answers: vice president
context: have been sworn in as president on Inauguration Day. Since the widespread adoption of the telegraph in the mid-19th century, the "de facto" president-elect has been known beyond a reasonable doubt, with only a few exceptions, within a few hours of the polls closing on election day. As a result, incoming presidents gained valuable preparation time prior to assuming office. Recent presidents-elect have assembled transition teams to prepare for a smooth transfer of power following the inauguration. Outgoing presidents have cooperated with the president-elect on important policy matters during the last two months of the president's term to ensure a </s> and the chief justice of the Supreme Court were as well. Lawmakers failed, however, to reach consensus on who should be the statutory successor. Naming the Secretary of State was unacceptable to most Federalists, as they did not want the office's current occupant, Thomas Jefferson, the leader of the growing anti-administration opposition that would become the Democratic-Republican Party, placed so close to the presidency. Constitutional and policy objections were raised to naming the President pro tempore or the Speaker, as it was assumed the individual would retain their office and seat in Congress while temporarily performing duties of the presidency; </s> the president should not have the power to appoint to office "the person who would be my immediate successor in the event of my own death or inability to act," and that the presidency should, whenever possible, "be filled by an elective officer." Cabinet officials are appointed by the president, whereas the Speaker and the President pro tempore are elected officials. He also recommended that a provision be made for election of a new president and vice president should vacancies in both of those offices occur more than three months before the midterm congressional elections. A bill incorporating the president's
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