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inlawrev-23209	Feerick, John D.	Remarks: Presidential Succession and Impeachment: Historical Precedents, from Indiana Beyond	2021	26	.pdf	application/pdf	11722	713	60	Hendricks’ death also illustrated the problem of vice-presidential vacancy.5 Charles Fairbanks was Vice President to Theodore Roosevelt, who had succeeded to the presidency after President William McKinley’s assassination in 1901.6 The McKinley assassination may have had a significant impact on Fairbanks’ career. To provide for these contingencies, they included Article II, Section 1, Clause 6, which states, In Case of the Removal of the President from Office, or of his Death, Resignation, or Inability to discharge the Powers and Duties of the said Office, the Same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by Law provide for the Case of Removal, Death, Resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President, declaring what Officer shall then act as President, and such Officer shall act accordingly, until the Disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.11 In sum, the Succession Clause made the Vice President the first successor to the presidency in the event of the President’s death, resignation, removal or inability.	cache/inlawrev-23209.pdf	txt/inlawrev-23209.txt