Presidential Line of Succession

(Per the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 Revised in 2006)

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1. Vice President > Mike Pence (Republican)
2. Speaker of the House of Representatives > Nancy Pelosi (Democrat)
3. President pro tempore of the Senate > Chuck Grassley (Republican)
4. Secretary of State > Mike Pompeo (Republican)
5. Secretary of the Treasury > Steven Mnuchin (Republican)
6. Secretary of Defense > Mark Esper (Republican)
7. Attorney General > William Barr (Republican)
8. Secretary of the Interior > David Bernhardt (Republican)
9. Secretary of Agriculture > Sonny Perdue (Republican)
10. Secretary of Commerce > Wilbur Ross (Republican)
11. Secretary of Labor > Eugene Scalia (Republican)
12. Secretary of Health and Human Services > Alex Azar (Republican)
13. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development > Ben Carson (Republican)
14. Secretary of Transportation > Elaine Chao (Republican) (But not Natural Born)
15. Secretary of Energy > Rick Perry (Republican)
16. Secretary of Education > Betsy DeVos (Republican)
17. Secretary of Veterans Affairs > Robert Wilkie (Republican)
18. Secretary of Homeland Security > Vacant (Law unclear on Acting Secretaries)