When the president (George Bush) and the vice president of the United States dies, who will be vice president and president of the country? Please answer asap, by next friday
2007-03-10 08:21:58 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
According to the 25th Amendment of the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution, known as the Presidential Succession Law of 1947, if the President of the United States is incapacitated, dies, resigns, is for any reason unable to hold his office, or is removed from office (impeached and convicted), people in the following offices, in this order, will assume the office of the President, provided they are qualified as stated by the Constitution to assume the office of the President, which means they have to be must be at least 35 years old, must be a natural-born U.S. citizen, and have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.
Speaker of the House
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security
The 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, passed in 1967, provides for procedures to fill vacancies in the Vice Presidency; further clarifies presidential succession rules
2007-03-11 04:59:57 · answer #1 · answered by NJGuy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A president has died in office a number of times. I think it is something like 5 times. The 2 most notable though are Andrew Johnson who took over when Abe Lincoln was killed and Lyndon Johnson who took over when John F Kennedy was killed. After the VP is sworn into the presidency I don't think that another VP is named, I think that they just go on without a VP until the next election but I could be wrong. Remember the main day to day duty of the VP is simply to preside over the Senate but he can temporarily hand this duty over to others. The VP also casts a deciding vote in the senate if the senate is deadlocked voting exactly evenly on an issue. So I don't think that there is much that the VP needs to do as compared to the president.
2016-03-28 23:18:42 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The Constitution says that the Speaker of The House of Representatives is next in line for the Presidency. There may not necessarily be a vice president but one may be appointed. The appointee would have to be approved by the Senate.
2007-03-10 08:29:32 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Speaker Of The House. Nancy Pelosi.
2007-03-10 08:25:27 · answer #4 · answered by Count Acumen 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The third in line of succession is the Speaker of The House,who would then nominate a person of their choosing as Vice-President,who then has to be approved by Congress.
2007-03-10 08:41:05 · answer #5 · answered by Zapatta McFrench 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If they both die at the same time Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. That only happens if Bush & Cheney die at the same time or before one could select a VP
If Cheney dies, Bush would select a new VP. If Bush were to die after that, the new VP would be pres and select their own VP.
And since the VP is a constitutionally elected position the new selected VPs would have to be approved by the Senate.
If Bush dies, Cheney would be president, and select his own VP. If Cheney then dies, his new VP would be pres and they would select their own VP.
2007-03-10 08:31:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Speaker of the House. Nancy Pelosi.
2007-03-10 08:25:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Speaker of the House would be president.
2007-03-10 08:28:29 · answer #8 · answered by kass9191 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
the Speaker of the House. currently that would be Nancy Pelosi. ---followed by various members of the Cabinet.
If you want to know the exact order I advise you to research that in any decent BOOK on Gov't
2007-03-10 08:28:44 · answer #9 · answered by jj raider 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Nancy Pelosi..and I'm moving to the Antarctic..The hell with global warming...Hey Jude!!! Take a course in Civics
2007-03-10 08:27:23 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋