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.
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.
The United States secretary of state is a member of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States and the head of the U.S. Department of State, equivalent to a minister of foreig
United States presidential line of succession
…officers beyond the vice president acting as president rather than becoming president when filling a vacancy. The Cabinet has 15 members, of which the secretary of state is highest and fourth in line (after the president pro tempore of the Senate); the other Cabinet secretaries follow in the order of when their departments…
Official portrait of Secretary Marco Rubio