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- Congress determines the president's salary
- The presidents pay was first set at $25,000 a year, in 1789
- It is now $400,000 a year
- Congress has also provided the president with a $50,000-a-year expense allowance
- Some of the benefits are: the white house, a sizable suite of offices and a large staff, a fleet of automobiles, Air Force One and several other planes and helicopters

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- Until 1951, the Constitution placed no limit on the number of terms a president might serve
- Soon the "no-third-term tradition" became an unwritten rule
- Franklin Roosevelt broke the tradition by seeking and winning a third term in 1940 and then a fourth in 1944
- To prevent that from happening again the 22nd Amendment was written
-  As a general rule, then, each president may now serve a maximum of two full terms-eight years- in office.
- No president may serve more than 10 years in office

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- The president must be "a natural born citizen of the United States."
- The president must be at least 35 years of age
- They must have been fourteen years a resident  within the United States
- Kennedy at 43 was the youngest person to ever be elected president
- Reagan was the oldest man ever elected to the office at age 6

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- The president is chief of State, this means he is the ceremonial head of the government of the United States.
- The president is the nation's chief executive; he is vested by the Constitution with "the executive power" of the United States
- He is also the chief administrator, the director of the huge executive branch of the Federal Government
- The president is also the nation's chief diplomat
- The constitution also makes the president the commander in chief
- The president is also the nation's chief legislator
- The president acts as the chief of party
- The office also automatically makes its occupant the nation's chief citizen