US Code as of: 01/23/00
The 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, passed in 1967, provides for procedures to fill vacancies in the Vice Presidency; and further clarifies presidential succession rules.
The line of succession is currently:
1. Vice President
2. Speaker of the House
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
10. Secretary 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
18. Secretary of Homeland Security
Clarify the presidential line of succession
Speaker of a house.
the Cabinet
Originally, congress was to decide who was next in line for office after the Vice President. The 25th Amendment changed presidential succession to what it is today.
the Cabinet
Secretary of state
presidential succession is the order in which the office of president is to be filled
He is third in line, just behind the Speaker of the House.
He/she isn’t second, but third.
Third in line, after vice-president and speaker of the house.
The senate pro tempore is third in the line of presidential succession, behind the vice-president and the Speaker of the House. ( I hope this is what you want to know.)
The Speaker would replace the President if there were no vice-president.