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Under the Presidential Succession Act of 1947, the line of succession to the presidency is vice president, Speaker of the House of Representatives, president pro tempore of the Senate, and then cabinet secretaries in the chronological order the departments were created: state, Treasury, defense, justice (the attorney general), interior, agriculture, commerce, labor, health and human services, housing and urban development, transportation, energy, education, and veterans affairs. more... |
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