Current order
The current presidential order of succession is:[2]
Key Eligible Democrat (D)
Eligible Republican (R)
Eligible Independent (I)
Eligible Unknown
Not eligible
No. Office Current officer
1 Vice President Mike Pence (R)
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Paul Ryan (R)
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Orrin Hatch (R)
4 Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R)
5 Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin (R)
6 Secretary of Defense James Mattis (I)
7 Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R)
– Secretary of the Interior Kevin Haugrud
– Secretary of Agriculture Mike Young (D)[a]
8 Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross (R)
– Secretary of Labor Ed Hugler (I)[a]
9 Secretary of Health and Human Services Tom Price (R)
– Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Craig Clemmensen
– Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao (R)
– Secretary of Energy Grace Bochenek
10 Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos (R)
11 Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin (I)
12 Secretary of Homeland Security John F. Kelly (I)
^ Jump up to: a b This listing assumes that only acting officers whose prior appointment required
Senate confirmation are eligible for the line of succession. See Acting officers below.
Jump up ^ Not a natural-born citizen (acquired U.S. citizenship by naturalization)
and thus ineligible for the Presidency.
Cabinet officers are in line according to the chronological order of their department's creation, or the department of which their department is the successor (the Department of Defense being successor to the Department of War and the Department of Health and Human Services being successor to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare).[3] [a]
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