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The third person in the line is the President Pro Tempore of the Senate (normally the most senior US senator).
The succession is as follows:
Vice President
Speaker of the House of Representatives
President Pro Tempore of the Senate
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 13y agoFirst Answer:
The Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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The line goes (President), Vice President, Speaker of the House of Representatives, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, ...
This means that either the Speaker of the House is third, or the President Pro Tem is. It's a matter of philosophy to decide if the President is in the line to succeed himself. I'd say no. Until his recent death, the President Pro Tem was Ku Klux Klansman Robert Byrd(D). The Senate decides who will fill this post. Byrd was elected by a unanimous vote of all Democrats in the Senate. Democrats are the majority party. Republicans supported John Bohnior(R).
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∙ 9y agoThe President pro tempore of the Senate is third in line to become President through the United States presidential line of succession. Second is the Vice President of the United States.
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∙ 12y agothe vice president, which is also the head of the senate
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∙ 12y agoThe Speaker of the House is third in line according to Title 3 of the United States Code, section 19 .
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∙ 13y agothe Squeaker of the Mouse
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∙ 11y agoVice President
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Why do you think the speaker of the house is second in line for the presidential succession?
He/she isn’t second, but third.
What is the purpose of the Twenty-fifth Amendment?
Clarify the presidential line of succession
According to the Presidential Succession act of 1947 which of these officers follows the vice president in the line of presidential succession of what house?
Speaker of a house.
How does the constitution and presidential succession act of 1947 address the issue of the presidential succession?
It specifies the full line of succession should the president no longer be able to serve. The Vice-President has always been second in line, but the Act specifies the next 18 places, including the Speaker of the House in 3rd, President pro tempore of the Senate in 4th, and on down the line of Cabinet Secretaries.
. Most of the people in the line of presidential succession serve in which body?
the Cabinet
What did the constitution originally say about presidential succession?
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.
Who is the last one in line of presidential succession?
Secretary of state
Most of the people in the line of presidential succession serve which body?
the Cabinet
How are the terms presidential succession and the presidential succession act are related?
presidential succession is the order in which the office of president is to be filled
Where is the president pro tempore in the presidential line of succession?
He is third in line, just behind the Speaker of the House.
Where does the president pro tempore fit in the line of presidential succession?
Third in line, after vice-president and speaker of the house.
Where does the role of tempore in the line of succession of the Senate?
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.)
