When was the presidential succession act enacted

At that early date, the outlines of our coming political parties were taking shape. One other notable feature of the first line of succession is that if the president and vice president both died, and the Senate Pro tempore or Speaker of the House became president, they would serve as president only for a short time until a new presidential election could be held to fill out the remainder of the term. Congress passed the second presidential succession act because it saw real problems in the first one, especially related to having only members of Congress in the line of succession.

At a couple of points in time, the first succession act left us dangerously unprotected with no one in the line of succession. Congress in this earlier era typically met in December of its first year and, therefore, there were times when Congress had not selected a Senate President Pro Tempore or House Speaker.

In a couple of instances, either the president or vice president had died, leaving only the president in power with no one behind him in the line of succession.

Early in his term, Truman began thinking about presidential succession and proposed changes in the law to Congress. Truman had spent ten years in the Senate and more than a decade in other elective office. He believed that, unlike cabinet secretaries, congressional leaders had been elected, which gave them a greater legitimacy to step into the presidency.

So, the current hybrid structure was created, with the Speaker and President Pro Tempore in the line of succession followed by the cabinet members.

The question of Presidential succession had been an often debated question. The constitution is vague stating "The Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation, or inability, both of the President and Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.

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