This section features Dean Feerick’s 1965 book From Failing Hands and former Senator Birch Bayh’s 1968 book One Heartbeat Away. From Failing Hands traces the history of presidential succession from colonial times to President John F. Kennedy’s assassination. In One Heartbeat Away, Senator Bayh recounts his efforts shepherding the Twenty-Fifth Amendment through Congress.
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From Failing Hands: the Story of Presidential Succession
John D. Feerick and Paul A. Freund
John D. Feerick, author; Paul A. Freund, foreword.
Date: January 1965
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The Year We Had No President
Richard Hansen and Estes Kefauver
Foreword by Senator Estes Kefauver. Book discusses the history of presidential inability and succession and the legal gap affecting these issues. Author Richard Hansen belonged to the American Bar Association Conference on Presidential Inability and Succession. This group helped draft the Twenty-Fifth Amendment.
Date: January 1962
