Tennessee Statutes
§ 8-1-107 — Succession to office
Tennessee § 8-1-107
JurisdictionTennessee
Title8
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Bluebook
Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-1-107 (2026).
Text
Whenever a vacancy exists in the office of governor from death, resignation or other cause, creating a vacancy therein, and there is no speaker of the senate nor speaker of the house at such time, then and in that event the secretary of state shall become governor, and in case of the death or resignation of the secretary of state, then the comptroller of the treasury shall become governor.
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Legislative History
Acts 1941, ch. 99, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 187.1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 8-105.
Nearby Sections
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Date governor's oath of office taken§ 8-1-102
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Governor to sign certain documents - Power of attorney for purpose of affixing governor's signature§ 8-1-110
Criminal justice agency statistics§ 8-1-201
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Tennessee § 8-1-107, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tn/8-1-107.