The US Constitution calls for the office of vice-president and makea him the immediate successor to the President. The rest of the order of sucession is a law passed by Congress.
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presidential succession is the order in which the office of president is to be filled
Presidential succession is when a president is unable to discharge the duties of president.
Presidential succession is the order in which one person follows another chronologically in the Office of the President.
Speaker of a house.
Presidential succession (other than the Vice President) is ordered by laws passed by Congress. Laws that established or re-sequenced the line of succession include: Presidential Succession Act (1792) - Senate president pro tempore and House speaker next in line Presidential Succession Act (1886) - Cabinet replaced legislative successors Presidential Succession Act (1947) - re-added Speaker/president pro tempore in reverse order Postal Reorganization Act (1970) - removed Postmaster General Renewal of the Patriot Act (2006) - added Secretary of Homeland Security -
Clarify the presidential line of succession
After the Speaker of the House, the next in the presidential succession order is the President pro tempore of the Senate. Following the President pro tempore, the line of succession continues with the members of the President's Cabinet, starting with the Secretary of State. This order is established by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.
The plan for presidential succession would be put into action in each of these situations except
Presidential Disiablility + Succession
filling a vacancy in the presidency
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.