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The United States Presidential Succession Act is a federal statute establishing the presidential line of succession. [1] Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the United States Constitution authorizes Congress to enact such a statute:
The presidential order of succession is set by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, as amended. [1] The order consists of congressional officers, followed by the members of the cabinet in the order of the establishment of each department, provided that each officer satisfies the constitutional requirements for serving as president. [2]
The Article II succession clause authorizes Congress to designate which federal officeholders would accede to the presidency if the vice president were unable to do so, a situation which has never occurred. The current Presidential Succession Act was adopted in 1947 and last revised in 2006.
Photo Illustrations by Luis G. Rendon/The Daily Beast/GettyOn Jan. 3, the formal leadership of the Senate is poised to pass to one of two 89-year olds: Republican Chuck Grassley of Iowa or ...
The designated survivor is chosen by the outgoing administration.
Section 2 provides a mechanism for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. Before the Twenty-fifth Amendment, a vice-presidential vacancy continued until a new vice president took office at the start of the next presidential term; the vice presidency had become vacant several times due to death, resignation, or succession to the presidency, and these vacancies had often lasted several years.
The 1886 Presidential Succession Act put cabinet members, but no congressional leaders, in line for the presidency depending on when their departments were created.
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress, in its 2004 report "Presidential and Vice Presidential Succession: Overview and Current Legislation," [8] discussed the question of when candidates who have received a majority of electoral votes become president-elect. The report notes that the constitutional status of the ...