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    What is the order in which presidentsy is passed down in the US after the president a vice president are killed?

    Question #22557. Asked by US. (Sep 11 02 9:59 PM)


    ShadowKat

    		This list is a few years old, but it appears that the order of succession is: Speaker of the House, President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, Secretary of the Treasury, Secretary of Defense, Attorney General, Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Agriculture, Secretary of Commerce, Secretary of Labor, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Secretary of Transportation, Secretary of Energy, Secretary of Education, Secretary of Veterans Affairs. This list is from http://www.dlhoffman.com/publiclibrary/AmericanHistory/succession.html.

    Sep 11 02, 10:51 PM
    Andy

    		If George Bush and Dick Cheney were to be killed, the order of succession would look like this:
    1) Speaker of the House- Denny Hastert
    2) President Pro Tempore of the Senate- Strom Thurmond
    3) Secretary of State- Colin Powell
    4) Secretary of Treasury- Paul O'Neill
    5) Secretary of Defense- Donald Rumsfeld
    6) Attorney General- John Ashcroft
    7) Secretary of Interior- Gale Norton
    8) Secretary of Agriculture- Ann Veneman
    9) Secretary of Commerce- Don Evans
    10) Secretary of Labor- Elaine Chao
    11) Secretary Health and Human Services- Tommy Thompson
    12) Secretary Housing and Urban Development- Mel Martinez
    13) Secretary of Transportation- Norman Mineta
    14) Secretary of Energy- Spencer Abraham
    15) Secretary of Education- Rod Paige
    16) Secreaty of Veterans' Affairs- Anthony Principi

    Sep 12 02, 7:58 PM

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