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Amendment XXV · Section 1

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In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.

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Passed by Congress July 6, 1965. Ratified February 10, 1967. (Note: Article II, Section 1 of the Constitution was modified by the 25th Amendment.)

Source: the uploaded National Constitution Center edition. Historical wording and its bracket markers remain visible; later amendments and the reading notes explain changes.