The
Twenty-fifth Amendment (
Amendment XXV) to the
United States Constitution deals with succession to the
Presidency and establishes procedures both for filling a vacancy in the office of the
Vice President, as well as responding to Presidential disabilities. It supersedes the ambiguous wording of Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution, which does not expressly state whether the Vice President becomes the President or
Acting President if the President dies, resigns, is removed from office or is otherwise unable to discharge the powers of the presidency. The Twenty-fifth Amendment was adopted on February 10, 1967.