The United States secretary of the treasury is the head of the United States Department of the Treasury, and is the chief financial officer of the federal government of the United States. The secretar
Official portrait of Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
Alexander Hamilton
Oliver Wolcott Jr by Gilbert Stuart circa 1820
Samuel Dexter
The United States presidential line of succession is the order in which the vice president of the United States and other officers of the U.S. federal government assume the powers and duties of the U.
United States Secretary of the Treasury
…fiscal policy. The secretary is, by custom, a member of the president's cabinet and, by law, a member of the National Security Council, and fifth in the U.S. presidential line of succession. Under the Appointments Clause of the United States Constitution, the officeholder is nominated by the president of the United States, and, following…
Federal judge Sarah T. Hughes administering the presidential oath of office to Lyndon B. Johnson following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, November 22, 1963
Chief Justice Warren Burger administering the presidential oath of office to Gerald Ford following the resignation of Richard Nixon, August 9, 1974
In April 1841, John Tyler became the first person to succeed to the presidency intra-term upon the death of William Henry Harrison.
1st-in-line of succession, new Vice President Gerald Ford addressed Congress in 1973 in front of 2nd-in-line Speaker of the House Carl Albert, and 3rd-in-line President pro tempore of the Senate James Eastland.