5 facts presentation
- 1. United States Presidential Line of Succession By: Michael Pollack-Twomey
- 2. What could cause this succession? • Impeachment • Resignation • Death photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/branditressler/1079313492/">la dybugbkt</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
- 3. Presidents who have assumed office by succession • Chester A. Arthur – Death of James Garfield • Calvin Coolidge – Death of Warren G. Harding • Millard Fillmore – Death of Zachary Taylor • Gerald R. Ford – Resignation of Richard Nixon • Andrew Johnson – Death of Abraham Lincoln
- 4. Presidents who have assumed office by succession • Lyndon B. Johnson – Death of John F. Kennedy • Theodore Roosevelt – Death of William McKinley • Harry S. Truman – Death of Franklin D. Roosevelt • John Tyler – William Henry Harrison
- 5. The Current 5 in Line
- 6. 1st: Vice President of the United States Joe Biden (D) Age: 69 •First in line behind current President Barack Obama. •From Scranton, Pennsylvania •Served as a U.S. Senator for Delaware from 1973 to 2009 upon his election to the vice photo credit: <a presidency. href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ba rackobamadotcom/7798973526/">Bara ck Obama</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin< •Served as ranking member of /a><a href="http://creativecommons.org/lice Senate Judiciary Committee nses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a> for 17 years working on criminal justice issues. photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/frekur/2969695080/">Lsbentz</a > via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/">cc</a>
- 7. 2nd: Speaker of the House John Boehner (R) Age: 62 •Representative from Ohio’s 8th Congressional District. •Currently serves as the 61st speaker of the United States House of Representatives •Served as House Minority Leader (‘07-’11), and House photo credit: <a Majority Leader (’06-’07) href="http://www.flickr.com/phot os/speakerboehner/5913789446/ ">SpeakerBoehner</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">phot •Served as Chairman of the opin</a><a href="http://creativecommons.or House Education and g/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a> Workforce Committee (‘01- photo credit: <a ’06) href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/speakerboehner/5370664963/">SpeakerBo ehner</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/">cc</a>
- 8. 3rd: President Pro Tempore of the Senate Daniel Inouye (D) Age: 88 •Currently serves as a U.S. Senator from Hawaii •Currently most senior U.S. Senator and second longest serving U.S. Senator •A World War II Medal of Honor recipient photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/ke pano/4369338323/">kepanok</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</ •Holds a law degree from a><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licen The George Washington ses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a> University Law School photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kepano/4370086966/">kepan ok</a> via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/">cc</a>
- 9. 4th: Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) Age: 64 •Currently serves as the United States Secretary of State •Served as a U.S. Senator for the State of New York (‘01-’09) •Served as First Lady with photo credit: <a President Bill Clinton (’93- href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/valstskanceleja/ 7459653160/">Valstskanceleja</a> via <a ’01) href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- nd/2.0/">cc</a> •Received a law degree photo credit: <a from Yale Law School href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sskennel/836612585/">sskennel</a > via <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">cc</a>
- 10. 5th: Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner (I) Age: 51 •Currently serves as the 75th U.S. Secretary of the Treasury •Served as the 9th President of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York •Worked for the International Affairs Division of the U.S. Treasury Department in 1988 •Served as Vice Chairman of the Federal Open Market photo credit: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/u Committee sdol/7107268447/">US Department of Labor</a> via <a photo credit: <a href="http://photopin.com">photopin href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thinkoutloud/69683594 </a><a 74/">Think Out Loud</a> via <a href="http://creativecommons.org/lice href="http://photopin.com">photopin</a><a nses/by/2.0/">cc</a> href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-
- 11. Sources • http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/vice-president- biden • http://www.speaker.gov/ • http://www.inouye.senate.gov/about-dan/biography • http://www.state.gov/secretary/c27775.htm • http://www.biography.com/people/timothy-geithner- 391494
- 12. • INLCUDE A SLIDE FOR HYPER LINKS AND A SLIDE FOR QUOTES