Speaker of the House - succession

[richard...@excite.com]

Who becomes Speaker of the US House if the Speaker dies or suddenly
resigns?
I think it's Speaker Pro Tempore and I believe it's at this page:

http://clerk.house.gov/floorsummary/floor.html

which says:

11:05 P.M. -
The Speaker designated the Honorable Frank R. Wolf and the
Honorable Tom Davis as Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and
joint resolutions through November 13, 2006

Would he be Speaker for a while or temporarily as they take some kind
of vote?

[richard]

<richard...@excite.com> wrote in message
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http://www.doctorzebra.com/prez/a_succession.htm

Time for a refresher course. This site has an interesting look at succession
and some history on it.
But you asked who takes over when the speaker dies, and the current
President still remains in office right?
So we take a look at this page:

http://speaker.house.gov/features/selection.asp

Now does that answer your homework question?

[Deadrat]

richard...@excite.com wrote in news:1160238973.144209.142520
@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

The speaker pro tem isn't a named Consitutional office. It's just the
person whom the speaker designates to conduct business in his absence.
Isn't Hastert stumbling around his district in Illinois these days? If the
Speaker leaves his post, the House votes on his replacement. Note that
Speakers don't have to be members of the House, although they always have
been.

This is different from the President of the Senate pro tem, whose position
is mentioned in the Constitution, since the Vice President, the permanent
President of the Senate, was assumed to have executive duties as Veep,
including taking over as President.