Vice President of the United States

The Vice President of the United States is the second-highest public function in the United States under the Constitution of the United States. He is together with thepresident of the United States indirectly by the American people chosen during the presidential elections. The Vice President is the first in the line of succession to the president of the United States, he was allowed by death, resignation or dismissal (English: impeachment) are no longer able to perform his duties as president. The Vice President would not be able to take on the Presidency, then the next that is eligible for the Office the President of the House of representatives, followed by the President pro tempore of the Senate. The Vice President is also the President of the Senate.

The Vice President and his family live on the estate of the United States Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.

Is the current Vice President of the United States Joe Biden (2014).



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[hide] *constitutional conditions 1  ==Constitutional conditions[ Edit] == The current Vice President Joe BidenThe Vice President should have the same constitutional qualifications as the president and should not come from the same State. (In fact, the second condition not mentioned in the Constitution, what it says is that If the president and Vice-President from the same State, that the voters of that State not to vote for both of them. As a result, the Vice President may not get enough votes even though the president the election WINS.) In practice, the second condition easily circumvented by going to live in another State, such as Vice President Dick Cheney did that to be able to act as Vice President for George w. Bush.
 * 2 Role of the Vice President
 * 3 facts about the Vice Presidents
 * 4 see also

Oversees the Vice President as president of the Senate procedures and has the ability to cast a vote when the tie. It is habit within theSenate as the Vice President not to influence the adoption of legislation, unless the tie. In this case, the voice of the Vice President be the deciding factor.

The US Constitution was not clear about what had to happen when a president died, or was no longer suitable for the Office. It said that the "powers and duties" of the president were transferred to the Vice President. John Tyler was in 1841, after the death of presidentWilliam Henry Harrison, the first sitting Vice President who succeeded a president. He refused to be addressed as "acting president" ("Acting president"), but insisted that he was president, with all the powers, duties and titles of serve. Despite objections from various quarters were not challenged his claims and so there was a precedent of full succession following that then got. This was recorded in 1967 also constitutional.

Until 1967 it was also true that the Vice President was not followed when he took office, for example, by death or because he moved to the Office of president. The Office of Vice-President remained vacant, and the first person in rank to the president to follow in the event of the death or resignation was the speaker of the House of representatives. In section 2 of the 25th amendment to the u.s. Constitution was included that in 1967 when a Vice President dies or from its duties, that the president appoint a new Vice President, with the consent of a majority in both the House of representatives and the Senate. In 1973, Gerald Ford was the first person in this way was Vice President and later, after the resignation of Richard Nixon, even by moved to the Office of president.

The same amendment was also included In who has the power when a sitting president is unable to fulfill his duties. This question was become relevant after the illness of president Dwight d. Eisenhower. Section 3 of the 25th amendment deals with the possibility that the Vice President is appointed as acting president when the president is temporarily unable to do its job and transferring the powers themselves. This has happened three times because the incumbent president underwent surgery. Section 4 deals with the possibility as a president has declared himself unfit. In this case, the Vice President still be appointed as acting president when he and a majority of the Cabinet agrees. This possibility has never been used. ==Role of the Vice President[ Edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The formal power and the role of the Vice President with a healthy, functioning president are limited to the Presidency of the Senate. Other tasks include as spokesman for the Administration, as an advisor to the president and as a symbol of American compassion and support. The influence of the Vice President also depends on the characteristics of the relevant president. For example, Dick Cheney was seen by some as one of George w. Bush's confidants, by others as the power behind the scenes.

<p lang="en" len="418" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">At other times, the primary role seen as meeting heads of State or attending funerals in other countries at times when the u.s. Government wants to show its sympathy or support, but not the president himself can/wants to send.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Historical presidential was seen as political suicide. The natural step to the Presidency was long presidential, but not from from the position of the Secretary of State. Only recently this view changed-she was very much alive when Harry s. Truman became Vice President for Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Unique was that Gerald Ford succeeded Richard Nixon without in his election running mate to have been. ==Facts about the Vice Presidents<span class="mw-editsection" len="374" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="62" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Seven Vice Presidents have died during their term of Office:

<p lang="en" len="37" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Two Vice Presidents have resigned:
 * George Clinton in 1812
 * Elbridge Gerry in 1814
 * William Rufus DeVane King in 1853
 * Henry Wilson in 1875
 * Thomas Andrews Hendricks in 1885
 * Garret Augustus Hobart in 1899
 * James Schoolcraft Sherman in 1912

<p lang="en" len="84" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Nine Vice Presidents were president, after the incumbent president was fallen by the wayside:
 * John Caldwell Calhoun resigned in 1832 to take a seat in the Senate, to be chosen to fill after an opening.
 * Spiro Theodore Agnew resigned in 1973 while a review was done to the acceptance of bribes during his position as Governor of Maryland.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Also other countries know the Office of Vice-President. These are many Central and South American countries such as: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Suriname,Uruguay and Venezuela.
 * John Tyler became president after William Henry Harrison a month after the beginning of his tenure, died.
 * Millard Fillmore became president after Zachary Taylor died during his tenure.
 * Andrew Johnson became president after Abraham Lincoln was assassinated.
 * Chester Alan Arthur became president after James Abram Garfield was assassinated.
 * Theodore Roosevelt became president after William McKinley was assassinated.
 * John Calvin Coolidge became president after Warren Gamaliel Harding died during his tenure.
 * Harry s. Truman became president after Franklin D. Roosevelt died during his tenure.
 * Lyndon Baines Johnson became president after John Fitzgerald Kennedy was assassinated.
 * Gerald Rudolph Ford became president after Richard Milhous Nixon resigned.