That’s where the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 comes into play. It was signed by former President Harry Truman, and it ...

Section 1. In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President. Section 2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of ...

But what happens next? What is the U.S. order of succession? The U.S. Constitution and the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 detail the U.S. order of succession—what would happen if the ...

The current succession statute, however, contains the legislative offices, with the Speaker first and the president pro tem next, followed by a line of cabinet officers in the order in which the ...

In the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination, however, the current order of Presidential succession has come under critical examination. The deficiencies and obscurities of the present law become ...