Invocations of Twenty-fifth Amendment Acting President of the United States

vice president george h. w. bush became first person become acting president



vice president dick cheney second person become acting president , first twice.

only 3 times in american history has acted president. in cases, self-declared incapacity method used president voluntarily transfer presidential authority vice president while president under anesthesia medical procedure:

on july 13, 1985, president ronald reagan underwent surgery remove cancerous polyps colon. prior undergoing surgery, transmitted letter speaker of house of representatives tip o neill , president pro tempore of senate strom thurmond declaring incapacity. vice president george h. w. bush acting president 11:28 until 19:22, when reagan transmitted second letter resume powers , duties of office.
on june 29, 2002, president george w. bush declared himself temporarily unable discharge powers , duties of office prior undergoing colonoscopy done under sedation. invoked section 3 of twenty-fifth amendment in letters (full text) given white house counsel alberto gonzales, transmitted them fax speaker of house of representatives dennis hastert , president pro tempore of senate robert byrd. gonzales called hastert s , byrd s offices confirm receipt of letters, , contacted vice president dick cheney advise him of transfer. cheney acting president little on 2 hours day (from 07:09 09:24), whereupon bush transmitted second set of letters resume powers , duties of office. 9 months after september 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, , u.s. troops @ war in afghanistan, president bush intent on ensuring in event of crisis there no question of cheney s authority. when asked press decision transfer power, president bush replied did because re @ war , want super — know, super cautious. although public aware temporary handover take place, security purposes time occurred not revealed until after bush resumed duties president.
on july 21, 2007, under same circumstances 2002 invocation, president george w. bush transmitted letter president pro tempore of senate robert byrd , speaker of house of representatives nancy pelosi declaring himself temporarily unable discharge powers , duties of office prior undergoing second colonoscopy done under sedation (text of letters congress). vice president cheney acting president 07:16 09:21 day, becoming first vice president serve acting president more once. weekly standard excerpted letter cheney sent grandchildren while serving acting president (text of letter).




^ cite error: named reference amendment25.com invoked never defined (see page).
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^ remarks president upon departure camp david (press release). white house, office of press secretary. 2002-06-28. retrieved 2006-06-04. .
^ white house, office of press secretary (2002). news releases june 2002 . retrieved 2006-06-04.