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Twenty-fifth
Amendment
Proposed
on July 6, 1965. Ratified on February 10, 1967.
Sect.
1. In case of the removal of the President
from office or of his death or resignation, the
Vice President shall become President.
Sect.
2. Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of
the Vice President, the President shall nominate a
Vice President who shall take office upon
confirmation by a majority vote of both houses of
Congress.
Sect.
3. Whenever the President transmits to the
President pro tempore of the Senate and the
Speaker of the House of Representatives his
written declaration that he is unable to discharge
the powers and duties of his office, and until he
transmits to them a written declaration to the
contrary, such powers and duties shall be
discharged by the Vice President as Acting
President.
Sect.
4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of
either the principal officers of the executive
departments or of such other body as Congress may
by law provide, transmit to the President pro
tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House
of Representatives their written declaration that
the President is unable to discharge the powers
and duties of his office, the Vice President shall
immediately assume the powers and duties of the
office as Acting President. Thereafter, when the
President transmits to the President pro tempore
of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of
Representatives his written declaration that no
inability exists, he shall resume the powers and
duties of his office unless the Vice President and
a majority of either the principal officers of the
executive department or of such other body as
Congress may by law provide, transmit within four
days to the President pro tempore of the Senate
and the Speaker of the House of Representatives
their written declaration that the President is
unable to discharge the powers and duties of his
office. Thereupon Congress shall decide the issue,
assembling within forty-eight hours for that
purpose if not in session. If the Congress, within
twenty-one days after receipt of the latter
written declaration, or, if Congress is not in
session, within twenty-one days after Congress is
required to assemble, determines by two-thirds
vote of both Houses that the President is unable
to discharge the powers and duties of his office,
the Vice President shall continue to discharge the
same as Acting President; otherwise, the President
shall resume the powers and duties of his office.
Order
of State Ratification
| Nebraska |
Jul
12, 1965 |
Wisconsin |
Jul
13, 1965 |
| Oklahoma |
Jul
16, 1965 |
Massachusetts |
Aug
9, 1965 |
| Pennsylvania |
Aug
18, 1965 |
Kentucky |
Sep
15, 1965 |
| Arizona |
Sep
22, 1965 |
Michigan |
Oct
5, 1965 |
| Indiana |
Oct
20, 1965 |
California |
Oct
21, 1965 |
| Arkansas |
Nov
4, 1965 |
New
Jersey |
Nov
29, 1965 |
| Delaware |
Dec
7, 1965 |
Utah |
Jan
17, 1966 |
| West
Virginia |
Jan
20, 1966 |
Maine |
Jan
24, 1966 |
| Rhode
Island |
Jan
28, 1966 |
Colorado |
Feb
3, 1966 |
| New
Mexico |
Feb
3, 1966 |
Kansas |
Feb
8, 1966 |
| Vermont |
Feb
10, 1966 |
Alaska |
Feb
18, 1966 |
| Idaho |
Mar
2, 1966 |
Hawaii |
Mar
3, 1966 |
| Virginia |
Mar
8, 1966 |
Mississippi |
Mar
10, 1966 |
| New
York |
Mar
14, 1966 |
Maryland |
Mar
23, 1966 |
| Missouri |
Mar
30, 1966 |
New
Hampshire |
Jun
13, 1966 |
| Louisiana |
Jul
5, 1966 |
Tennessee |
Jan
12, 1967 |
| Wyoming |
Jan
25, 1967 |
Washington |
Jan
26, 1967 |
| Iowa |
Jan
26, 1967 |
Oregon |
Feb
2, 1967 |
| Minnesota |
Feb
10, 1967 |
Nevada |
Feb
10, 1967 |
| Connecticut |
Feb
14, 1967 |
Montana |
Feb
15, 1967 |
| South
Dakota |
Mar
6, 1967 |
Ohio |
Mar
7, 1967 |
| Alabama |
Mar
14, 1967 |
North
Carolina |
Mar
22, 1967 |
| Illinois |
Mar
22, 1967 |
Texas |
Apr
25, 1967 |
| Florida |
May
25, 1967 |
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last state required for ratification. |
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References
and Articles |
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The
Woodrow Wilson Story
Ford
Says Plan Needed to Transfer Power from Disabled
Presidents
Presidential
Succession: By President Gerald Ford
White
House Physicians
Order
of Presidential Succession
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Supply
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