Editing United States presidential line of succession (section)

====Under the 1886 succession act====
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!<abbr title="Occasion number">No.</abbr>
! colspan=2 | Official (party)
! Dates
! Reason
! colspan=2 | President&nbsp;(party)

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| 10
| [[Thomas F. Bayard]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]]<ref name="Rankin"/><br>[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |
| nowrap | {{center|January 19, 1886 –<br/>March 4, 1889}}
| Succession Act of 1886 is enacted, and continuing intra-term vacancy in vice presidency
| [[Grover Cleveland|Cleveland]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]]
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |

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| 11
| [[John Hay]] [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]]<ref name=RLF11people>{{cite web | last=Feinman | first=Ronald L. | title=These 11 People Came Close to Being President of the United States … | url=https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/161656 | date=March 22, 2016 | publisher=History News Network | location=Seattle, Washington | access-date=July 1, 2018 | archive-date=January 14, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114220143/https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/161656 | url-status=live }}</ref><br>[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |
| nowrap | {{center|November 21, 1899 –<br/>March 4, 1901}}
| Death of Vice President [[Garret Hobart]]
| [[William McKinley|McKinley]] [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

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| 12
| [[John Hay]] [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]]<ref name=RLF11people/><br>[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |
| nowrap | {{center|September 14, 1901 –<br/>March 4, 1905}}
| Death of President [[William McKinley]] and accession of Vice President [[Theodore Roosevelt]] to presidency
| nowrap | [[Theodore Roosevelt|T. Roosevelt]] [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

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| 13
| [[Philander C. Knox]] [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]]<br>[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |
| nowrap | {{center|October 30, 1912 –<br/>March 4, 1913}}
| Death of Vice President [[James S. Sherman]]
| [[William Howard Taft|Taft]] [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

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| 14
| [[Charles Evans Hughes]] [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]]<br>[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |
| nowrap | {{center|August 2, 1923 –<br/>March 4, 1925}}
| Death of President [[Warren G. Harding]] and accession of Vice President [[Calvin Coolidge]] to the presidency
| [[Calvin Coolidge|Coolidge]] [[Republican Party (United States)|(R)]]
| style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (US)}}" |

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| rowspan=4| 15
| [[Edward Stettinius Jr.]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]]<ref name=65FFH204205>{{cite book | title=From Failing Hands: the Story of Presidential Succession | last1=Feerick | first1=John D. | last2=Freund | first2=Paul A. | date=1965 | url=https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=twentyfifth_amendment_books | publisher=Fordham University Press | location=New York City | pages=204–205 | lccn=65-14917 | access-date=June 24, 2018 | archive-date=November 20, 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201120053125/https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=twentyfifth_amendment_books | url-status=live }}</ref><br>[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |
| nowrap | {{center|April 12, 1945 –<br/>June 27, 1945}}
| Death of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and accession of Vice President [[Harry S. Truman]] to the presidency
| rowspan=4| [[Harry S. Truman|Truman]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]]
| rowspan=4 style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |

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| nowrap | [[Henry Morgenthau Jr.]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]]<ref name=65FFH204205/><br>[[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]]
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |
| nowrap | {{center|June 27, 1945 –<br/>July 3, 1945}}
| Resignation of Secretary of State [[Edward Stettinius&nbsp;Jr.]], and continuing intra-term vacancy in vice presidency

|-
| [[James F. Byrnes]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]]<ref name=65FFH204205/><br>[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |
| nowrap | {{center|July 3, 1945 –<br/>January 21, 1947}}
| James F. Byrnes confirmed as Secretary of State, and continuing intra-term vacancy in vice presidency

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| [[George Marshall]] [[Democratic Party (United States)|(D)]]<ref name=RLF11people/><br>[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
| style="background: {{party color|Democratic Party (US)}}" |
| nowrap | {{center|January 21, 1947 –<br/>July 18, 1947}}
| George Marshall confirmed as Secretary of State, and continuing intra-term vacancy in vice presidency

|}