If this doesn’t scare you, I don’t know what will.
United States presidential line of succession
1 Vice President and President of the Senate Joe Biden
2 Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi
3 President pro tempore of the Senate Robert Byrd
4 Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
5 Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner
6 Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
7 Attorney General Eric Holder
8 Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
9 Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack
10 Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Shaun Donovan
11 Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood
12 Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
13 Secretary of Education Arne Duncan
14 Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki
15 Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano
