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Beck Reilly
March 28th, 2004, 02:35 AM
Here's the scenario (don't ask me how it happens, I just need the answer):

It is 1945. FDR is dead. Congress is forcing the new President to resign for one reason or another. Again, don't ask. The new President, who was FDR's last VP, resigns. Who becomes President, then??

There was no VP under Truman from 1945-1949, so I'm not quite sure how the Presidential succession worked at the time...
NapoleonXIV
March 28th, 2004, 03:48 AM
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101032.html

Speaker of the House, I believe. I remember this from when Newt Gingrich was 'two heartbeats from the Presidency'
Beck Reilly
March 28th, 2004, 04:05 AM
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0101032.html

Speaker of the House, I believe. I remember this from when Newt Gingrich was 'two heartbeats from the Presidency'

Yeah, that's the order as set by the 25th Amendment. Prior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant.
Derek Jackson
November 6th, 2004, 05:35 PM
No, until 1947 it was the Secretary of State. Succsession beyond the VP is left to Congress by the 25th amendment