That’s where the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 comes into play. It was signed by former President Harry Truman, and it ...
The United States has a determined hierarchy for the presidential line of succession. If the elected president dies, resigns, is temporarily incapacitated, or is removed from office, the office of ...
In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President ...
CU Boulder’s presidential chain of office and university mace were gifts from Lois Hawthorn (1924) and David Hawthorn (1924) to honor the university’s history and legacy at commencement. In medieval ...
U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) resumed the role of Senate president pro tempore. The person who is the longest-serving senator in the majority party holds that position. Grassley was sworn in ...
The original Presidential Succession Clause of the Constitution ... Issues of Inability and Disability in Presidents to the United States (James F. Toole and Robert J. Joint eds., ...
Kennedy tragically demonstrates the great vulnerability of the President of the United States. For the fourth ... the current order of Presidential succession has come under critical examination.