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Here's a question I hope for American politics experts !

If FDR's running mate in 1944 had remained Henry A Wallace, then on FDR's death in 1945, Wallace would have become President

Who would have been next in line ? According to what information I can find, prior to the 1947 Presidential Succession Act this would have been the US Secretary of State - yes ?

However, who would this have been if it was an FDR-Wallace ticket which won the election in November 1944 ?

I can see Cordell Hull was Secretary of State from 1933 until November 1944, when some chap I'd never heard of, Edward Stettinius Jnr becomes Secretary of State, but only holds this position from December 1944 to June 1945 - why ? Did Truman sack him ? If so, would Wallace have found him more amenable ? Or with Wallace on the ticket rather than Truman, would Hull have remained Secretary of State beyond 1944 ?

Alternatively, perhaps, with an FDR-Wallace ticket, would Hull have still been replaced (was he ill ?), but by someone other than this Stettinius chap ?

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Grey Wolf
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