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Why is the speaker of the house and the president pro tempore of the senate listed before the department heads?
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∙ 12y ago
I think you are asking about the Presidential succession. The house speaker and Pro-tempore of the Senate are both electedofficials usually with long experience in government, The cabinet officials, although approved by the Senate, are often people who helped the President get elected and often w/o any experience in federal government. This is especially true of the lower ranking cabinet secretaries.
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Has any secretary of state become president due to the loss of both the president and vice president?
No. It is quite unlikely that this would ever happen. When the Vice President becomes President, a new Vice President is selected and becomes next in line. Only if the new President were to die before a new Vice President was selected would the Speaker of the House become President. Then a new Vice President and a new Speaker would be selected and they would both be ahead of the President Pro Tempore in the order of ascendence. The Secretary of State would become President only if the President, Vice President, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore all died at essentially the same time.
Who is the next US federal official in line for the Presidency after the Vice-President?
the speaker of the house
Who is the fourth in succession to the presidency?
(4) The Secretary of State follows the (3) President Pro Tempore of the Senate who is before the (2) Speaker of the House. The (1) vice-president is first in line, of course
What happens if a President dies before being inaugurated?
The speaker of the house will be the acting president.
Did a speaker of house ever become president?
James Knox Polk is the only US President to have held that office.
Is the secretary of state next in line if not the president or vice president?
No, The Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate are before him.
If the speaker of the house dies then who is the president?
The same person who was president before the speaker of the house died. In the order of presidential succession, the president pro tempore of the Senate is next after the House Speaker.
Where does the President pro tempore of senate fall in the line of succession of the US presidency?
after the Speaker of the House and before the Secretary of State
How would the president pro tempore become the president of the us?
The President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate is third in line to become President of the United States. The current President, the Vice President, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives would have to die or become otherwise incapacitated before the President Pro Tempore would become the U.S. president. Currently the office of President Pro Tempore is held by Senator Daniel Inouye of Hawaii. He was sworn in on June 28, 2010 following the death of Robert Byrd.
What specifies that upon the death resignation or removal of both the president and vice president the president pro tempore of the Senate would assume office?
THis is not correct. The Speaker of the House is before the pro tempore of the Senate. This is all part of the presidential succession act of 1947 s codified at 3 U.S.C, § 19.
Why has the presence of the speaker of the house and the senate president pro tempore in the line of succession been questioned by Akhil Amar of the yale university?
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Who is the fourth person in the line of succession of the presidency?
(4) The Secretary of State follows the (3) President Pro Tempore of the Senate who is before the (2) Speaker of the House. The (1) vice-president is first in line, of course
Has any secretary of state become president due to the loss of both the president and vice president?
No. It is quite unlikely that this would ever happen. When the Vice President becomes President, a new Vice President is selected and becomes next in line. Only if the new President were to die before a new Vice President was selected would the Speaker of the House become President. Then a new Vice President and a new Speaker would be selected and they would both be ahead of the President Pro Tempore in the order of ascendence. The Secretary of State would become President only if the President, Vice President, Speaker, and President Pro Tempore all died at essentially the same time.
Which cabinet member is third in line for president if both the president and vice president die?
The order of seccession is: 1Vice PresidentJoe Biden2Speaker of the House of RepresentativesNancy Pelosi3President pro tempore of the SenateRobert Byrd4Secretary of StateHillary Clinton5Secretary of the TreasuryTimothy Geithner
Who is the next US federal official in line for the Presidency after the Vice-President?
the speaker of the house
Who was the only president to have been Speaker of the House?
James Polk was the House Speaker before he was President.
Who would be the replacement president if the President died and the Vice President became President?
If the President dies, the Vice President becomes President and under the terms of the 25th Amendment, he would nominate a new Vice President. If he were to die before the new VP could be confirmed by Congress, the Speaker of the House would become President. The line of Presidential succession is much longer : after the Speaker, there is the President pro tempore of the Senate, and then the eligible members of the President's Cabinet, beginning with the Secretary of State. (see related question)
