Attorney General 5. Secretary of the Interior 6. Secretary of Agriculture 7. Secretary of Commerce 8. Secretary of Labor 9. Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Secretary of Transportation Secretary of Energy Secretary of Education Secretary of Veterans Affairs Secretary of Homeland Security.
Eight vice presidents have assumed the presidency upon the death of the president; one upon the president's resignation. The president pro tempore serves as leader of the Senate in the vice president's absence and is usually the senior member of the majority party. Ratified February 10, In case of the removal of the President from office or of his death or resignation, the Vice President shall become President.
Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress. Whenever the President transmits to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives his written declaration that he is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, and until he transmits to them a written declaration to the contrary, such powers and duties shall be discharged by the Vice President as Acting President.
Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit to the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives their written declaration that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.
The order was changed again into a mix of the two ideas. The Presidential Succession Act of , signed by President Harry Truman, changed the order again to what it is today. The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to the date their offices were established.
One of the biggest oversights had to do with when exactly someone becomes president. The 20th amendment, passed in , is generally about when a president-elect becomes president. It set the date for January 20th every year following a presidential election. The amendment also specifies that if a president-elect dies before becoming president, the VP candidate becomes the new president-elect.
Prior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in , there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant.
This became a pressing issue when then-VP Spiro Agnew resigned his post. Per the amendment, the president would nominate a new VP to be confirmed by the house. The first vice president to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. Gerald Ford assumed the presidency when Nixon resigned, and he in turn nominated his own VP.
This led to the unique situation of having two people in the White House who were elected by the U. The 25th Amendment also provides for the vice president and the government to remove the president from their position if they are considered unable to perform their duties. After the JFK assassination, there was concerns about a president being too ill or injured to function, but still being alive and retaining their powers.
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