2007-02-27 10:08:22 · 4 answers · asked by Telicia H 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Succession means that the next highest ranking official will assume the position case of incapacity or death of the head of office.
2007-02-27 10:24:58 · answer #1 · answered by FRAGINAL, JTM 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Order of Presidential Succession
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the Senate president pro tempore1 was next in line after the vice president to succeed to the presidency, followed by the Speaker of the House.
In 1886, however, Congress changed the order of presidential succession, replacing the president pro tempore and the Speaker with the cabinet officers. Proponents of this change argued that the congressional leaders lacked executive experience, and none had served as president, while six former secretaries of state had later been elected to that office.
The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed by President Harry Truman, changed the order again to what it is today. The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to the date their offices were established.
Prior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant. The first vice president to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. 12, 1973, and confirmed by Congress the following Dec. 6.
The Vice President Dick Cheney
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
President pro tempore of the Senate1 Robert Byrd
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales
Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne
Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns
Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez2
Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao3
Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson
Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters
Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman
Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson
Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff
2007-03-03 16:41:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well it could mean two things. Succession means the person who comes after the current ruler. So Queen Elizabeth is ruler now, but when she dies, Prince Charles will succeed her and become king. He is next in the line of succession.
But you might be confused with the word "secession" which is pronounced almost the same. In government, this word means that one group wants to withdraw from another. For example, during the US civil war, the south wanted to secession from the United States.
2007-02-27 18:17:54 · answer #3 · answered by blahblah 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In politics, 'succession' is the ascension to power by one politician or monarch after another, usually in a clearly defined order.
An 'order of succession' is a formula or algorithm that determines who inherits an office upon the death, resignation, or removal of its current occupant.
2007-02-28 00:52:03 · answer #4 · answered by BeachBum 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋