Citations:Vice-President

English citations of Vice-President

• 1787 September 12, Committee of Style and Arrangement, Constitution of the United States‎^[1] (Draft), Philadelphia:

  Section. 4. The president, vice-president and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.

• 1916, William Howard Taft, Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers‎^[2], New York: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, →OL, page 56:

  It was settled, as long ago as the first Congress, at the instance of Madison, then in the Senate, and by the deciding vote of John Adams, then Vice-President, that even where the advice and consent of the Senate was necessary to the appointment of an officer, the President had the absolute power to remove him without consulting the Senate.

• 1943 May and June, “Notes and News: The Railway Club”, in Railway Magazine, page 176:

  At the January 16 meeting of the Railway Club, Mr. Charles E. Lee, Vice-President, read a paper entitled "Class Distinction," in which he traced the very gradual development (at any rate, with main-line railways) of provision for lower-class passengers; the reduction in discrimination; and the preponderating position of the third class today.

• 1983, James C. H. Shen, “Beginnings of Endings”, in Robert Myers, editor, The U.S. & Free China: How the U.S. Sold Out Its Ally‎^[3], Washington, D.C.: Acropolis Books Ltd., →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 12:

  In April, 1975, people in the Republic of China were in deep mourning over the death of their beloved national leader, President Chiang Kai-shek. In a deliberate move to downgrade Sino-American relations, Washington at first decided to send Earl Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, to attend the Gimo's funeral, but later changed its mind and sent Vice-President Nelson Rockefeller.