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Vice Presidential Vacancy

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

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Chronological records

1963

Lyndon Baines Johnson22 November 1963

Washington · Politics / Assassination of Kennedy, JF

Johnson's succession to the presidency left the vice presidency vacant, because existing law provided no mechanism for appointing a replacement vice president.

Names involved

Lyndon Baines Johnson

Provenance

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