At the outset they seemed to have thought that the executive would be dependent upon the legislature, appointed by that body, and therefore more or less subject to its control.

But in the course of the proceedings the tendency was to grant greater and greater powers to the executive; in other words, he was becoming a figure of importance.

No such office as that of President of the United States was then in existence.

It was a new position which they were creating.

We have become so accustomed to it that it is difficult for us to hark back to the time when there was no such officer and to realize the difficulties and the fears of the men who were responsible for creating that office.
The presidency was obviously modeled after the governorship of the individual States, and yet the incumbent was to be at the head of the Thirteen States.