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Horace Greeley is the only presidential candidate to win pledged electors in the general election and then die before the presidential inauguration; he secured 66 votes in 1872 and died before the Electoral College met. Greeley had already clearly lost the election and most of his votes inconsequentially scattered to other candidates.
Section 3 further refines the Twelfth Amendment by declaring that if the president-elect dies before Inauguration Day, the vice president-elect will be sworn in as president on that day and serve for the full four-year term to which that person was elected.
Section 3 of the Twentieth Amendment declares that if the president-elect dies before their term begins, the vice president-elect becomes president on Inauguration Day and serves for the full term to which the president-elect was elected, and also that, if on Inauguration Day, a president has not been chosen or the president-elect does not ...
What happens if the winning candidate dies before Inauguration Day? ... The 12th Amendment to the Constitution gives Congress the final say on who is elected president and vice president. Congress ...
According to the 20th Amendment, if a new president has not been chosen and certified or if the president-elect has died before Inauguration Day, the vice president-elect takes over the position.
Of course, the constitutionality of the designated survivor in this sort of situation is pretty messy because the 20th Amendment, which details what should happen if the president-elect dies ...
The 20th Amendment, Section 3, supersedes the above 12th Amendment provision, by declaring that if the president-elect dies before his term begins, the vice president-elect becomes president on Inauguration Day and serves for the full term to which the president-elect was elected, and also that, if on Inauguration Day, a president has not been ...
If a new president is elected but dies before inauguration, the duly elected vice president would become the next president. A new vice president would need to be approved by the Senate and the ...