Debate Over The Presidency Was Settled By Creating The

The debate over the president and the executive branch.

Debate over the presidency was settled by creating the. Debate over the system used to choose the president and vice president of the united states is as old as the u s. Calhoun and congressional debate over the territories continued. Clay s proposal was opposed by president zachary taylor anti slavery whigs like william seward and pro slavery democrats like john c. George mason worried that would make the president a mere creature of the legislature and violate the separation of powers.

As the delegates at the philadelphia convention of 1787 continued to develop a plan of government that would remedy the defects of the articles of confederation one of the most difficult challenges was creating the office of the presidency. In early 1850 clay proposed a package of bills that would settle most of the pressing issues before congress. Greater disagreements persisted on the manner of electing the executive. On june 4 the delegates debated the council of revision.

Dickinson s motion was rejected but in the aftermath of the vote there was still no consensus over how an unfit president should be removed from office.