The succession of the presidency in the United States is the order in the United States that determines who can take the presidency or perform his duties due to disability, death, dismissal or removal from office (by impeachment and subsequent conviction) of the current president or elected president.
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Current order
The following is the current succession order of the presidency as defined by the US Constitution and the 1947 Presidential Succession Act of 1947 [1] , including subsequent amendments in view of the creation of [2] new ministries .
| # | Position | Replaces at the moment |
|---|---|---|
| one | Vice President | Michael Pence (Republican) |
| 2 | House Speaker | Nancy Pelosi (Democrat) |
| 3 | Interim President of the Senate | Chuck Grassley (Republican) |
| four | Secretary of State | Mike Pompeo (Republican) |
| five | Minister of Finance | Stephen Mnuchin (Republican) |
| 6 | Minister of Defense | Mark Esper (Republican) |
| 7 | Attorney General | William Barr (Republican) |
| eight | Minister of Internal Affairs | David Bernhardt (Republican) |
| 9 | Minister of Agriculture | Sonny Purdue (Republican) |
| ten | Minister of Commerce | Wilbur Ross (Republican) |
| eleven | Minister of Labor | Alexander Acosta (Republican) |
| 12 | Minister of Health and Human Services | Alex Hazard (Republican) |
| 13 | Minister of Housing and Urban Development | Ben Carson (Republican) |
| 14 | Minister of Transport | Elaine Chao [3] (Republican) |
| 15 | Minister of Energy | Rick Perry (Republican) |
| sixteen | Minister of education | Betsy Devos (Republican) |
| 17 | Minister of Veterans Affairs | Robert Wilkie (Republican) |
| 18 | Minister of Homeland Security | Kevin Makalinan [4] (Republican) |
Notes
- ↑ The procedure for filling the post of president. Section 3 of Art. 19 United States Code . Cornell University School of Law . Date of treatment April 4, 2012. Archived September 10, 2012.
- ↑ The order is determined by the order of creation of departments, and not by their significance.
- ↑ He will not be able to assume the presidency, since he acquired (a) US citizenship not by birth, but by naturalization.
- ↑ He will not be able to assume the presidency, as he is temporarily performing this post until the Senate approves the nominee for this post.
Literature
- Abbott, Philip (Dec 2005). "Accidental Presidents: Death, Assassination, Resignation, and Democratic Succession." Presidential Studies Quarterly. 35 (4): 627, 638. doi : 10.1111 / j.1741-5705.2005.00269.x . JSTOR 27552721 .
- Rankin, Robert S. (Feb 1946). "Presidential Succession in the United States." The Journal of Politics. 8 (1): 44-56. doi : 10.2307 / 2125607 . JSTOR 2125607 .
- Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Autumn 1974). "On the Presidential Succession." Political Science Quarterly. 89 (3): 475, 495-496. JSTOR 2148451 .
Links
- Ask Gleaves: Presidential Succession from the website of
- § 19 - “Vacancy in offices of both President and Vice President; officers eligible to act »
- Presidential Succession Act of 1792 , 1 Stat. 239 (from the American Memory website of the Library of Congress
- “Presidential Line of Succession Examined” , a September 20, 2003 article from the
- “WI Presidential Succession Act of 1947 held unconstitutional” , David Tenner, Usenet group: soc.history.what-if, January 14, 2003.
- Fools, Drunkards, & Presidential Succession from the Federalist Society website
- Testimony of M. Miller Baker from the US Senate website