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...amendment which will guide the selection of the new vice president was first proposed by Senator Birch Bayh Jr. (D-Ind.) in December 1963, less than a month after the Kennedy assassination. The two men next in line to succeed Johnson, who had been stricken with a heart attack while majority leader in the Senate, were John McCormack and Carl Hayden, both of whom were over 80 years old at the time...
...Bayh proposed his amendment to avoid similar situations in the future and to assure clear lines of presidential succession and continuity of power in case of disability...
...press conference held the day after the 25th Amendment was ratified, Bayh said that Section Two provides the means for keeping the vice presidency filled with a man schooled and able to take over the presidency quickly if necessary...
...resignation of Spiro Agnew will put Bayh's hopes and the 25th Amendment to their first major test...