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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

25th Amendment to the US Constitution took effect

On February 10, 1967, the 25th Amendment to the US Constitution, pertaining to Presidential disability and succession, took effect.

Lyndon Johnson sworn in after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy

Learn more about Presidential succession from the AEI/Brookings Continuity of Government Commission.



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