Current order
The current presidential order of succession is: [2]
Key | Eligible Democrat (D) |
---|---|
Eligible Republican (R) | |
Not eligible |
No. | Office | Current officer |
---|---|---|
1 | Vice President | Joe Biden (D) |
2 | Speaker of the House of Representatives | Paul Ryan (R) |
3 | President pro tempore of the Senate | Orrin Hatch (R) |
4 | Secretary of State | John Kerry (D) |
5 | Secretary of the Treasury | Jack Lew (D) |
6 | Secretary of Defense | Ash Carter (D) |
7 | Attorney General | Loretta Lynch (D) |
— | Secretary of the Interior | Sally Jewell (D)[a] |
8 | Secretary of Agriculture | Tom Vilsack (D) |
9 | Secretary of Commerce | Penny Pritzker (D) |
10 | Secretary of Labor | Tom Perez (D) |
11 | Secretary of Health and Human Services | Sylvia Mathews Burwell (D) |
12 | Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | Julián Castro (D) |
13 | Secretary of Transportation | Anthony Foxx (D) |
14 | Secretary of Energy | Ernest Moniz (D) |
15 | Secretary of Education | John King (D) |
16 | Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Bob McDonald (R) |
17 | Secretary of Homeland Security | Jeh Johnson (D) |