2006-10-24 18:00:03 · 18 answers · asked by ecarlos19 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Chuck Norris.
2006-10-24 20:16:37 · answer #1 · answered by tyrone b 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Speaker of the home is the 0.33 in line for Presidential succession, talked approximately by way of skill of the President expert tempore of the Senate, then the Secretary of State. the unique shape basically specifies the vp succeeding the President. The Presidential Succession Act of 1792 named the President expert tempore of the Senate as 0.33, and the Speaker of the domicile 4th, yet required that a distinctive election be held the subsequent November to go with for a President to end the term. In 1885 President Grover Cleveland proposed changing the line to the Secretary of State being 0.33, and the regulation grew to become into exceeded in 1886. In 1947 President Harry Truman argued that the line of succession might desire to be replaced decrease back to contain the Speaker of the domicile and the President expert tempore of the Senate, somewhat of the Secretary of State, via certainty in any diverse case the President might desire to hire his own successor, via certainty the Secretary of State is appointed by way of skill of the President, and the Speaker and PptS are elected officers. The Presidential Succession Act of 1947 replaced the succession to that's present day format.
2016-11-25 19:32:19 · answer #2 · answered by eckhardt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is a list of the current presidential line of succession, as specified by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (3 U.S.C. § 19).
# Name Position
1 Richard B. Cheney Vice President
2 J. Dennis Hastert Speaker of the House of Representatives
3 Ted Stevens President pro tempore of the Senate
4 Condoleezza Rice Secretary of State
5 Henry M. Paulson, Jr. Secretary of the Treasury
6 Donald H. Rumsfeld Secretary of Defense
7 Alberto Gonzales Attorney General
8 Dirk Kempthorne Secretary of the Interior
9 Mike Johanns Secretary of Agriculture
Carlos Gutierrez
(ineligible; not a natural-born citizen) Secretary of Commerce
Elaine Chao
(ineligible; not a natural-born citizen) Secretary of Labor
10 Michael Leavitt Secretary of Health and Human Services
11 Alphonso Jackson Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
12 Mary Peters Secretary of Transportation
13 Samuel W. Bodman Secretary of Energy
14 Margaret Spellings Secretary of Education
15 Jim Nicholson Secretary of Veterans Affairs
2006-10-24 18:03:12 · answer #3 · answered by cork 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The senate president will take the position of the president before the speaker of the house.
2006-10-24 18:10:02 · answer #4 · answered by Jorlan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
President Pro Tem of the Senate. Currently Sen. Ted Stevens of Alaska.
2006-10-24 18:05:41 · answer #5 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The President pro tempore is third in line of succession to the Presidency then comes the secreatry of state.
2006-10-24 18:05:31 · answer #6 · answered by scarlettt_ohara 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Kim Jong Il
2006-10-24 18:10:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Jerry Springer, then Bobo the 1-legged acrobat, then Al Sharpton. After that they run an ad in the Mexican newspaper.
2006-10-24 18:20:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Secretary of State. Then Secretary of Defense and on down the line in the cabinet.
2006-10-24 18:01:50 · answer #9 · answered by air_of_truth 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Majority Leader I think
2006-10-24 18:03:59 · answer #10 · answered by Dfirefox 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋