Order of Presidential Succession

Donald Trump 45th President of the United States assumed office: Jan. 20, 2017
	Office	Office Holder (as of Aug. 28, 2019)
1.	Vice President	Mike Pence, JD elected official assumed office: Jan. 20, 2017
2.	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Nancy Pelosi elected official assumed office: Jan. 3, 2019
3.	President Pro Tempore of the Senate	Chuck Grassley, MA elected official assumed office Jan. 3, 2019
4.	Secretary of State	Mike Pompeo, JD appointed official confirmed: Apr. 26, 2018
5.	Secretary of the Treasury	Steven Mnuchin appointed official confirmed: Feb. 13, 2017
6.	Secretary of Defense	Mark Esper, PhD appointed official confirmed: July 23, 2019
7.	Attorney General	William Barr, JD appointed official confirmed: Feb. 14, 2019
8.	Secretary of the Interior	David Bernhardt, JD appointed official confirmed: Apr. 11, 2019
9.	Secretary of Agriculture	Sonny Perdue, DVM appointed official confirmed: Apr. 24, 2017
10.	Secretary of Commerce	Wilbur Ross, MBA appointed official confirmed: Feb. 27, 2017
11.	Secretary of Labor	Eugene Scalia appointed official confirmed: Sep. 26, 2019
12.	Secretary of Health and Human Services	Alex M. Azar, II, JD appointed official confirmed: Jan. 24, 2018
13.	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Ben Carson, MD appointed official confirmed: Mar. 2, 2017
14.	Secretary of Transportation	Elaine Chao, MBA appointed official confirmed: Jan. 31, 2017 The Secretary of Transportation is usually fourteenth in line for the presidency, but Elaine Chao is not eligible to be President because she is a naturalized US citizen rather than a US-born citizen.
15.	Secretary of Energy	Dan Brouillette appointed official confirmed: Dec. 2, 2019
16.	Secretary of Education	Betsy DeVos appointed official confirmed: Jan. 1, 2017
17.	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	Robert Wilkie, JD, LLM, MS appointed official confirmed: July 23, 2018
18.	Secretary of Homeland Security	Chad Wolf  (acting)* appointed official confirmed as Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Strategy, Policy and Plans: Nov. 13, 2019

*Acting administration officials may be in the line of succession as long as they have been confirmed by the Senate for a position.




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