Amendment XX, Section 4
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
Debates in Congress
- quoted bySuggestedHouse, February 12, 1932, ¶ 472
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of ch.oice devolves upon them and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice…
The paragraph gives the words of section 4 of the proposed amendment; this run of words appears unchanged in Section 4 of the Twentieth Amendment.
- quoted bySuggestedHouse, February 13, 1932, ¶ 89
Section 4 provides that Congress may provide for the contingency of death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President or the Senate may choose a Vice President.
The paragraph sets out section 4 of the joint resolution in part in its own words; this run of words appears unchanged in Section 4 of the Twentieth Amendment.
- quoted bySuggestedHouse, February 13, 1932, ¶ 434
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice devolves upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice devolves…
The paragraph gives the words of section 4 of the joint resolution; this run of words appears unchanged in Section 4 of the Twentieth Amendment.
- quoted bySuggestedHouse, February 13, 1932 (2), ¶ 43
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice devolves upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice devolves…
The paragraph gives the words of section 4 of the joint resolution; this run of words appears unchanged in Section 4 of the Twentieth Amendment.
- quoted bySuggestedHouse, March 1, 1932, ¶ 13
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
The paragraph gives the words of section 4 as agreed in conference; they appear unchanged in Section 4 of the Twentieth Amendment.
- quoted bySuggestedSenate, February 17, 1932, ¶ 7
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice devolves upon them, .
The paragraph gives the words of section 4 of the House amendment; this run of words appears unchanged in Section 4 of the Twentieth Amendment.
- quoted bySuggestedSenate, March 2, 1932, ¶ 9
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom · the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
The paragraph gives the words of section 4 as agreed in conference; they appear unchanged in Section 4 of the Twentieth Amendment.
- quoted bySuggestedSenate, March 2, 1932, ¶ 54
The Congress may by law provide for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the House of Representatives may choose a President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them, and for the case of the death of any of the persons from whom the Senate may choose a Vice President whenever the right of choice shall have devolved upon them.
The paragraph gives the words of section 4 as agreed in conference; they appear unchanged in Section 4 of the Twentieth Amendment.
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