It's began with the Spanish American war
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The order of succession specifies that the office passes to the vice president; if the vice presidency is simultaneously vacant, or if the vice president is also incapacitated, the powers and duties of the presidency pass to the speaker of the House of Representatives, president pro tempore of the Senate,
The answer would be the Pilgrims. :) Sorry if wrong.
The term "representative government" refers to a system in which larger groups are represented in government bodies by one person or a small group of people. The term is commonly used to describe a representative democracy or an indirect democracy.