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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.