Presidential Qualifications and Terms of Office Qualifications Nativeborn

Presidential Qualifications and Terms of Office

Qualifications • Native-born U. S. citizen • 35 years old • U. S. resident for 14 years

Traditional Qualifications • All presidents until Obama had been – White – Male – Christians • Most presidents have been highly educated • Harry S Truman was the only 20 th century president not to attend college

Terms of Office • Serve 4 year terms • Serving only 2 terms was a precedent set by George Washington – Broken by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (4 terms) • 1947: 22 nd amendment – Set 2 term limit

Salary • $400, 000 per year • $100, 000 nontaxable travel expenses • $50, 000 official entertainment expenses • Changes to salary made by Congress • Changes in salary do not take place until the next presidential election

Benefits • Live in the White House for FREE

Benefits • May use Camp David for special meetings and vacations – A mountain retreat in Maryland

Benefits • Fleet of cars and helicopters

Benefits • Fleet of airplanes – Air Force One

Presidential Succession • If the president dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the vice president becomes the president –Has occurred 8 times – 1 when the president resigned

Presidential Succession • Presidential succession: who should fill the presidency and in what order 1. 2. 3. 4. Vice President Speaker of the House President pro tempore Secretary of State