The Idea of a President, An American Idea!

The President of the United States might be the most powerful position in the world. But where did we get the idea of having a president? Why not just have a king or no leader at all? It might surprise you to know that the position of “president” is an American invention, berthed during the debates over America’s political future at the Philadelphia Constitutional Convention of 1787. At that convention the founding fathers created the presidency, a position where the leader is elected, serves for a definite term, does not inherit his position, and has specific and prearranged powers granted to him in a written constitution.