Ratification of the Constitution Indexes | Index to Volume 14: Commentaries on the Constitution (2), 8 November – 17 December 1787 | P | President, U.S.
239. Brutus, Junior, New York Journal, 8 November [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:7 n.]+
242. Federal Farmer, Letters to the Republican, 8 November [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:28]
John Brown Cutting to William Short, London, 13 December [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:479]
John Brown Cutting to William Short, London, 13 December [Commentaries on the Constitution 14:480]+
– appointment power of [14 references]
– term of [8 references]
– reeligibility of [17 references]
– debate over power of [20 references]
– pardon power of [6 references]
– as commander in chief [6 references]
– relationship of with Senate [20 references]
– election of [23 references]
– need for privy council to assist [11 references]
– treaty-making power of [9 references]
– veto power of [10 references]
– expense of office of [2 references]
– as check on House of Representatives [2 references]
– qualifications of [2 references]
– impeachment of [2 references]
– debate over a single executive [2 references]
– relationship of with Congress [3 references]
– George Washington expected to be first President [6 references]
– as representative of people [3 references]
– considered in Constitutional Convention [3 references]
– Thomas Jefferson as possible first President [1 reference]
See also Executive departments