The Secretary of Homeland Security is the last in line. The ranking is made in the historical order of the establishment of the Cabinet positions.
No, the US Treasury Secretary is not the fifth in line for US President. The President's order of succession is defined by law, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives is next in line after the Vice President. The Secretary of the Treasury is further down in the line of succession.
Vice- President is the first in the line of succession for the presidency. Indeed such is the primary purpose for the office of vice-president.
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.
In the US there is a line of succession should a president be unable to serve due to illness or death. The next in line to serve as president is the Vice President. This was seen when President Nixon resigned and Vice president Ford became president. Should a vice president be unable to serve, then the Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes the new president.
after the Speaker of the House and before the Secretary of State
The Speaker of the House of Representatives is the next in line of succession.
The purpose of the 25th amendment to the US Constitution is to establish a line of succession from the President. This amendment determines who should become President in the event that the President is no longer able to preform his duties.
the speaker of the house
The 25th Amendment to the US constitutionestablishesguidelinesfor succession of the office of the president.
President of the US is never dead as King of France... used to. Look atthe article United States presidential line of succession on Wikipedia.
Speaker of the House of the Representatives
The line of succession continues with the Cabinet, beginning with the Secretary of State. As of March, 2009, the US Secretary of State is former First Lady and Presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton.