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The document outlines key details about the US Presidency including the term of office, salary, qualifications, duties, powers, and oath of office. It also lists US Presidents and Vice Presidents from 1945 to 2004, including their party affiliations and terms in office.

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The Presidency

Term of Office: Salary:


$ 200,000 plus $ 50,000 allowance for expenses, and up to $ 100,000 tax-free for travel and official entertainment. Elected by the people, through the electoral college, to a four-year term; limited to two terms.

Inauguration:
January 20, following the November general election.

Qualifications: Chief Duty:

1) native-born American citizen; 2) at least 35 years old; 3) at least 14 years a resident of the USA. To protect the Constitution and enforce the laws made by the Congress.

Other Powers:

- to recommend legislation to the Congress, - to call special sessions of the Congress, - to deliver messages to the Congress, - to veto bills, - to appoint federal judges, - to appoint heads of federal departments and agencies and other principal federal officials, - to appoint representatives to foreign countries, - to carry on official business with foreign nations, - to exercise the function of the commander-in-chief of the armed forces, - to grant pardons for offenses against the United States. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

The Oath of Office:


I ... do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So help me God.
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US Presidents and Vice-Presidents after World War II.


33rd; 1945-53; 34th; 1953-61; 35th; 1961-63; 36th; 1963-69; 37th; 1969-74; Harry S. Truman, Democrat; Vice-President: Alben W. Barkley. Dwight David Eisenhower, Republican; Vice-President: Richard Milhous Nixon. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Democrat; Vice-President: Lyndon Baines Johnson. Lyndon Baines Johnson, Democrat; Vice-President: Hubert H. Humphrey. Richard Milhous Nixon, Republican; Vice-President: Spiro T. Agnew (Jan, 1969 -

Oct, 1973), and Gerald Rudolph Ford (Dec, 1973 - Aug, 1974).

38th; 1974-77; Gerald Rudolph Ford, Republican; Vice-President: Nelson R. Rockefeller. 39th; 1977-81; James Earl Carter, Jr., Democrat; Vice-President: Walter F. Mondale. 40th; 1981-89; Ronald Wilson Reagan, Republican; Vice-President: George Herbert Walker Bush. 41st; 1989-93; George Herbert Walker Bush, Republican; Vice-President: James Danforth Quayle. 42nd; 1993-2000; William Jefferson Clinton, Democrat; Vice-President: Albert Gore, Jr. 43rd; 2000-2004; George W. Bush, Republican; Vice-President: Richard Cheney.

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