order of succession

This is a list of the current presidential line of succession, as specified by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (3 U.S.C. § 19).
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Name
Position
1
Richard B. Cheney
Vice President
2
J. Dennis Hastert
Speaker of the House of Representatives
3
Ted Stevens
President pro tempore of the Senate
4
Condoleezza Rice
Secretary of State
5
Henry M. Paulson, Jr.
Secretary of the Treasury
6
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Secretary of Defense
7
Alberto Gonzales
Attorney General
8
Dirk Kempthorne
Secretary of the Interior
9
Mike Johanns
Secretary of Agriculture
Carlos Gutierrez(ineligible; not a natural-born citizen)
Secretary of Commerce
Elaine Chao(ineligible; not a natural-born citizen)
Secretary of Labor
10
Michael Leavitt
Secretary of Health and Human Services
11
Alphonso Jackson
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
12
Mary Peters
Secretary of Transportation
13
Samuel W. Bodman
Secretary of Energy
14
Margaret Spellings
Secretary of Education
15
Jim Nicholson
Secretary of Veterans Affairs