If the Vice President cannot succeed the President of the United States, the next in line is the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Following the Speaker, the President pro tempore of the Senate and then the members of the Cabinet, in the order of their departments' creation, would follow in the presidential line of succession. This line of succession is established by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947.
Richard Nixon was the only vice president to become president that did not succeed the president he served under.
If the President is impeached and convicted, the Vice President would succeed him. The Vice President would then assume the role of President for the remainder of the term.
The president is first in line to succeed the President.
The Vice President
Andrew Johnson, who would succeed Lincoln as president.
the head of the house of representatives ias after the vice president alothough im not entirely sure whos after him
Bill Clinton can not legally serve as Vice-president because he can not again be president, having already served two full terms. If Hillary were elected and died, the legally installed vice-president would succeed her.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is next in line for the presidency following the vice president.
He was the first Vice President to succeed to the presidency.
Joe Biden, the Vice President
John Calhoun
Because the only duties given the vice president are to act as President ProTemp of the Senate, and to succeed the president if he dies.