Question

Why do the speaker of the House of Representatives and the president pro tempore of the senate succeed to the presidency before the presidents Secretary of State

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Answer: The Constitution provides for a president pro tempore to preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president. ... Following passage of the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the president pro tempore was next in line after the vice president, and followed by the speaker of the House of Representatives.

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