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If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice ...
Twentieth Amendment Presidential Term and Succession. Section 1 Terms. Presidential and Congressional Terms. Section 2 Meetings of Congress. Date When Congress Shall Meet. Section 3 Succession. Presidential Succession. Section 4 Congress and Presidential Succession. Congress's Power to Provide Further for Presidential Succession.
- Section 1 Terms
- Section 2 Meetings of Congress
- Section 3 Succession
- Section 4 Congress and Presidential Succession
- Section 5 Effective Date
- Section 6 Ratification
The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin. 1. Amdt20.S1.1Presidential and Co...
The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall begin at noon on the 3d day of January, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. 1. Amdt20.S2.1Date When Congress Shall Meet
If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as ...
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolve...
Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the 15th day of October following the ratification of this article. 1. Amdt20.S5.1Effective Date of Sections 1 and 2 of Twentieth Amendment
This article shall be inoperative unless it shall have been ratified as an amendment to the Constitution by the legislatures of three-fourths of the several States within seven years from the date of its submission. 1. Amdt20.S6.1Ratification of Twentieth Amendment
Twentieth Amendment, amendment (1933) to the Constitution of the United States indicating the beginning and ending dates of presidential and congressional terms. It was proposed by Sen. George W. Norris of Nebraska on March, 2, 1932, and was certified the following January.
Pursuant to the authority conferred upon it by Section 3 of the Twentieth Amendment, Congress passed the Presidential Succession Act of 1948 1. to address the situation that would arise if both the President-elect and Vice President-elect failed to qualify on or before the time fixed for the beginning of the new Presidential term.
The terms of the President and the Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January, and the terms of Senators and Representatives at noon on the 3d day of January, of the years in which such terms would have ended if this article had not been ratified; and the terms of their successors shall then begin.
Twentieth Amendment, Section 3: If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President.
