Say for example if the U.S. President dies of an illness, then later the Vice President dies of an illness. Who will then be in charge?
2007-06-18 08:05:38 · 7 answers · asked by ev1go 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Order of Succession
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, if the President of the United States is incapacitated, dies, resigns, is for any reason unable to hold his office, or is removed from office (impeached and convicted), people in the following offices, in this order, will assume the office of the President, provided they are qualified as stated by the Constitution to assume the office of the President, which means they have to be must be at least 35 years old, must be a natural-born U.S. citizen, and have lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.
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
The 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, passed in 1967, provides for procedures to fill vacancies in the Vice Presidency; further clarifies presidential succession rules.
2007-06-18 08:15:06 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The Speaker of the House of Representatives.
2007-06-18 08:10:16 · answer #2 · answered by regerugged 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The question you are asking is not chain of command - but the order of succession. These are 2 different things.
The first link I gave you is on chain of command, which is a is a top-down summary of hierarchy as used to give and distribute orders in the military branches of the US. (Pecking order, if you will.)
The second one is order of succession - which is basically who becomes the commander in chief should all those above somehow be incapacitated.
2007-06-18 08:13:58 · answer #3 · answered by notsosuremt 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
the new VP as appointed by the old VP now Pres, and I'm guessing, approved by the congress
only if the VP died before a new VP was appointed would the Speaker become Pres
2007-06-18 08:09:28 · answer #4 · answered by anonacoup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speaker of the House would be next in the line of succession.
2007-06-18 08:08:45 · answer #5 · answered by Bryan 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Speaker of the House.
2007-06-18 09:41:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
the speaker of the house of represenatives
2007-06-18 09:32:37 · answer #7 · answered by mr doodles 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋