presidential line of succession

This is a list of the current presidential line of succession, as specified by the Presidential Succession Act of 1947 (3 U.S.C. § 19) and subsequent amendments to include newly created cabinet officers.

#	Office	Current Officer
1	Vice President and President of the Senate	Dick Cheney
2	Speaker of the House of Representatives	Nancy Pelosi
3	President pro tempore of the Senate	Robert Byrd
4	Secretary of State	Condoleezza Rice
5	Secretary of the Treasury	Henry Paulson
6	Secretary of Defense	Robert Gates[1]
7	Attorney General	Michael Mukasey
8	Secretary of the Interior	Dirk Kempthorne
9	Secretary of Agriculture	Ed Schafer
10	Secretary of Commerce	Carlos Gutierrez (not eligible)†
11	Secretary of Labor	Elaine Chao (not eligible)†
12	Secretary of Health and Human Services	Mike Leavitt
13	Secretary of Housing and Urban Development	Steve Preston
14	Secretary of Transportation	Mary Peters
15	Secretary of Energy	Samuel Bodman
16	Secretary of Education	Margaret Spellings
17	Secretary of Veterans Affairs	James Peake
18	Secretary of Homeland Security	Michael Chertoff