Terms in this set (5) What is the purpose of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947? The purpose of the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 is if the President/ Vice President so happen to dies the next person to take over is the Speaker of the House and then the President pro team of the Senate is next in line.

The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which officials of the United States federal government assume the powers and duties of the office of president of the United States if the incumbent president becomes incapacitated, dies, resigns, or is removed from office.

The resulting Presidential Succession Act of 1947 is the governing law today. Under the 1947 act, a Cabinet successor serving as acting President is subject to dismissal and replacement at will by either the Speaker or the President pro tem if at any time either one decides to assume the acting presidency themselves.

In 1886 Congress replaced the two congressional officials in the line of succession with cabinet officers, in the order of their agencies’ creation. Proponents of this change argued that the Senate elected its presidents pro tempore based on parliamentary rather than executive skills.

It provided that in case of the removal, death, resignation or inability of both the President and Vice President, such officer would “act as President until the disability of the President or Vice-President is removed or a President shall be elected.”

Section 3 of the Twentieth Amendment declares that if the president-elect dies before their term begins, the vice president-elect becomes president on Inauguration Day and serves for the full term to which the president-elect was elected, and also that, if on Inauguration Day, a president has not been chosen or the …

ii) Not less than 25 years of age to be a member of the Legislative Assembly and not less than 30 years as per Article 173 of Indian Constitution to be a member of the Legislative Council.

be above 25 years of age.

The oldest person to become Prime Minister was Morarji Desai, who became Prime Minister at the age of 81 years, 23 days. The youngest person to become Prime Minister was Rajiv Gandhi, who became Prime Minister at the age of 40 years, 72 days.