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  1. The presidential line of succession is mentioned in four places in the Constitution: Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 makes the vice president first in the line of succession and allows the Congress to provide by law for cases in which neither the president nor vice president can serve.

  2. Protestantism is the largest grouping of Christians in the United States, with its combined denominations collectively comprising about 43% of the country's population (or 141 million people) in 2019.

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  4. Contents. Religious affiliations of presidents of the United States. The majority of American presidents have belonged to Protestant faiths. St. John's Church, an Episcopal church in Washington, D.C., has been visited by every sitting president since James Madison. [1] Religious affiliations can affect the electability of the presidents of the ...

  5. Christianity was introduced with the first European settlers beginning in the 16th and 17th centuries. Colonists from Northern Europe introduced Protestantism in its Anglican and Reformed forms to Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Bay Colony, New Netherland, Virginia Colony, and Carolina Colony.

  6. John Fea. https://doi.org/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.013.59. Published online: 24 May 2017. Summary. It is virtually impossible to understand the history of the American experience without Protestantism.

    • John Fea
    • 2017
  7. May 19, 2008 · Clarification, May 27: One position in the line of succession, the vice presidency, cannot be occupied by someone who is "constitutionally ineligible to the office of President," according to...

  8. The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (codified as 3 U.S.C. § 19) provides that if both the president and vice president have left office or are both otherwise unavailable to serve during their terms of office, the presidential line of succession follows the order of: speaker of the House, then, if necessary, the president pro tempore of the ...