Vice president of the United States of America, officer next in rank to the president of the United States, who ascends to the presidency on the event of the president’s death, disability, resignation, or removal. The vice president also serves as the presiding officer of the U.S. Senate, a role that is mostly ceremonial but that gives the vice president the tie-breaking vote when the Senate is deadlocked.
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Vice Presidential Facts
Qualifications
To serve as vice president, an individual must: be a natural-born U.S. citizen; be at least 35 years old; be a resident in the U.S. for at least 14 years.
How Elected
The vice president is indirectly elected together with the president to a four-year term of office by the people of the United States through the Electoral College. The modern vice presidency is a position of significant power and is widely seen as an integral part of a president's administration.
Term
Vice presidents, like members of the U.S. Congress, face no restrictions on how long they can hold their jobs. The Vice President can be re-elected any number of times. However, the office may be terminated earlier by death, resignation or removal.
Income
Yearly salary: $400,000.
Succession
If the vice president resigns, dies, or is removed from office the president has the opportunity to nominate a new vice president.
Job Description
The vice president takes over the "powers and duties" of the presidency in the event of a president's removal, death, resignation, or inability. He or she is responsible for maintaining order and decorum, recognizing members to speak, and interpreting the Senate's rules, practices, and precedent. With this position also comes the authority to cast a tie-breaking vote.
The V.P. may preside over most impeachment trials of federal officers, although the Constitution does not specifically require it. However, whenever the president of the United States is on trial, the Constitution requires that the Chief Justice of the United States must preside. He or she also receives the Electoral College votes, and then, in the presence of the Senate and House of Representatives, opens the sealed votes. The votes are counted during a joint session of Congress as prescribed by the Electoral Count Act.
The book(s) listed here are about all or most of the Vice Presidents of the United States. For books about a certain vice president go to their page and check out what books we have listed.
This list may not represent all the books the library may have in the library about the presidents. Check our online catalog to see if we have any other books.
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