PRESIDENT

(Lat. prtesideo, I sit foremost.) A title applied to many officers in various capacities, but generally denoting a pre-eminency, either temporary or fixed, among a number of individuals a embled for a definite purpose. Thus the superior of a board or council, , is generally entitled president, as is the individual called to preside over an occasional meeting, or to fill the chair at a club, dinner, .; although the old English title of chairman is frequently used on such occasions. The supreme executive officer of the United States of America is styled president. The qualifications required of a person raised to this dignity are, to be a natural born [s. 992]