Accidental presidents : death, assassination, resignation, and democratic succession / Philip Abbott.

"One of the commonly stated virtues of modern constitutional democracies is their capacity to insure reliable and accepted methods of political succession through election. This book focuses on one complication in the democratic mode of political succession: American vice-presidents who assume offic...

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Main Author:	Abbott, Philip
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Evolving American presidency.
Subjects:	Vice-presidents > United States > Biography. Presidents > United States > Biography. Presidents > Succession > United States.
Genre:	Biography.
Physical Description:	233 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Format:	Book