Heart. I am deeply humbled by your confidence and on behalf of my family here and gone, i accept your nomination to run and serve as Vice President of the United States of america. [cheers and applause] in my book, i make the argument that the rise of the american vicepresidency began in what ive described as the rise of the modern vicepresidency. Everything else i can consider the premodern vicepresident s si. And i trade this modern vicepresidency to Warren Hardings decision to invite Calvin Coolidge to be a member of the cabinet and sit with the cabinet. No president has done that about. Not that there were the Vice President s in meetings but to be a formal member of the cabinet. Invited coolidge to that. So i described that as as being a very Pivotal Moment of furthering the attachment as an executive institution. Origins are if was an afterthought at the federal convention. Alexander hamilton proposed having a Vice President. He was basing it on lieutenant governors because there
Your nomination to run and serve as Vice President of United States of america. [cheers and applause] in my book i make the argument that the rights of the american vice presidency really began in what i described as the rise of the modern vice presidency. Everything else i consider the premodern vice presidency, and i trace the modern vice presidency toward harding decision to invite Calvin Coolidge to be a member of the cabinet and to sit with the cabinet. No president had done that before. Not that there were not vice presidency meetings occasionally like it would be with other cabinet members but to be a a formal member of the cabinet, he invited coolidge to that. So i described that is being a very Pivotal Moment in terms of the vice presidency as an institution in furthering its attachment as an executive institution. The origins are first of all it was an afterthought at the federal convention. Alexander hamilton proposed having a Vice President turkey was basing it on lieutenan