Evolution_Of_The_U.S._Presidency

Evolution Of The U.S. Presidency Forty-three Americans have held the job of President of the United States. Each has had their own story and their own way of doing the job. Each of them has also had a great impact on how the presidency works today. When analyzing the role of today’s president, it is important to look back at the historical evolution of the presidency and some of the key figures that have helped it along. Let’s take a look at the history of the presidency, its key figures, and why these figures are important. The beginning of the presidency was greatly influenced by historical experience. The earliest example of executive power in the colonies was the position of royal governor, in which the king appointed to govern each colony. The colonists did not trust these governors and began to feel as if they were still in Great Britain. After declaring independence, the strong distrust of an executive leader remained. At the Philadelphia Convention, the framers wanted to form a different kind of executive authority, but worried about its power. They wanted an office that would be strong enough to govern, but not so strong that it could abuse power. They also worried about presidency, president, power, during, office, expanded, set, great, figures, executive, after, washington, strong, skills, roosevelt, presidents, powers, key, first, each, worried, war, wanted, today, time, theory, term, take, states, role, remained, public, programs, presidential, political, own