CineScope

Season 1, Episode 2

Happenstance

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Air Date: 2000-04-09

Overview: Nearly one in six American presidents has died in office. The vice presidents who succeeded them were often chosen because they provided some electoral advantage (John Tyler, Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Harry Truman). What happens when such a man takes office – frequently facing widespread conviction that he is unworthy of the powers he inherits?

Runtime: 53 minutes

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Cast

Walter Cronkite Image

Walter Cronkite

Morley Safer Image

Morley Safer

Andrew Young Image

Andrew Young

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Dale Bumpers

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Robert MacNeil

George Will Image

George Will

James Carville Image

James Carville

Mario Cuomo Image

Mario Cuomo

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Lloyd Bentsen

Charlie Rose Image

Charlie Rose

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Howard Baker

Tim Russert Image

Tim Russert

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Sargent Shriver

David Gergen Image

David Gergen

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Paul Simon

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Don Imus

Norman Schwarzkopf Image

Norman Schwarzkopf

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John Glenn

Billy Graham Image

Billy Graham

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Dan Rostenkowski

Lowell Weicker Image

Lowell Weicker

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Alexander Haig

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George Shultz

William F. Buckley Jr. Image

William F. Buckley Jr.

Colin Powell Image

Colin Powell

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George Mitchell

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Ben Bradlee

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Bill Weld

Bob Dole Image

Bob Dole

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Gerald Ford

Jimmy Carter Image

Jimmy Carter

George H. W. Bush Image

George H. W. Bush

Bill Clinton Image

Bill Clinton

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James Roosevelt Jr.