This is a list of the current presidential line of succession, as specified by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (3 U.S.C. § 19) and subsequent amendments to include newly created cabinet officers.
Office: # Vice President and President of the Senate # Speaker of the House of Representatives # 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
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The Speaker of The House of Representatives.
If both the President and the Vice President are unable to serve, then the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives would become President.
the continuity of government is a secret plan that lables the successor to the president they call it COG
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the next in line of succession.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives would then become president.
The speaker of the house of representatives-----currently Nancy Pelosi
The Speaker of the House is the leader of the House of Representatives. The President of the Senate (who is also the Vice President) is the leader of the Senate.
If the speaker has already served two terms, the president pro tempore of the seneate will become president.
Because the house of representatives is representing them
speaker of house.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is second in line to become president if the president can no longer carry out his duties. The Speaker would become president if both the President and Vice President died in office, resigned, or otherwise became incapacitated.
James K. Polk was only House speaker who became US President. Polk was house speaker several years before he was elected President. (Gerald Ford was the minority leader of the House when he was appointed vice-president. He then became President when President Nixon resigned his office. )