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There was even less agreement on whether a presidential immunity from prosecution applies to a Vice President. Although three previous Vice Presidents (Aaron Burr, John C. Calhoun and Schuyler Colfax) were threatened with criminal charges, none was either brought to trial or impeached, so there are no clear precedents. Kurland believes that since only the President is indispensable, only he enjoys the privilege of immunity. According to the Constitution, the Vice President's sole duty is to preside over the Senate-and to be ready to succeed the President if necessary. But Bickel argues that immunity also applies...
Hobart, Levi P. Morton, Schuyler Colfax, Horatio Seymour...
...Almanac does not count Speaker Theodore M. Pomeroy, who served for one day - May 3, 1869. His predecessor, Schuyler Colfax, resigned the Speakership that day in order to take the oath of office as Grant's Vice President. The House needed a Speaker for the final day of that lame-duck session and elected Pomeroy...
Peter B. Dunbar, of Lowell House and Colfax, Ind., Battalion Commander; Joseph V. Hajek, of Eliot House and New York City, Battalion Executive Officer; Harold M. Ross, of Eliot House and Kansas City, Kan., "A" Company Commander; Robert S. Hoffsis, of Winthrop House and Albany, N.Y., "B" Company Commander; and Richard H. Weller, of Adams House and Pelham, N.Y., "C" Company Commander...
...MARTIN COLFAX Coral Gables...