2007-01-11 12:39:11 · 13 answers · asked by Lindsay 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Civic Participation
It is called the Presidential Line of Succession. It goes:
1 Vice President
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives
3 President pro tempore of the Senate
4 Secretary of State
5 Secretary of the Treasury
6 Secretary of Defense
7 Attorney General
8 Secretary of the Interior
9 Secretary of Agriculture
10Secretary of Commerce
11 Secretary of Labor
12 Secretary of Health and Human Services
13 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
14 Secretary of Transportation
15 Secretary of Energy
16 Secretary of Education
17 Secretary of Veterans Affairs
The Secretary of Homeland Security is not yet included in the line of succession. The current Secretaries of Commerce and Labor were both born outside the USA and are not eligible to succeed the Presidency.
The people holding the positions are:
1 Dick Cheney
2 Nancy Pelosi
3 Robert Byrd
4 Condoleezza Rice
5 Henry M Paulson, Jr.
6 Robert Gates
7 Alberto Gonzales
8 Dirk Kempthorne
9 Mike Johanns
10 Carlos Gutierrez - not eligible
11Elaine Chao - not eligible
12 Michael Leavitt
13 Alphonso Jackson
14 Mary Peters
15 Samuel W Bodman
16 Margaret Spellings
17 Jim Nicholson
2007-01-11 12:47:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Vice President (who is also the Speaker of the Senate)
Speaker of the House
President Pro Tem of the House
President Pro Tem of the Senate
Secretary of State
From there, it goes through the remainder of the cabinet, in I believe the order in which the various departments were established.
During Watergate, when Sec of State General AL Haig said "I'm in charge here", he was wrong.
Years and years ago, I read a book titled "The Man, by Irving Wallace. It starts with the President and the Speaker of the House returning from the VP's funeral. A day or two later, they left for a conference in Germany, a conference being held in a building that had survived the bombings of WWII. But the building could only survive for so long, and it gave way while the conference was in session. The Speaker was killed instantly, and the President died in surgery. When the group of high officials looked around the room in Washington, the turned to the President Pro Tem of the House, only to realize that that man was black. An interesting book, and set in 1964.
2007-01-11 20:54:40 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
1Vice PresidentDick Cheney
2Speaker of the House of RepresentativesNancy Pelosi
3President pro tempore of the SenateRobert Byrd
4Secretary of StateCondoleezza Rice
5Secretary of the TreasuryHenry M. Paulson, Jr.
6Secretary of DefenseRobert Gates
7Attorney GeneralAlberto Gonzales
8Secretary of the InteriorDirk Kempthorne
9Secretary of AgricultureMike Johanns
--Secretary of CommerceCarlos Gutierrez
(ineligible; not a natural-born citizen)†
--Secretary of LaborElaine Chao
(ineligible; not a natural-born citizen)†
10Secretary of Health and Human ServicesMichael Leavitt
11Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentAlphonso Jackson
12Secretary of TransportationMary Peters
13Secretary of EnergySamuel W. Bodman
14Secretary of EducationMargaret Spellings
15Secretary of Veterans AffairsJim Nicholson
2007-01-12 12:05:41 · answer #3 · answered by JB 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Vice President
Speaker of the House
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Secretary of State
Secretary of the Treasury
Secretary of Defense
Attorney General
Secretary of the Interior
Secretary of Agriculture
Secretary of Commerce
Secretary of Labor
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
Secretary of Transportation
Secretary of Energy
Secretary of Education
Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Secretary of Homeland Security
Your father
Your Mother
Your sister
me
2007-01-11 20:55:00 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
1st Vice President *Dick Chaney R*
2nd Speaker of the House *Nancy Pelosi D*
3rd president pro tempore of the Senate *Robert C. Byrd D*
4th Secretary of State *Condoleezza Rice R*
2007-01-11 21:04:59 · answer #5 · answered by Justin L 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Vice President
Speaker of the House
2007-01-11 20:57:05 · answer #6 · answered by Weets 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
President,Vice President, Speaker of the House, Senate Majority Leader and so forth ---- who knows we've never gone that far
2007-01-11 20:48:34 · answer #7 · answered by BonnieLee 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I believe the order goes, Vice president then speaker of the house. However please double check, I'm not sure if I'm correct.
Have a good day.
2007-01-11 20:46:44 · answer #8 · answered by Jarod R 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I thought it was President, Vice Pres, Secretary of State, and then Secretary of Defense. Maybe I'm wrong......
2007-01-11 20:59:05 · answer #9 · answered by Honesty given here! 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
well i think when the president dies then the next to him is the vicepresident
2007-01-14 11:17:30 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋