President of the United States


 

The President of the United States (often abbreviated "POTUS") is the head of state of the United States. Under the U.S. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces. The full title is President of the United States of America.

External links

Official

  • {{Web reference_simple | title= Executive Office of the President | URL=http://www.whitehouse.gov/president/ | date=October 7 | year=2005}}
  • {{Web reference_simple | title=White House | URL=http://www.whitehouse.gov/ | date=October 7 | year=2005}}

Presidential histories

  • {{Web reference | title=The American Presidency Project | work=UC Santa Barbara | URL=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ | date=October 7 | year=2005}} - A collection of over 52,000 Presidential documents
  • {{Web reference | title=POTUS | work=Internet Public Library | URL=http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/ | date=October 7 | year=2005}} - Brief biographies, election results, cabinet members, notable events, and some points of interest on each of the presidents.
  • {{Web reference | title=Life Portraits of the American Presidents | work=C-SPAN | URL=http://www.americanpresidents.org/ | date=October 7 | year=2005}} - A companion website for the C-SPAN television series: American Presidents: Life Portraits
  • {{Web reference | title=United States of America | work=Archontology.org | URL=http://www.archontology.org/nations/us/ | date=October 7 | year=2005}}

Speeches

  • {{Web reference | title=Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States | work=USA-Presidents.info | URL=http://www.usa-presidents.info/inaugural/ | date=October 7 | year=2005}}
  • {{Web reference | title=State of the Union Addresses of the American Presidents | work=USA-Presidents.info | URL=http://www.usa-presidents.info/inaugural/ | date=October 7 | year=2005}}
  • {{Web reference | title=Presidential Speeches Archive | work=The American Presidency | URL=http://www.theamericanpresidency.us/archive.htm | date=October 7 | year=2005}}

Miscellaneous

  • {{Web reference | title=The Masonic Presidents Tour | work=The Masonic Library and Museum of Pennsylvania | URL=http://www.pagrandlodge.org/mlam/presidents/index.html | date=October 7 | year=2005}} - Brief histories of the Masonic career of Presidents who were members of the Freemasons.
  • {{Web reference | title=Teaching about the U.S. Presidency | work=ERICDigests.org | URL=http://ericdigests.org/2001-3/presidency.htm | date=October 7 | year=2005}} - A resource for educators teaching on the American Presidency
  • {{Web reference_simple | title=American Presidents Blog | URL=http://american-presidents.blogspot.com/ | date=October 7 | year=2005}} - The author of this blog posts links to sites relating to the American Presidency or specific American Presidents
  • {{Web reference | title=Presidential Administrations: Presidents, Vice Presidents, and Cabinet Members | work=A People and a Nation | URL=http://college.hmco.com/history/us/norton/people_nation/7e/students/administrations/ | date=October 7 | year=2005}} - Listing of the cabinet members for each Presidential Administration
  • {{Web reference | title=Presidential Rankings| work=Wall Street Journal | URL=http://www.opinionjournal.com/hail/print_rankings.html | date=October 7 | year=2005}} - Opinion poll of how great each President is belived to be.
 

~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
Requirements to hold office
Presidential elections
Presidential powers
Succession
Office-holders
Presidential portrait gallery
Timeline
Graphical timeline
Former Presidents
Presidential salary and benefits
Presidential residences
Presidential facts
Related topics
Further reading
Past and future Presidential elections
External links

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