The Vice President is next in the order of succession.
The Vice-President
Not until Inauguration Day, the current Vice President would become President
if the president dies the vice president will take his place if the vice president dies they will vote again
When the president dies the Vice President takes office. In present times if Barack Obama would die Joe Biden would become president.
When the president dies, becomes ill, resigns, is removed, OR IF THEY ARE ELECTED PRESIDENT in the next election.
In this case, the lame duck vice-president would become president.
The vice president will become the president if that happens. Well, what happened when Lincoln was killed?
The Vice President, Joe Biden, is next in line for President.
The Secretary of State is next in line after the Vice President.
When Bush was president, if he died, the vice president, Dick Cheney will become president (or Dan Quayle if speaking of George Bush Sr.) If Bush dies now, Barack Obama will remain president.
"If the President is convicted in an impeachment trial" (or dies), "the President is the only person who loses his office. The Vice President would become the President upon the conviction." -US Constitution
To become the President you must be either: * The President-Elect. * The Vice President when the President dies. * The Speaker of the House when the President and Vice President die, * The President Pro Tempore of the Senate when the President, Vice President and Speaker of the House dies. * The Secretary of State when the President, Vice President, Speaker of the House and President Pro Tempore of the Senate dies. * etc.