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- catalog abstract "When Lyndon Baines Johnson succeeded John Fitzgerald Kennedy as President of the United States, it was the eighth time in our history that a President died in office and was succeeded by his Vice President. Further, when Senator Bayh introduced Senate Joint Resolution 139 in December 1963, the nation had a various times been without a Vice President for a total of more than 36 years since April 1789, when Washington was inaugurated in New York City. On November 22, 1963, the junior Senator from Indiana, like most Americans, was stunned by the tragedy of President Kennedy's assassination. As the nation mourned, urgent questions were raised concerning the future stability of the country. What if the Vice President also had been felled by an assassin's bullet? What if the President had been critically or permanently disabled? This book is the intimate story of what Senator Bayh did to help protect the nation from the disastrous effects of such possibilities. It is not only the story of Senator Bayh's successful efforts, but also it is a day-by-day account of how our democracy works. The urgency, the excitement, and the awesome responsibility of high office quicken the narrative from the assassination of President Kennedy to the passage and final ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment in February 1967. --from inside jacket.".
- catalog contributor b1761084.
- catalog created "[1968]".
- catalog date "1968".
- catalog date "[1968]".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "[1968]".
- catalog description "When Lyndon Baines Johnson succeeded John Fitzgerald Kennedy as President of the United States, it was the eighth time in our history that a President died in office and was succeeded by his Vice President. Further, when Senator Bayh introduced Senate Joint Resolution 139 in December 1963, the nation had a various times been without a Vice President for a total of more than 36 years since April 1789, when Washington was inaugurated in New York City. On November 22, 1963, the junior Senator from Indiana, like most Americans, was stunned by the tragedy of President Kennedy's assassination. As the nation mourned, urgent questions were raised concerning the future stability of the country. What if the Vice President also had been felled by an assassin's bullet? What if the President had been critically or permanently disabled? This book is the intimate story of what Senator Bayh did to help protect the nation from the disastrous effects of such possibilities. It is not only the story of Senator Bayh's successful efforts, but also it is a day-by-day account of how our democracy works. The urgency, the excitement, and the awesome responsibility of high office quicken the narrative from the assassination of President Kennedy to the passage and final ratification of the Twenty-fifth Amendment in February 1967. --from inside jacket.".
- catalog extent "ix, 372 p.".
- catalog hasFormat "One heartbeat away.".
- catalog isFormatOf "One heartbeat away.".
- catalog issued "1968".
- catalog issued "[1968]".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Indianapolis, Bobbs-Merrill".
- catalog relation "One heartbeat away.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "342/.73/01".
- catalog subject "JK609 .B39".
- catalog subject "Presidents Succession United States.".
- catalog subject "Presidents United States Succession.".
- catalog title "One heartbeat away; Presidential disability and succession, by Birch Bayh.".
- catalog type "text".