Which Amendment provided for succession to the office of president in the event of death or incapacity and for filling vacancies in the office of the vice president?

• A. Amendment 25
• B. Amendment 26
• C. Amendment 27
• D. Amendment 23

Answer: (A)

This question tests how the Constitution handles what happens if the President can no longer serve and how a new Vice President is chosen when that office becomes vacant. The Twenty-Fifth Amendment explicitly lays out two key things: first, who becomes President if the current President dies, resigns, or is otherwise unable to perform the job; the Vice President steps into the presidency. Second, when there’s a vacancy in the Vice Presidency, the President nominates a new Vice President who takes office after a majority of both Houses of Congress vote to confirm the nominee. The amendment also covers the procedures for temporary transfer of presidential power if the President is incapacitated (and how that power can be restored). These provisions together address both succession to the presidency and filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. The other amendments listed deal with unrelated topics (voting age, presidential electors for D.C., and congressional pay), so they don’t address this specific issue.