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Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: what happens if Reagan dies?
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Date: Thu, 20-Dec-84 21:41:20 EST
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Posted: Thu Dec 20 21:41:20 1984
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> 4) AND FINALLY, if both president- and vice-president-elect are dead by
>    Inauguration Day, the order of succession (Secy. of State, etc.)
>    hold temporarily until Congress chooses a president.
> -- 

The secretary of state is not in the order of succession for
president (nor is he mentioned in the constitution at all).  The
individual in line for the presidency after the vice president is
the Speaker of the House.