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Vice Preses o the Unitit States

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Vice Preses o the
Unitit States o Americae
Preses o the Unitit States Senate
Incumbent
Kamala Harris

since January 20, 2021
Office o the Vice Preses
StyleMadam Vice Preses
(Informal)
The Honorable
(Formal)
Madam Preses
(As presidin officer o the Senate)
Member oCabinet
Naitional Security Cooncil
ResidenceNumber One Observatory Circle
SeatWashington, D.C., USA
AppynterElectoral College
Term lengthFower years
Constitutin instrumentU. S. Constitution
FurmationMairch 4, 1789
First haulderJohn Adams
(Aprile 21, 1789)
SuccessionFirst
in the presidential line o succession
Wabsteidwww.whitehouse.gov

The Vice Preses o the Unitit States is the seicont heichest public office creatit bi the Unitit States Constitution.[1] The Vice Preses, thegither wi the Preses o the Unitit States, is indirectly electit bi the fowk throu the Electoral College tae a fower-year term o office.[2] The Vice Preses is the first person in the presidential line o succession, an would ascend tae the Presidency upon the daith, resignation, or removal o the Preses.[3]

References

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  1. U.S. Const. art. II, § 1, cl. 1.
  2. U.S. Const. amend. XII, § 1.
  3. U.S. Const. amend. XXV, § 1.