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To: Verginius Rufus

If the President and Vice President both die, the Speaker of the House becomes the next President, not Acting President.


45 posted on 11/04/2022 3:43:51 PM PDT by DMD13
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To: DMD13
Did Congress pass a law to that effect? I don't see it anywhere in the Constitution.

The original text of the Constitution spoke of "what Officer shall then act as President." When William Henry Harrison died, John Tyler called himself President and got away with it, although some people thought he was only the Acting President. In any case the 25th amendment addressed that point and said that the Vice President shall become President.

48 posted on 11/04/2022 6:32:49 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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