just wondering.
2007-04-24 03:31:48 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The president would more than likely appoint the secretary of state witch is the person that is next in succession.
2007-04-24 03:54:09 · answer #1 · answered by suro25 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
kja53 is right. Before the constitution was amended a vice presidential vacancy could not be filled until the next election. Harry Truman had no VP from 1945 until 1949, and Teddy Roosevelt had none from 1901 to 1905.
2007-04-24 10:49:39 · answer #2 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Section 2 of the 25th Amendment provides that "Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress."
Gerald Ford was the first Vice President selected by this method, after the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew in 1973; after succeeding to the Presidency, Ford nominated Nelson Rockefeller as vice president.
2007-04-24 10:36:19 · answer #3 · answered by kja63 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
The presidential line of succession goes like this:
President
VP
Speaker of the House
President of the Senate (Pro Tempore)
Secretary of State
Secretary of Defense
2007-04-24 10:47:35 · answer #4 · answered by Global warming ain't cool 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It goes to the Speaker of the House until the next election.
2007-04-24 10:38:07 · answer #5 · answered by Chick-A- Deedle 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
no one "takes over" the president appoints someone and congress approves them... in other words our ladder system (where Pelosi is 3rd in command) only shifts people upwards if everyone above them is gone.
2007-04-24 10:34:20 · answer #6 · answered by pip 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋