointment:
- George Washington - 1789 to 1797: Biography, Poetry, Tributes etc...
- John Adams - 1797 to 1801: Biography
- Thomas Jefferson - 1801 to 1809:
- James Madison - 1809 to 1817:
- James Monroe - 1817 to 1825:
- John Quincy Adams - 1825 to 1829:
- Andrew Jackson - 1829 to 1837:
- Martin Van Buren - 1837 to 1841:
- William Henry Harrison - March 1841 to April 1841:
- John Tyler - 1841 to 1845:
- James K. Polk - 1845 to 1849:
- Zachary Taylor - 1849 to 1850:
- Millard Fillmore - 1850 to 1853:
- Franklin Pierce - 1853 to 1857:
- James Buchanan - 1857 to 1861:
- Abraham Lincoln - 1861 to 1865: Biography, Poetry, Tributes etc...
- Andrew Johnson - 1865 to 1869:
- Ulysses S. Grant - 1869 to 1877:
- Rutherford B. Hayes - 1877 to 1881:
- James A. Garfield - March 4, 1881 to Sept. 19th 1881:
- Chester A. Arthur - 1881 to 1885:
- Grover Cleveland - 1885 to 1889:
- Benjamin Harrison - 1889 to 1893:
- Search the tags dedicated to The Fourth of July Holiday - many of these also appropriate for President's Day celebrations in public and private schools
- Our Presidents - public domain lyrics for young students to sing on President's Day
American Presidents On The World Wide Web:
- About the Presidents and First Ladies from USA.gov and Branches of Government
- America's Founding Documents
- President's Day from the National Constitution Center
- The American Presidency: A Glorious Burden
- Liberty Day Institute
- United States Government for Kids
- Congress For Kids
- Children's Books and Web Sites about the U. S. Government
- USA 4 KIDS
- Full Episodes of Liberty Kids TV
- Liberty: The American Revolution
- 44 Books About Presidents For Kids
- Social Studies for Kids
- Presidential Fun Facts: National Geographic Kids
