20 amendment There have been no Amendments altering Presidential Succession after the Vice President. That is set by Act of Congress. The only Amendments affecting Presidential Succession are the 20th, which provides for the Vice-President-elect to become President should a President-elect die before inauguration, and the 25th, which allows a new Vice-President to be appointed should that office fall vacant.
The presidential succession Act of 1947
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25th
Originally, congress was to decide who was next in line for office after the Vice President. The 25th Amendment changed presidential succession to what it is today.
The 25th - passed in 1965 and ratified in 1967
The 25th Amendment was brought out of concern of having a disabled President. The 25th Amendment was adopted on February 23, 1967.