POLS 1101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Kitchen Cabinet, Legislature
6 Jul 2018
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Addresses congress on the state of the union. Party: 18 republican, 16 democratic, 6 whig, 4 democratic-republican, 3 federalist, 1. Age: most were in their 50s when elected. Top occupations (in order): lawyer, military, teacher, farmer, business/merchant. Region: mainly midwest and east coast (except for 1 president from ca), state with greatest number of presidents is va. Includes secretaries and chief administrators of the major departments of federal government. Executive office of the president (created in 1939): Permanent agencies that perform specific management tasks for the president. Exists to (1) succeed the president in case of death, resignation, or incapacity; (2) preside over the senate. The presidency as an institution: the first spouse. During the 19th century, congress was the nation"s dominant institution of government; Presidents expand their power in two primary ways: control of executive agencies / creation of new administrative institutions and procedures, going public, through their party.
