Answer:
the government at the time did not want a strong leader/ give all the power to a single person . the reason for that is they did not want a king rulling them like before, keep in mind that they were originally from england.
the house and the senate basically wanted to keep all the power and use the president as figure head .. an important thing to note is *** the president gained more power after each election. and congress has continued to give the president more power as well m
* not an expert in law lol , just a highschool student but hopefully I kinda help you*