Title

Edwin Waugh, "The Vice Presidency," 1968

Presenter

Edwin Waugh, Eastern Michigan University

Files

Streaming Media

Lecture or Presentation Date:

1968

Description

Born in 1901 in Mississippi, Edwin Waugh began his teaching career with MIchigan State Normal College in 1927, and retired from Eastern Michigan University in 1968. Along the way, Waugh published two books and advised a Senate subcommittee which drew up the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Waugh here discusses the office of the Vice Presidency of the United States - the various paths to the office, and the logic behind the institution of the office by America’s founding fathers.

Keywords

Vice Presidency, Lyndon Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon, founding fathers, John Adams, Executive branch, Senate, U.S. Congress

Permission To Use:

Permission to quote from this lecture or presentation should be requested from the University Archives (lib_archives@emich.edu).​

Copyright

Copyright to the audio resource and its transcript is held by the content creator, author, artist or other entity, and is provided here for educational purposes only. It may not be reproduced or distributed in any other format without written permission of the copyright owner, Eastern Michigan University Archives ( lib_archives@emich.edu).

Recommended Citation

Waugh, Edwin, "Edwin Waugh, "The Vice Presidency," 1968" (1968). Lectures and Presentations. 5.
https://commons.emich.edu/lectures_presentations/5