This is the order of succession in case the President can't serve:
# The Vice President Joseph Biden
# Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi
# President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
# Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
# Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner
# Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
# Attorney General Eric Holder
# Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
# Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
# Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke
# Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis
# Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius
# Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan
# Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood
# Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu
# Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
# Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki
# Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitan
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If a President dies and the Vice President takes over, the new President would appoint a vice president, authorized by the 25th amendment.
If a President dies and the Vice President takes over, the new President would appoint a vice president, authorized by the 25th amendment.
The Vice President. Then the speaker of the house.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, currently Nancy Pelosi
If there is no president, the vice president takes over. As of 2014, the vice president of the United States is Joe Biden.