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Twenty-fifth Amendment

United States of America · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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Chronological records

1967

Lyndon Baines Johnson23 February 1967

Washington · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Johnson marked ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment, which clarified presidential succession and created a procedure for filling a vacant vice presidency.

Names involved

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Provenance

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