Authority
Presidential Succession is determined by: 20th Amendment, Article II, Section 1, Clause 6; 25th Amendment; and The Presidential Succession Law of 1947.
Order Of Succession
- Vice President
- Speaker of the House
- 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 & Human Services
- Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
- Secretary of Transportation
- Secretary of Energy
- Secretary of Education
- Secretary of Veterans' Affairs