Political Factoid
2019 Presidential line of succession:
(and implications of potential religious control)
|
Office |
Current officer |
|
1 |
Vice President of the United States |
Mike Pence (R) |
EC |
2 |
Speaker of the House |
Nancy Pelosi (D) |
RC |
3 |
President pro tempore of the Senate |
Charles Grassley (R) |
B |
4 |
Secretary of State |
Mike Pompeo (R) |
EPC |
5 |
Secretary of the Treasury |
Steven Mnuchin (R) |
J |
6 |
Secretary of Defense |
Mark Esper (R) |
?? |
7 |
Attorney General |
William Barr (R) |
RC |
8 |
Secretary of the Interior |
David Bernhardt (R) |
?? |
9 |
Secretary of Agriculture |
Sonny Perdue (R) |
B |
|
RC=Roman Catholicism: |
Orders from Rome could take precedence |
(as claimed in 2012 by GOP candidate Rick Santorum and others [cf]) |
J=Judaism |
Orders from Israel could take precedence |
(as indicated by then GOP House Majority Leader Eric Cantor [cf]) |
EC=Evangelical Christian |
- |
- |
B=Baptist |
- |
- |
EPC= Evangelical Presbyterian Church |
- |
- |
??=No identifiable religion |
- |
- |
cf. |
6390,
5100,
4663,
453,
5009,
4573,
20136,
4819,
4935,
4750,
4583,
2049,
4473,
4505
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