Which list is the correctly ordered line of succession for the U.S. presidency, as it follows the vice president?
Explanation
Answer: B - The Speaker of House, President pro tempore of the Senate, Secretary of State, and Secretary of the Treasury follow the vice president in the presidential line of succession. The executive and legislative branches of government are represented in the line of succession but the judicial branch is not. Following Congressional leadership, the entire Cabinet is ordered in the line. The furthest the nation ever delved into the line of succession was in 1973-1974 when the Speaker of the House, Gerald Ford, was nominated to succeed to the vice presidential vacancy, then succeeded constitutionally to the presidency less than a year later when Richard Nixon resigned the office. These dual successions made Gerald Ford the only president in U.S. history to hold the office without being elected to it as president or vice president.
