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mikemerriman t1_j37bs52 wrote

Reply to comment by 3720-To-One in From the first female governor to the next: Jane Swift has some advice for Maura Healey by bostonglobe

and you're right - LBJ (and gerald ford for that matter) were POTUS, however the Mass constitution https://malegislature.gov/Laws/Constitution#chapterIISectionII only allows for the Lt Governor to perform the duties of governor - not become the actual governor.

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3720-To-One t1_j37erlq wrote

And it’s a distinction without difference.

It’s like saying Massachusetts isn’t a state, it’s a commonwealth. For all intents and purposes, it’s the same thing with zero difference.

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