I’m not sure I’d call a President dying in office a ‘fringe scenario’. Lincoln was the 3rd president to die in office, which at that point is almost 20% of them.
At least by that point, they had fixed the system so that the runner up on the election wasn’t the VP. That made for very awkward scenarios early on.
I’m not sure I’d call a President dying in office a ‘fringe scenario’. Lincoln was the 3rd president to die in office, which at that point is almost 20% of them.
At least by that point, they had fixed the system so that the runner up on the election wasn’t the VP. That made for very awkward scenarios early on.