Constitutional question when no electoral majority

[Lincoln Republican]

If a presidential election produces no electoral majority for any candidate, the constitution states that the new Congress is to convene immediately,  and the House is to elect the President from the top three finishers in the electoral vote, and the Senate is to elect the Vice President from the top two finishers in the electoral vote.

If the candidate elected by the House as President then refuses the Presidency, does the candidate elected by the Senate as Vice President then become President, or does the candidate who placed second in the House for President then become President?

I would think the candidate elected by the Senate for Vice President would then become President.

Discuss please.

Thanks.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

While neither the Constitution nor the United States Code explicitly address the possibility of a person refusing the office of President of the United States, I would say that it would be reasonable to treat a refusal as if it were a failure to qualify, since he will have not taken the oath of office.  That would mean that the Vice President would only be the acting President until such time as the President-elect took the oath.  The other possibility would be to treat a refusal in the same manner as a resignation.

[Speed of Sound]

When I personally think about, for some reason I lean towards the senates VP pick being placed in the Oval office. This is merely an educated guess, however.