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Succession:: The Order of Presidential Succession (under the Succession Act of 1947) Whenever the office of President of the United States becomes vacant due to “removal ... death or resignation” of the chief executive, the Constitution provides that “the Vice President shall become President.” When the office of Vice President becomes vacant for any reason, the President nominates a successor, who must be confirmed by a majority vote of both houses of Congress. If both of these offices are vacant simultaneously, then, under the Succession Act of 1947, the Speaker of the House of Representatives becomes President, after resigning from the House and as Speaker. If the speakership is also vacant, then the President Pro Tempore of the Senate becomes President, after resigning from the Senate and as President Pro Tempore. If both of these offices are vacant, or if the incumbents fail to qualify for any reason, then the cabinet officers are eligible to succeed, in the order in which their departments were created. In every case, a potential successor must be duly sworn in his or her previous office, and must meet other constitutional requirements for the presidency, i.e., be at least 35 years of age, a “natural born citizen,” and for 14 years, a “resident within the United States.” Succession-related provisions are derived from the Constitution, statutory law, and political precedents of the past two centuries.

The 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

Secretary of Housing

Secretary of Transportation

Secretary of Energy

Secretary of Education

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

The Presidents

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	Congress	July 4, 1776 - April 30, 1789
1	George Washington	1789-1797
2	John Adams	1797-1801
3	Thomas Jefferson	1801-1809
4	James Madison	1809-1817
5	James Monroe	1817-1825
6	John Quincy Adams	1825-1829
7	Andrew Jackson	1829-1837
8	Martin Van Buren	1837-1841
9	William Henry Harrison	1841
10	John Tyler	1841-1845
11	James Polk	1845-1849
12	Zachary Taylor	1849-1850
13	Millard Fillmore	1850-1853
14	Franklin Pierce	1853-1857
15	James Buchanan	1857-1861
16	Abraham Lincoln	1861-1865
17	Andrew Johnson	1865-1869
18	Ulysses S. Grant	1869-1877
19	Rutherford B. Hayes	1877-1881
20	James Garfield	1881
21	Chester Arthur	1881-1885
22	Grover Cleveland	1885-1889
23	Benjamin Harrison	1889-1893
24	Grover Cleveland	1893-1897
25	William McKinley	1897-1901
26	Theodore Roosevelt	1901-1909
27	William H. Taft	1909-1913
28	Woodrow Wilson	1913-1921
29	Warren Harding	1921-1923
30	Calvin Coolidge	1923-1929
31	Herbert Hoover	1929-1933
32	Franklin D. Roosevelt	1933-1945
33	Harry Truman	1945-1953
34	Dwight Eisenhower	1953-1961
35	John F. Kennedy	1961-1963
36	Lyndon Johnson	1963-1969
37	Richard Nixon	1969-1974
38	Gerald Ford	1974-1977
39	Jimmy Carter	1977-1981
40	Ronald Reagan	1981-1989
41	George H.W. Bush	1989-1993
42	William J. Clinton	1993-2001
43	George W. Bush	2001-present