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{{Precedence}}
The '''United States [[order of precedence]]''' is a nominal and symbolic hierarchy of important positions within the [[government of the United States|government]] of the [[United States]]. The order is established by the office of the [[President of the United States]] and can be changed by the President, though in practice it is fairly established and rarely modified. It has no legal standing (for example, it does not reflect the [[United States presidential line of succession]]), and is instead used to dictate ceremonial [[Protocol (diplomacy)|protocol]]. The [[United States Department of State]] is responsible for enforcing matters of protocol in U.S. diplomacy.
==Details [[2006|as of 2006]]==
#[[President of the United States]] ([[George W. Bush]]) and [[First Lady of the United States|First Lady]] ([[Laura Bush]]) (if present)
#[[Vice President of the United States]] and [[President of the Senate]] ([[Dick Cheney]]) and [[Second Lady of the United States|Second Lady]] ([[Lynne Cheney]]) (if present)
#[[Governor]] (while in his or her state)
#[[Mayor]] (while in his or her city)
#[[Speaker of the United States House of Representatives]] ([[Dennis Hastert]])
#[[Chief Justice of the United States]] ([[John Roberts]])
#Former Presidents of the United States (in order of term):
##[[Gerald Ford]] ([[1974]]–[[1977]])
##[[Jimmy Carter]] ([[1977]]–[[1981]])
##[[George H. W. Bush]] ([[1989]]–[[1993]])
##[[Bill Clinton]] ([[1993]]–[[2001]])
#U.S. [[Ambassador (diplomacy)|ambassador]]s (while at their posts)
#[[United States Secretary of State]] ([[Condoleezza Rice]])
#Ambassadors Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of foreign states
#Widows of former Presidents of the United States
##[[Lady Bird Johnson]]
##[[Nancy Reagan]]
#Ministers of foreign powers
#[[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]]s of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] (in order of appointment):
##[[John Paul Stevens]]
##[[Antonin Scalia]]
##[[Anthony Kennedy]]
##[[David Souter]]
##[[Clarence Thomas]]
##[[Ruth Bader Ginsburg]]
##[[Stephen Breyer]]
##[[Samuel Alito]]
#Retired Chief Justices (none now living)
#Retired Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
##[[Sandra Day O'Connor]]
#Members of the [[United States Cabinet]] (in the order of the creation of their departments; note that the U.S. Secretary of State already appears above, at #9):
##[[United States Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury]] ([[Henry Paulson]])
##[[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]] ([[Donald Rumsfeld]])
##[[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] ([[Alberto Gonzales]])
##[[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]] ([[Dirk Kempthorne]])
##[[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]] ([[Mike Johanns]])
##[[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]] ([[Carlos Gutierrez]])
##[[United States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]] ([[Elaine Chao]])
##[[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Secretary of Health and Human Services]] ([[Michael O. Leavitt]])
##[[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]] ([[Alphonso Jackson]])
##[[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]] ([[Maria Cino]] (acting))
##[[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]] ([[Samuel W. Bodman]])
##[[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]] ([[Margaret Spellings]])
##[[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|Secretary of Veterans Affairs]] ([[Jim Nicholson (U.S. politician)|Jim Nicholson]])
##[[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]] ([[Michael Chertoff]])
#[[White House Chief of Staff]] ([[Joshua Brewster Bolten]])
#Director of the [[Office of Management and Budget]] ([[Robert Jones Portman]])
#[[Director of National Intelligence]] ([[John Negroponte]])
#[[U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations]] ([[John R. Bolton]])
#[[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President Pro Tempore of the Senate]] ([[Ted Stevens]])
#[[United States Senate|United States Senators]] (by length of term served)
#[[Governor]]s of the States when outside home states ([[List of U.S. states by date of statehood|by order of admission of State to Union]])
#Acting heads of executive departments
#Former [[Vice President of the United States|Vice Presidents of the United States]] (in order of term):
##[[Walter Mondale]] ([[1977]]–[[1981]])
##[[Dan Quayle]] ([[1989]]–[[1993]])
##[[Al Gore]] ([[1993]]–[[2001]])
#Members of the [[United States House of Representatives]] (by length of term served)
#Non-voting delegates to the House of Representatives
#[[Governor of Puerto Rico]] ([[Aníbal Acevedo Vilá]])
#[[United States National Security Advisor|National Security Advisor]] to the President ([[Stephen Hadley]])
#Counselors and Assistants to the President
#[[Charge d'Affaires|Charges d'Affaires]] of Foreign Countries
#Deputy Secretaries of Executive Departments
#[[United States Solicitor General|Solicitor General]] ([[Paul Clement]])
#Administrator of the [[United States Agency for International Development|Agency for International Development]] ([[Randall L. Tobias]])
#Director of the [[Arms Control and Disarmament Agency|United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency]] ([[Robert Joseph]])
#Under Secretaries of State and [[Counsel]]s
#Under Secretaries of Executive Departments
#U.S. Ambassadors at Large
#Secretaries of the [[United States Armed Forces]]:
##[[United States Secretary of the Army|Secretary of the Army]] ([[Francis J. Harvey]])
##[[United States Secretary of the Navy|Secretary of the Navy]] ([[Donald C. Winter]])
##[[United States Secretary of the Air Force|Secretary of the Air Force]] ([[Michael Wynne]])
#[[United States Postmaster General|Postmaster General]] ([[John E. Potter]])
#[[Chairman of the Federal Reserve]] ([[Ben Bernanke]])
#Chairman of the [[Council on Environmental Quality]] ([[James L. Connaughton]])
#Chairman of the [[Export-Import Bank of the United States]] ([[James H. Lambright]])
#[[Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff]] ([[Peter Pace]])
#Under Secretaries of Defense
#Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff ([[Edmund P. Giambastiani]])
#Chiefs of Staff of the Four Services (in order of appointment):
##[[Commandant of the Marine Corps]] ([[Michael W. Hagee]])
##[[Chief of Staff of the United States Army|Chief of Staff of the Army]] ([[Peter Schoomaker]])
##[[Chief of Naval Operations]] ([[Michael Mullen]])
##[[Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force|Chief of Staff of the Air Force]] ([[T. Michael Moseley]])
#[[Commandant of the Coast Guard]] ([[Thad W. Allen]])
#Commanders-in-Chief of Unified and Specified Commands of Four-Star Grade
#[[General of the Army (USA)|Generals of the Army]], [[General of the Air Force|Generals of the Air Force]], and [[Fleet Admiral (U.S.)|Fleet Admirals]] (None living)
#[[Lieutenant governor|Lieutenant Governor]]s of the States ([[List of U.S. states by date of statehood|by order of admission of State to Union]])
#[[The rest of us]])
==External links==
*[http://www.nyc.gov/html/unccp/html/protocol/precedence.shtml Order of Precedence from the Office of the Mayor of City of New York]
*[http://www.proadvance.com/USorderofprecedence.html US order of precedence, all the way down to junior military officers]
[[Category:Orders of precedence|United States]]
[[Category:Politics of the United States]]
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