The U.S. Constitution has provided for the filling of mid-term vacancies in the U.S. Vice Presidency only since 1967. Since then only two people have become Vice President by appointment: Gerald R. Ford, whose nomination by President Nixon was confirmed by Congress on December 6, 1973, and Nelson A. Rockefeller, whose nomination by President Ford was confirmed on December 19, 1974.
The Speaker Of The House
The order of succession for the presidency according to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 is as follows: Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President pro tempore of the Senate, and then the Cabinet members in the order of their department's establishment.
Vice- President is the first in the line of succession for the presidency. Indeed such is the primary purpose for the office of vice-president.
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The 25th Amendment to the US constitutionestablishesguidelinesfor succession of the office of the president.
After the Vice President.
People say that the Vice President is "only a heartbeat away" from the presidency because the vice president is first in the order of succession. If the President's heart should stop beating, the Vice President takes over the office.If the president dies or otherwise become incapacitated, the vice-president becomes president.
People say that the Vice President is "only a heartbeat away" from the presidency because the vice president is first in the order of succession. If the President's heart should stop beating, the Vice President takes over the office.If the president dies or otherwise become incapacitated, the vice-president becomes president.
The succerssor to the president would be the Vice President. Below that are the other stages of government.
United States Code Title 3 Chapter 1 Section 19
The order of the Presidency is President followed by Vice President. Next in line to the presidency is the Speaker of the House.
Nobody but the vice-president can hold the job of the presidency temporarly. The Speaker of the House would be sworn in as President if the presidency and vice-presidency were vacated at the same time. He would then nominate a new vice-president.