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Please help! US Government! Washington died in 1799. Had he campaigned for and won re-election in 1776, he might have died in office. How might this possible event have affected the Office of the Presidency?
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Washington died in 1799. Had he campaigned for and won re-election in 1776, he might have died in office. How might this possible event have affected the Office of the Presidency?

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Power would have been passed to the Vice President.

According to the Presidential Succession Act, if a President dies in office, then the Vice President takes the oath of office.
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