Who follows the Vice-President in line for the Presidency, according to Presidential Succession Act of 1947?

According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the Senate president pro tempore was next in line after the vice president to succeed to the presidency, followed by the Speaker of the House.

In 1886, Congress changed the order of presidential succession, replacing the president pro tempore and the Speaker with the cabinet officers.

The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed by President Harry Truman, changed the order again to what it is today. The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to the date their offices were established.

Prior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant. The first vice president to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. 12, 1973, and confirmed by Congress the following Dec. 6.

Order of Succession:

The Vice President Dick Cheney

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi

President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

Secretary of the Treasury Henry Paulson

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales

Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne

Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns

Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao

Secretary of Health and Human Services Mike Leavitt

Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Alphonso Jackson

Secretary of Transportation Mary E. Peters

Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman

Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Jim Nicholson

Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff

Nancy Pelosi becoming President will most likely never happen this term. Bush replaces his Vice President. If Dick Cheney becomes President, he will select the Vice President.

Presidential Succession Act 1886

It's B) Speaker of the House. That would currently be Nancy Pelosi.

B speaker of the House

It's B: Speaker of the House

Speaker of the House.

B) Speaker of the House

Nancy Pelosi the Hispanic

Speaker of the House! Easy one!

Secretary of State

that would be current speaker of the house Nancy Pelosi