Author Roy Brownell discusses the Presidential Succession Act of 1792 and its applicability during the presidencies of Tyler and Johnson and the 1886 Act. Global Search Search In.

Washington was reelected unanimously in the 1792 presidential election, and chose to retire after two terms. He was succeeded by his vice president, John Adams of the Federalist Party.

On this day in 1792, Congress approved the Presidential Succession Act. The compromise measure placed in the line of succession, behind the vice president, the Senate president pro tempore ...

Professor Amar's argument renders the presidential succession acts of 1792 and 1947 unconstitutional by barring putting the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President Pro Temper of ...

Description. Author Roy Brownell discusses the Presidential Succession Act of 1792 and its applicability during the presidencies of Tyler and Johnson and the 1886 Act.

On this day in 1792, Congress placed the president pro tempore of the Senate behind the vice president in the line of presidential succession. Since the drafting of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 ...