Succession
In case of impeachment of the Governor, or of their death, failure to qualify, resignation, removal from the State, or inability to discharge the powers and duties of the office, the office of Governor, with its compensation, shall devolve upon the Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma for the residue of the term or until the disability shall be removed.
If, during a vacancy of the office of Governor, the Lieutenant Governor shall be impeached, displaced, resign, die or be absent from the State, or become incapable of performing the duties of the office, the President pro tempore of the Oklahoma Senate, shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease; and if the President, Pro Tempore, of the Senate, for any of the above enumerated causes, shall become incapable of performing the duties pertaining to the office of Governor, the Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives shall act as Governor until the vacancy be filled or the disability shall cease.
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