by Santaanacanyon on August 6th, 2003

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Following the President, and the Vice-President, who is next in succession of power?

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  • by Repsychler on August 9th, 2003

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    This is the order of succession, with current office holders (as of August 2003):

    Vice President (Richard B. Cheney)
    Speaker of the House of Representatives (Dennis Hastert)
    President pro tempore of the Senate (Ted Stevens)
    Secretary of State (Colin Powell)
    Secretary of the Treasury (John W. Snow)
    Secretary of Defense (Donald H. Rumsfeld)
    Attorney General (John Ashcroft)
    Secretary of the Interior (Gale Norton)
    Secretary of Agriculture (Ann M. Veneman)
    Secretary of Commerce (Donald L. Evans)
    Secretary of Labor (Elaine L. Chao) (ineligible)
    Secretary of Health and Human Services (Tommy G. Thompson)
    Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Mel Martinez) (ineligible)
    Secretary of Transportation (Norman Yoshio Mineta)
    Secretary of Energy (Spencer Abraham)
    Secretary of Education (Roderick Paige)
    Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Anthony J. Principi)
    Secretary of Homeland Security (Tom Ridge)

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    • This is the stuff that makes AnswerBag.Com so great!

      Santaanacanyon

      by Santaanacanyon on August 10th, 2003

    • Yes! Don'cha just love this stuff?! By the way, as of last month (Dec. '04) Mike Leavitt became Sec. of Homeland Security.

      Charles Sampson

      by Charles Sampson on January 21st, 2005

    • Charles, Michael Levitt is Secrtary of Health & Human Services; Michael Chertoff is Secretary of Homeland Defense (3/25/06).

      Glenn Blaylock

      by Glenn Blaylock on March 25th, 2006

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