Lecture set from High School American Government class on Presidential Qualifications for office.

1. PRESIDENTIAL
QUALIFICATION
WHAT IT TAKES TO BE THE PRESIDENT

2. OBJECTIVES
STUDENTS WILL IDENTIFY THE ROLES AND
QUALIFICATIONS OF THE PRESIDENT.
STUDENTS WILL EXAMINE THE LINE OF PRESIDENTIAL
SUCCESSION.

3. VOCABULARY
CHIEF OF STATE: TERM FOR PRESIDENT AS THE
CEREMONIAL HEAD OF THE UNITED STATES, THE SYMBOL
OF ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE NATION.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: TERM FOR PRESIDENT AS VESTED
WITH THE EXECUTIVE POWER OF THE UNITED STATES.
COMMANDER IN CHIEF: TERM FOR THE PRESIDENT AS
COMMANDER OF THE NATION’S ARMED FORCES.
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION ACT OF 1947: LAW
SPECIFYING THE ORDER OF PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION
FOLLOWING THE VICE PRESIDENT.

4. ROLES
CHIEF OF STATE (CEREMONIAL LEAD OF STATE)
CHIEF EXECUTIVE (STATE AND FOREIGN
AFFAIRS)
CHIEF ADMINISTRATOR (DIRECTOR OF THE
GOVERNMENT)
CHIEF DIPLOMAT (SPOKESMAN TO THE
WORLD)
COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF (MILITARY AFFAIRS)
CHIEF OF PARTY (POLITICAL PARTY)
CHIEF CITIZEN (REPRESENT THE PEOPLE)
THE PRESIDENT SERVES AS:

5. QUALIFICATIONS
NATURAL BORN CITIZENS
35 YEARS OF AGE
LIVED IN THE US FOR 14 YEARS
YOUNGEST PRESIDENT:
TEDDY ROOSEVELT (42)

6. TERMS OF OFFICE
UNTIL 1951 - NO LIMITS TO THE NUMBER
OF TIMES
MOST RE-ELECTED PRESIDENTS
DIDN’T WANT TO OR WERE ABLE TO
GET MORE THAN ONE TERM
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT - 1932,
1936, 1940, 1944
1951 - 22ND AMENDMENT - TERM
LIMITED TO NOT MORE THAN 2 TERMS

7. PAY AND BENEFITS
$400,000 A YEAR (SET BY CONGRESS)
$50,000 FOR EXPENSES
WHITE HOUSE, OFFICES AND STAFF, FLEET OF AUTOS, AIR
FORCE ONE
CAMP DAVID (RESORT HIDEAWAY)
MD CARE IF NEEDED

8. PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION
VICE PRESIDENT TAKES OFFICE IN THE
CASE OF PRESIDENTS DEATH
1967 - CONGRESS DETERMINED
SUCCESSION FOLLOWING THE VP
(PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION ACT OF
1947)
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE
PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
SECRETARY OF STATE
NEXT 13 HEADS OF THE CABINET IN
ORDER OF CREATION

9. PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION
IF THE PRESIDENT IS DISABLED - 25TH
AMENDMENT (1967)
PROVIDES FOR IF THE PRESIDENT IS
INCAPACITATED AND UNABLE TO FULFILL
THE DUTIES OF PRESIDENT
EISENHOWER - SICK 3 TIMES
GARFIELD (AFTER BEING SHOT) - 80
DAYS
WILSON (STROKE) - 7 MONTHS
REAGAN (TUMOR REMOVED) - 7 HOURS,
54 MINUTES

10. VICE PRESIDENT
ACTS AS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
SENATE
HELPS TO DECIDE THE
DISABILITY OF THE PRESIDENT
JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE
YOUNGEST VP (36)

11. CAMPAIGN ASSIGNMENT:
PLATFORM & JINGLE
FOR THE REST OF THE CLASS TODAY YOU NEED TO GET
WITH YOUR PARTY AND DECIDE WHAT WILL BE YOUR
PARTY PLATFORM: WHAT DOES YOUR PARTY WANT TO
DO? FOCUS ON SCHOOL ISSUES - I.E. WHAT WOULD YOU
DO TO MAKE ATCHISON COUNTY COMMUNITY JUNIOR/
HIGH SCHOOL A BETTER PLACE?
AFTER YOU’VE BRAINSTORMED A LIST OF 5-10 ISSUES,
NARROW IT DOWN TO 2-4.

12. CAMPAIGN ASSIGNMENT:
PLATFORM & JINGLE
SLOGAN & JINGLE: EACH PARTY WILL ORIGINATE A PARTY
SLOGAN AND A PARTY JINGLE (A SHORT ORIGINAL PIECE
USING THE CANDIDATES NAME AND STANCE ON ISSUES TO
AN EASILY RECOGNIZABLE TUNE). THE CANDIDATES NAME
MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE SLOGAN AND JINGLE AND EACH
MEMBER OF THE PARTY WILL BE A PARTICIPANT IN THE
JINGLE. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE JINGLE COME FROM AN
EASILY RECOGNIZABLE TUNE, ONE THAT IS EASY TO SING. IN
THE PAST THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM IS CHOOSING A
SONG THAT ONLY A FEW MEMBERS OF THE PARTY KNOW AND
AS A RESULT SINGING THE SONG IS HARD FOR MOST TO DO,
CONSEQUENTLY THE FINAL RECORDING IS WEAK.

13. SOME EXAMPLES
FROM ABILENE