The order of presidential succession.
1. Vice President - Dick Cheney
2. Speaker of the House - Dennis Hastert
3. Senate President Pro Tempore - Ted Stevens
4. Secretary of State - Colin Powell
5. Secretary of the Treasury - John Snow
6. Secretary of Defense - Donald Rumsfeld
7. Attorney General - John Ashcroft
8. Secretary of the Interior - Gale Norton
9. Secretary of Agriculture - Ann Veneman
10. Secretary of Commerce - Donald Evans
11. Secretary of Labor - Elaine Chao
12. Secretary of Health and Human Services - Tommy Thompson
13. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development - Mel Martinez
14. Secretary of Transportation - Norman Mineta
15. Secretary of Energy - Spencer Abraham
16. Secretary of Education - Rod Paige
17. Secretary of Veterans Affairs - Anthony Principi
18. Secretary of Homeland Security - Tom Ridge
Ridge would move from 18th to eighth under legislation moving through Congress. Also, the Constitution requires that the president be a natural-born citizen, so Chao, born in Taiwan, and Martinez, who came to the United States from Cuba, would not be eligible.
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