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The elected president must resign his position in the senate causing a vacancy as occurs if a senator dies in office or resigns for any reason. What happens next depends upon the state legislature of the affected state. According to the 17th Amendment the state legislature can direct the governor to appoint someone to temporarily serve as senator until an election can be held or else leave the office open until an election can be held. The exact timing of the election is left to the legislature.
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How many seats in the US Senate?
There are one hundred senators, two from each state in the union. If you include the President of the Senate, who is not an elected senator but who is the sitting vice president of the US, you could say there are 101 seats. The President of the Senate can break a tie vote.
Who was the only sitting US House member to be elected President straight from the House of Representatives?
James A. Garfield
Can the president may be re-elected three times?
The President may only be re-elected one time, to serve two consecutive terms. ------------ Well, technically, a person may serve as many as 10 years as President. This can be accomplished if the vice president must finish the term of another president and the time remaining is equal to but less than 2 more years. At that point the sitting president can be elected two more times. Could you claim they were re-elected twice? That's up to the observer.
What do you mean by the term sitting president?
a president that is in ofice
How many presidents returned to congress after serving as president?
One.Only John Quincy Adams, see http://americanhistory.suite101.com/article.cfm/john_quincy_adams_dies_in_congress Unfortunally http://wiki.answers.com/Q/User:Matthewra. is wrong thiers accuatly 2 I dont know who was the toher one btu I knwo there's only 2 presidents ty-Learn.com The answer is TWO (2) John Quincy Adams and Andrew Johnson
What do you call the sitting president after the election and he was not elected?
lame duck
How many seats in the US Senate?
There are one hundred senators, two from each state in the union. If you include the President of the Senate, who is not an elected senator but who is the sitting vice president of the US, you could say there are 101 seats. The President of the Senate can break a tie vote.
What are the three ways of becoming a president?
Death of a sitting president the Vice President becomes president, election, or by resignation and the Vice President again becomes president.
Has a us senator ever been shot?
Robert "Bobby" Kennedy was shot by Sirhan Sirhan as a sitting Senator while trying to secure the Democratic nomination for President.
How many times may a sneator be re-elctected?
As many times as his constituents want to re-elect him. The longest serving senator Robert Byrd had been elected to the senate 9 times and served 51 years 176 days. Patrick Leahy is presently the longest sitting Senator, elected 7 times and serving over 37 years to date, replacing Daniel Inouye of Hawaii (recently deceased) as the longest sitting senator, who had been elected 9 times and served almost 50 years.
Who was the only sitting US House member to be elected President straight from the House of Representatives?
James A. Garfield
What problem with the vice presidency was the twenty fifth amendment meant to solve?
The Twenty-Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution clarifies that the Vice President becomes President at the death, impeachment, resignation or incapacity of the sitting President. It also establishes procedures for filling a vacancy in the office of the Vice President,
Can the president may be re-elected three times?
The President may only be re-elected one time, to serve two consecutive terms. ------------ Well, technically, a person may serve as many as 10 years as President. This can be accomplished if the vice president must finish the term of another president and the time remaining is equal to but less than 2 more years. At that point the sitting president can be elected two more times. Could you claim they were re-elected twice? That's up to the observer.
Who was President George W. Bush?
George W. Bush (born July 6, 1946) was the 43rd President of the United States, and also former governor of the state of Texas. Bush served as Texas governor from 1995 to 2000, when he was elected to his first term as President, defeating sitting Vice-President Albert Gore of Tennessee. Bush was re-elected in 2004 in another close election, over Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts. Bush was succeeded on January 20, 2009, by the 44th US President, Barack Obama.Bush's father, George H.W. Bush, was the 41st President of the US, serving from 1989 to 1993, and was previously Vice President for two terms under President Ronald Reagan.George W.Bush became the 43rd president of the United States in 2001
Was Senator Jake garn first in space?
Senator Jake Garn was the first sitting member of the US congress to go into space.
Who was the first vice president to become because the elected president died in office?
Of the eight U.S. Vice Presidents who advanced to the Presidency due to the death of the sitting President, the first was John Tyler, 31 days after William Henry Harrison's inauguration in 1841.
What day was Ronald reagon elected president?
Ronald Reagan was elected president on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 1980. He defeated sitting President Jimmy Carter in that election (Reagan earned 489 electoral votes while Carter earned 49). Reagan was re-elected president on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 1984. In that election, he defeated former Vice-President Walter Mondale (Reagan earned 525 electoral votes while Mondale earned 13).
