President Omar Bradley Offical
New York Times - November 11th, 1960
General Omar Bradley officaly anounced today that he is the New President-Elect, and has been teamed with Senator Prescott Bush as the new Ticket to Replace the Late Nixon/Rockefeller, The two will be sworn into office January 20th, 1961, as Nixon and Rockefeller would have been if they lived. Pat Nixon, Nixon's widow commented and said "Im glad the Republicans could find someone to take the office after *cries* my husband's death, and that this country will live on without and more crises". Commented Ms.Nixon
By who's authority?
Special election suggested
November 15, 1960
Due to the extraordinarily unprecedented nature of the constitutional crises currently engulfing the land many leaders in both parties are now calling for legislation for a special election to be held in 1962. It has been suggested that Eisenhower remain until January 20, 1963 when the winner of the 62 election takes office. Legislation is currently being drafted in the senate by Hubert Humphrey (D)-Minnesota and Clifford Case (R)-New Jersey to achieve such an election. The legality is currently up for debate.
There is no constitutional crisis - yet. Said legislation is premature and would be unconstitutional. What is certain is that Ike's term & his tenure as POTUS will end on 1-20-1961. There will not be a constitutional crisis until the new Congress receives the official electoral vote in 1-1961. A thought just occurred to me - If enough Nixon/Rockefeller Electoral votes are scattered amongst other candidates, so as to deny them a majority (not every one pledged to vote for Nixon/Rockefeller will cast their vote for dead men afterall), then the House and Senate would be able to vote for the next POTUS & VPOTUS and could elect Kennedy-Johnson. It's only after Nixon-Rockefeller receive a majority of electoral votes that a crisis could arise.
The electoral college DOES NOT work like that. There is no new nominee. The electoral college will probably vote for Nixon, albeit posthumously. Furthermore, the election was on November 8
Finally, there wasn't a clear line of succession, so there would be a constitutional fiasco.
If Nixon/Rockefeller win a majority of the electoral votes then Congress declares them to be the winners and that both offices will become vacant on 1-20-1961. Most probably, Sam Rayburn will be inagurated as the 35th POTUS at noon on that date.