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USA Had No President (19th Dec 08 at 12:30am UTC)
I came across this article, and I found it pretty interesting. Apparently the United States was (technically) without a president for a day in 1849. I find the text on Rice Atchison's gravestone to be a little confusing though; does US law not require a president to be sworn in? Could those of you in the States fill me in? Was he actually the president, or just the person with the most power in the government for that one day?
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Re: USA Had No President (19th Dec 08 at 3:55pm UTC)
If the president is unable to be president our vice president takes over. Than Speaker of the House, etc. We have a long list. Like if something happened to Bush and Cheney right now, a woman will become president of the United States, Nancy Pelosi. When sworn in you are just "assuming" presidential duties until the president is back. If the Vice President was out of reach, they can wait until the next day, but until the Vice President is found our House of Representatives' Speaker of the House will be "acting president". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
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Re: USA Had No President (20th Dec 08 at 2:24am UTC)
Posted By ashkir on 19th Dec 08 at 3:55pm If the president is unable to be president our vice president takes over. Than Speaker of the House, etc. We have a long list. Like if something happened to Bush and Cheney right now, a woman will become president of the United States, Nancy Pelosi. When sworn in you are just "assuming" presidential duties until the president is back. If the Vice President was out of reach, they can wait until the next day, but until the Vice President is found our House of Representatives' Speaker of the House will be "acting president". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession Aye, but in this case the president's term was up, meaning so was everyone else's in his administration.
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Re: USA Had No President (20th Dec 08 at 11:11pm UTC)
Atchison was not the President. Polk's term was extended for a day. The city where he comes from claims that he was President for one day for tourism.
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Re: USA Had No President (21st Dec 08 at 7:56pm UTC)
Snopes says Atchhison was not president. ^_^ http://www.snopes.com/history/american/atchison.asp
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Re: USA Had No President (21st Dec 08 at 11:41pm UTC)
Thanks for the link Ash, it makes more sense now. I still think it's an interesting article, though.
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