US Presidential Line Of Succession Outlined By Law

(The below Presidential Line of Succession is per the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 revised in 2006. Note this is separate from the laws governing the death of a Candidate for President of the US.)

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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)