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Report: Providing For The Performance Of The Duties Of The Office Of The President In Case Of The Removal, Resignation, Death, Or Inability Both Of The President And Vice President, Committee On The Judiciary. House Of Representatives. United States. Jul 1947

Report: Providing For The Performance Of The Duties Of The Office Of The President In Case Of The Removal, Resignation, Death, Or Inability Both Of The President And Vice President, Committee On The Judiciary. House Of Representatives. United States.

Congressional Materials

House Judiciary Committee report on legislation to reform the Presidential Succession Act of 1886. The report includes a letter from the U.S. Attorney General analyzing pending legislative proposals.


Report: Providing For The Performance Of The Duties Of The Office Of President In Case Of The Removal, Resignation, Or Inability Both Of The President And Vice President, Committee On Rules And Administration. Senate. United States. Mar 1947

Report: Providing For The Performance Of The Duties Of The Office Of President In Case Of The Removal, Resignation, Or Inability Both Of The President And Vice President, Committee On Rules And Administration. Senate. United States.

Congressional Materials

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration report on amendments to proposed legislation related to presidential succession.


Hearings: Succession To The Presidency, Committee On Rules And Administration. Senate. United States. Mar 1947

Hearings: Succession To The Presidency, Committee On Rules And Administration. Senate. United States.

Congressional Materials

Senate Committee on Rules and Administration hearings on legislative proposals related to presidential succession.


Presidential Succession: Communication From The President Of The United States: Recommending Revision Of The Laws As Suggested In His Message To Congress Of June 19, 1945, Harry S. Truman, United States. President (1945-1953: Truman) Feb 1947

Presidential Succession: Communication From The President Of The United States: Recommending Revision Of The Laws As Suggested In His Message To Congress Of June 19, 1945, Harry S. Truman, United States. President (1945-1953: Truman)

Executive Branch Materials

President Harry Truman's second message to Congress calling for the inclusion of legislators in the line succession. Congress approved such a statute five months later. That statute remains in effect.


Report: Election Of President And Presidential Succession, Committee On Privileges And Elections. Senate. United States. Jan 1946

Report: Election Of President And Presidential Succession, Committee On Privileges And Elections. Senate. United States.

Congressional Materials

Senate Committee on Privileges and Elections report on a resolution to create a joint committee with members from the House and Senate to study issues relating to presidential succession.


Report: Question Of The Presidential Succession, Committee On The Judiciary. House Of Representatives. United States. Jun 1945

Report: Question Of The Presidential Succession, Committee On The Judiciary. House Of Representatives. United States.

Congressional Materials

House Judiciary Committee report on legislation to reform the Presidential Succession Act of 1886, in part, by making legislators the next successors to the presidency after the vice president.


Question Of The Presidential Succession: Message From The President Of The United States: Transmitting Request For Legislation Dealing With The Question Of The Presidential Succession, Harry S. Truman, United States. President (1945-1953: Truman) Jun 1945

Question Of The Presidential Succession: Message From The President Of The United States: Transmitting Request For Legislation Dealing With The Question Of The Presidential Succession, Harry S. Truman, United States. President (1945-1953: Truman)

Executive Branch Materials

Two months after President Franklin Roosevelt's death, President Harry Truman delivered this message to Congress. Truman called on Congress to reevaluate the presidential line of succession.