Q. Can the Senate ever elect a Vice-President?

A. Yes, when the people have failed to elect a Vice-President, then the Senate must elect.

Q. How is this done?

A. I. Two-thirds of all the Senators constitute a quorum.

II.  The Senate must vote for the two persons who received the highest number of votes for Vice-President.

III.  A majority of all the members elected to the Senate is necessary to a choice.

IV.  Should there be a tie in the Senate, the Vice-President may give the casting vote.

V. Should the Vice-President have succeeded to the presidency, or have vacated his office, and the President pro tem, (a Senator), preside, in that case there might be a tie, and no election reached.

The president pro tem.

Q. What are the provisions for filling temporarily the office of
President, when vacant?

A. I. In case of the removal, death, resignation, or inability, of both the President and Vice-President of the United States, the President of the Senate pro tem., and in case there be no President of the Senate, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall act as President of the United States for the time, until the disability be removed, or a President be elected.

II.  In case of a vacancy in both the offices for President and Vice-President, the Secretary of State of the United States, shall notify the Governors of all the States, and cause the same to be printed in at least one newspaper in each State, ordering an election for electors of President and Vice-President:  Provided there shall be a space of two months between the ordering of the same and the first Wednesday in December following.

The electoral college.

I. The term “Electoral College” means the presidential Electors when assembled as a body to cast the vote for President and Vice-President

II.  Each State may provide by law for the filling of any vacancy which may exist in its college of electors, when such college meets to cast its electoral vote.

Eligibility.

I. No person shall hold the office, either of President or Vice-President, except native born citizens, or those who were in this country at the time of the adoption of the Constitution.

II.  The candidate must have been a resident of the United States for fourteen years.

III.  He must be at the time of his election thirty-five years of age.

Duties.

Q. What are some of the duties of the President?

A. I. He is Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United
States.

II.  And of the Militia of the several States when called into the actual service of the United States.

III.  He has power to grant reprieves and pardons for offences against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.