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Licensed to: Amendments to the Constitution D-19 Amendment XXV. Presidential Succession and Disability 1. Vice president to become president. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. 1 Gerald Ford was the first “appointed president.” 2. Successor to vice president provided. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. 3. Vice president to serve for disabled president. 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. 4. Procedure for disqualifying or requalifying president. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that no inability exists, he shall resume the powers and duties of his office unless the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive department[s] or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit within four days to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue, assembling within forty-eight hours for that purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within twenty-one days after receipt of the latter written declaration, or, if Congress is not in session, within twenty-one days after Congress is required to assemble, determines by two-thirds vote of both Houses that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall continue to discharge the same as Acting President; otherwise, the President shall resume the powers and duties of his office. [Adopted 1967.] Amendment XXVI. Lowering Voting Age A response to the current revolt of youth. 1. Ballot for eighteen-year-olds. The right of citizens of the United States, who are eighteen years of age or older, to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or any state on account of age. 2. Enforcement. The Congress shall have the power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation. [Adopted 1971.] Amendment XXVII. Restricting Congressional Pay Raises Reflects anti-incumbent sentiment of early 1990s. First proposed by James Madison in 1789; took 203 years to be ratified. Congress not allowed to increase its current pay. No law varying the compensation for the services of the Senators and Representatives shall take effect, until an election of Representatives shall have intervened. [Adopted 1992.] 1 Th e original Constitution (Art. II, Sec. I, para. 5) was vague on this point, stipulating that “the powers and duties” of the president, but not necessarily the title, should “devolve” on the vice president. President Tyler, the fi rst “accidental president,” assumed not only the powers and duties but the title as well. Copyright 2009 Cengage Learning, Inc. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.
Licensed to: D-20 Documents TABLE A.1 Presidential Elections* TABLES Election Candidates Parties Popular Vote Electoral Vote 1789 GEORGE WASHINGTON No party designation 69 JOHN ADAMS 34 MINOR CANDIDATES 35 1792 GEORGE WASHINGTON No party designation 132 JOHN ADAMS 77 GEORGE CLINTON 50 MINOR CANDIDATES 5 1796 JOHN ADAMS Federalist 71 THOMAS JEFFERSON Democratic-Republican 68 THOMAS PINCKNEY Federalist 59 AARON BURR Democratic-Republican 30 MINOR CANDIDATES 48 1800 THOMAS JEFFERSON Democratic-Republican 73 AARON BURR Democratic-Republican 73 JOHN ADAMS Federalist 65 CHARLES C. PINCKNEY Federalist 64 JOHN JAY Federalist 1 1804 THOMAS JEFFERSON Democratic-Republican 162 CHARLES C. PINCKNEY Federalist 14 1808 JAMES MADISON Democratic-Republican 122 CHARLES C. PINCKNEY Federalist 47 GEORGE CLINTON Democratic-Republican 6 1812 JAMES MADISON Democratic-Republican 128 DEWITT CLINTON Federalist 89 1816 JAMES MONROE Democratic-Republican 183 RUFUS KING Federalist 34 1820 JAMES MONROE Democratic-Republican 231 JOHN Q. ADAMS Independent Republican 1 1824 JOHN Q. ADAMS (Min.) † Democratic-Republican 108,740 84 ANDREW JACKSON Democratic-Republican 153,544 99 WILLIAM H. CRAWFORD Democratic-Republican 46,618 41 HENRY CLAY Democratic-Republican 47,136 37 1828 ANDREW JACKSON Democratic 647,286 178 JOHN Q. ADAMS National Republican 508,064 83 1832 ANDREW JACKSON Democratic 687,502 219 HENRY CLAY WILLIAM WIRT JOHN FLOYD National Republican Anti-Masonic National Republican } 530,189 33,108 49 7 11 1836 MARTIN VAN BUREN WILLIAM H. HARRISON HUGH L. WHITE DANIEL WEBSTER W. P. MANGUM Democratic } Whig Whig Whig Whig 765,483 739,795 170 73 26 14 11 (Continued) *Candidates receiving less than 1 percent of the popular vote are omitted. Before the Twelfth Amendment (1804), the Electoral College voted for two presidential candidates, and the runner-up became vice president. Basic fi gures are taken primarily from Historical Statistics of the United States, Colonial Times to 1970 (1975), pp. 1073–1074, and Statistical Abstract of the United States, relevant years. † “Min.” indicates minority president—one receiving less than 50 percent of all popular votes. Copyright 2009 Cengage Learning, Inc. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied, scanned, or duplicated, in whole or in part.
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