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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Shik: [QB] Alben Barkley also had the best exit line ever. On 30 April 1956, Barkely was giving a speech at Washington and Lee University in Virginia. He proclaimed, "I would rather be a servant in the House of the Lord than to sit in the seats of the mighty." He then promptly had a massive coronary & keeled over dead. In terms of presidental succession, there is no "moving up the ranks;" that is, the Speaker does not automatically become VP, the pres pro tem does not become the Speaker, etc. With a vice presidential vacancy anyone can be appointed to the job by the president, subject to congressional approval, of course. As I recall, so far the only time this has happened has been the whole Gerald Ford fiasco, where he was appointed, & then he appointed Nelson Rockefeller. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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