the president is the first four officers in the line of succession to the presidency.
the president is the first four officers in the line of succession to the presidency.
what are the first four officers in the line of succession to the presidency?
the president
the line of succession follows the order of vice president, speaker of the house of representatives, president pro tempore of the senate, and then the eligible heads of federal executive departments who form the president's cabinet. the presidential succession act refers specifically to officers beyond the vice president "acting as" president rather than "becoming" president when filling a vacancy. the cabinet currently has 15 members, of which the secretary of state is first in line; the other cabinet secretaries follow in the order of when their departments (or the department of which their department is the successor) were created. those heads of department who are constitutionally ineligible to be elected to the presidency are disqualified from assuming the powers and duties of the president through succession, and skipped to the next in line. since 1789, the vice president has succeeded to the presidency intra-term on nine occasions, eight times due to the incumbent's death, and once due to resignation. no one lower in the line of succession has yet been called upon to act as president.
united states presidential line of succession
the los angeles district attorney charged the four officers with assault with a deadly weapon and use of excessive force. a year later, after a change of venue from los angeles to ventura county, a jury of ten whites, one asian and one hispanic, acquitted the four officers of the assault charge, but deadlocked on the excessive force charge for powell. the verdict led to the 1992 los angeles riots.









































the four officers were later indicted on federal charges for violating rodney king's civil rights. powell and koon were convicted in 1993 and were sentenced to 30 months in prison.
laurence powell