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First time the 25th Amendment could have been used.
On the morning of April 5, 1841, Vice President John Tyler is informed that President William Henry Harrison had died of pneumonia the previous day. -
The Vice President Serves As ‘Acting President’
When John Wilkes Booth shoots President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, other conspirators working with him are sent to kill the Vice President and Secretary of State, who are next in line to succeed to the Presidency. The conspirators believe that this will destabilize the Union government. Although President Lincoln died, conspirator George Atzerodt lost his nerve and fled without assailing Vice President Andrew Johnson, and Lewis Powell is able only to wound Secretary of State. -
Vice President Agnew Resigns
Vice President Spiro Agnew resigns from office. Two months later, President Richard Nixon nominates the House Republican minority leader, Gerald R. Ford, to become Vice President, the first time that the Twenty-fifth Amendment is invoked. Ford is confirmed by the Senate and House. -
Vice President Ford Becomes President
In 1972, five burglars are arrested while breaking into the offices of the National Democratic Committee located at the Watergate building in Washington, D.C. Newspaper accounts soon link President Richard Nixon to the incident. s the House Judiciary Committee moves toward recommending Nixon’s impeachment, he resigns the Presidency. Vice President Gerald Ford is then sworn in as President. -
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963
A deranged man shoots President Ronald Reagan outside a hotel in Washington, D.C. -
25th Amendment "The List"
presidential succession based on the 25th Amendment
Vice President
Speaker of the House
president pro temp ore of the senate
secretary of the Treasury
secretary of defense
attorney general
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states that did not ratify
North Dakota, South Carolina, georgia -
First state to ratify the 25th Amendment was Nebraska
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Proposed the us congress
Proposed the us congress -
1st state
Nebraska was the 1st state to be ratify -
Connecticult
Connecticult -
37th state
Minnesota was the 37th state and nevada was the 38th state -
Montana
Montana -
President Lyndon B. Johnson is certified the amendment
President Lyndon B. Johnson is certified the amendment -
South Dakota
South Dakota -
1st use of the amendment
1st use of the amendment -
President Ford Chooses His Own Vice President
President Ford nominates former New York governor Nelson A. Rockefeller to become Vice President, filling the vacancy his own elevation to the Presidency has created. For the first time, the voters have elected neither the President nor the Vice President in a national election. -
The Twenty-fifth Amendment Is Considered After The President Is Shot
A deranged man shoots President Ronald Reagan outside a hotel in Washington, D.C. While the President is undergoing surgery, his advisers discuss invoking the Twenty-fifth Amendment, but reject the idea. Secretary of State Alexander Haig claims, contrary to the constitutional line of succession, that he was “in charge” until Vice President George H.W. Bush returns to Washington. -
President Bush Makes Plans To Turn Over Power
President George H.W. Bush announces that Vice President Dan Quayle will be acting President if the President requires electric shock therapy. As the treatment is never required, power is never transferred. Like President Bush, President Bill Clinton plans for the possibility of a disabling illness, including how and when power will be turned over to the Vice President. These plans are never needed. -
First Formal Use Of Disability Clause
When President George W. Bush undergoes a medical treatment that requires anesthesia, he transfers power to Vice President Dick Cheney for the hour that he will be sedated. This is the first formal use of the disability clause.