| Office |
Current officer |
1 |
Vice President |
Mike Pence (R) |
2 |
Speaker of the House of Representatives |
Paul Ryan (R) |
3 |
President pro tempore of the Senate |
Orrin Hatch (R) |
4 |
Secretary of State |
Rex Tillerson (R) |
5 |
Secretary of the Treasury |
Steven Mnuchin (R) |
6 |
Secretary of Defense |
James Mattis (I) |
7 |
Attorney General |
Jeff Sessions (R) |
8 |
Secretary of the Interior |
Ryan Zinke (R) |
– |
Secretary of Agriculture |
Mike Young (D)[a] |
9 |
Secretary of Commerce |
Wilbur Ross (R) |
– |
Secretary of Labor |
Ed Hugler (I)[a] |
10 |
Secretary of Health and Human Services |
Tom Price (R) |
11 |
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development |
Ben Carson (R) |
– |
Secretary of Transportation |
Elaine Chao (R)[b] |
12 |
Secretary of Energy |
Rick Perry (R) |
13 |
Secretary of Education |
Betsy DeVos (R) |
14 |
Secretary of Veterans Affairs |
David Shulkin (I) |
15 |
Secretary of Homeland Security |
John F. Kelly (I) |