Der rangerer højere statssekretær eller stabschef?
United States order of precedence
USA's præsident (Donald Trump)
Vicepræsident for De Forenede Stater (Mike Pence)
Guvernør (i den stat eller det territorium, hvor begivenheden finder sted)
Formand for det amerikanske Repræsentanternes Hus (Paul Ryan)
USA's øverste dommer (John Roberts)
Tidligere præsidenter eller deres enker/enkemænd (i rækkefølge efter valgperiode):
Jimmy Carter (20. januar 1977 - 20. januar 1981)
George H. W. Bush (20. januar 1989 - 20. januar 1993)
Bill Clinton (20. januar 1993 - 20. januar 2001)
George W. Bush (20. januar 2001 - 20. januar 2009)
Barack Obama (20. januar 2009 - 20. januar 2017)
Tidligere vicepræsidenter eller deres enker/enkemænd (sorteret efter valgperiode; bemærk, at George H. W. Bush, som ellers ville være opført på denne liste, allerede er opført ovenfor som tidligere præsident):
Walter Mondale (20. januar 1977 - 20. januar 1981)
Dan Quayle (20. januar 1989 - 20. januar 1993)
Al Gore (20. januar 1993 - 20. januar 2001)
Dick Cheney (20. januar 2001 - 20. januar 2009)
Joe Biden (20. januar 2009 - 20. januar 2017)
Ambassadører fra USA (på ambassadørens post)
Udenrigsminister (Rex Tillerson)
Ambassadører til USA (i rækkefølge efter fremlæggelse af deres akkreditiver)
Associerede dommere ved Højesteret (ordnet ved udnævnelse):
Anthony Kennedy (18. februar 1988)
Clarence Thomas (18. oktober 1991)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (10. august 1993)
Stephen Breyer (3. august 1994)
Samuel Alito (31. januar 2006)
Sonia Sotomayor (8. august 2009)
Elena Kagan (7. august 2010)
Neil Gorsuch (10. april 2017)
Pensionerede øverste dommere i De Forenede Stater (efter udnævnelse; for øjeblikket ingen)
Pensionerede associerede dommere ved Højesteret (efter udnævnelse):
John Paul Stevens (19. december 1975 - 29. juni 2010)
Sandra Day O'Connor (25. september 1981 - 31. januar 2006)
David Souter (9. oktober 1990 - 29. juni 2009)
Medlemmer af kabinettet (i den rækkefølge, hvori de respektive ministerier blev oprettet; bemærk, at udenrigsministeren allerede er nævnt ovenfor; datoen for oprettelsen af krigsministeren anvendes som dato for forsvarsministerens stilling i rangfølgen. Udpegede personer på kabinetsniveau er ordnet i henhold til præsidentens kabinetsrang):
Finansminister (Steven Mnuchin)
Forsvarsminister (James Mattis)
Justitsminister (Jeff Sessions)
Indenrigsminister (Ryan Zinke)
Landbrugsminister (Sonny Perdue)
Handelsminister (Wilbur Ross)
Arbejdsminister (Alexander Acosta)
Minister for sundhed og sociale anliggender (Eric Hargan) (fungerende)
Minister for bolig- og byudvikling (Ben Carson)
Transportminister (Elaine Chao)
Energiminister (Rick Perry)
Uddannelsesminister (Betsy DeVos)
Minister for veteranananliggender (David Shulkin)
Minister for indenrigssikkerhed (Elaine Duke) (fungerende)
Stabschef i Det Hvide Hus (John F. Kelly)
Handelsrepræsentant (Robert Lighthizer)
Direktør for den nationale efterretningstjeneste (Dan Coats)
Ambassadør ved De Forenede Nationer (Nikki Haley)
Direktør for Office of Management and Budget (Mick Mulvaney)
Direktør for Central Intelligence Agency (Mike Pompeo)
administrator for Miljøbeskyttelsesagenturet (Scott Pruitt)
administrator for Small Business Administration (Linda McMahon)
Præsident pro tempore for det amerikanske senat (Orrin Hatch)
Senatets flertalsleder (Mitch McConnell)
Senatets mindretalsleder (Chuck Schumer)
Flertalsformand i Senatet (John Cornyn)
Senatets mindretalsleder (Dick Durbin)
Nuværende amerikanske senatorer (efter anciennitet; se Anciennitet i det amerikanske senat; bemærk, at præsident pro tempore og senatsledelsen er anført ovenfor).
De nuværende guvernører i de enkelte stater (i andre stater end den, hvor begivenheden finder sted, efter datoen for statsdannelse eller ratificering af forfatningen):
Guvernør i Delaware (John Carney)
Guvernør i Pennsylvania (Tom Wolf)
Guvernør i New Jersey (Chris Christie)
Guvernør i Georgia (Nathan Deal)
Guvernør i Connecticut (Dannel Malloy)
Guvernør i Massachusetts (Charlie Baker)
Guvernør i Maryland (Larry Hogan)
Guvernør i South Carolina (Henry McMaster)
Guvernør i New Hampshire (Chris Sununu)
Guvernør i Virginia (Terry McAuliffe)
Guvernør i New York (Andrew Cuomo)
Guvernør i North Carolina (Roy Cooper)
Guvernør i Rhode Island (Gina Raimondo)
Guvernør i Vermont (Phil Scott)
Guvernør i Kentucky (Matt Bevin)
Guvernør i Tennessee (Bill Haslam)
Guvernør i Ohio (John Kasich)
Guvernør i Louisiana (John Bel Edwards)
Guvernør i Indiana (Eric Holcomb)
Guvernør i Mississippi (Phil Bryant)
Guvernør i Illinois (Bruce Rauner)
Guvernør i Alabama (Kay Ivey)
Guvernør i Maine (Paul LePage)
Guvernør i Missouri (Eric Greitens)
Guvernør i Arkansas (Asa Hutchinson)
Guvernør i Michigan (Rick Snyder)
Guvernør i Florida (Rick Scott)
Guvernør i Texas (Greg Abbott)
Guvernør i Iowa (Kim Reynolds)
Guvernør i Wisconsin (Scott Walker)
Guvernør i Californien (Jerry Brown)
Guvernør i Minnesota (Mark Dayton)
Guvernør i Oregon (Kate Brown)
Guvernør i Kansas (Sam Brownback)
Guvernør i West Virginia (Jim Justice)
Guvernør i Nevada (Brian Sandoval)
Guvernør i Nebraska (Pete Ricketts)
Guvernør i Colorado (John Hickenlooper)
Guvernør i North Dakota (Doug Burgum)
Guvernør i South Dakota (Dennis Daugaard)
Guvernør i Montana (Steve Bullock)
Guvernør i Washington (Jay Inslee)
Guvernør i Idaho (Butch Otter)
Guvernør i Wyoming (Matt Mead)
Guvernør i Utah (Gary Herbert)
Guvernør i Oklahoma (Mary Fallin)
Guvernør i New Mexico (Susana Martinez)
Guvernør i Arizona (Doug Ducey)
guvernør i Alaska (Bill Walker)
Guvernør i Hawaii (David Ige)
Flertalsleder i Repræsentanternes Hus (Kevin McCarthy)
Minoritetsleder i Repræsentanternes Hus (Nancy Pelosi)
Flertalsformand i parlamentet (Steve Scalise)
Mindretalsformand i Repræsentanternes Hus (Steny Hoyer)
Nuværende medlemmer af det amerikanske Repræsentanternes Hus (efter anciennitet; se Anciennitet i USA's Repræsentanternes Hus; bemærk, at formanden for Huset og Husets ledelse er anført ovenfor).
De nuværende delegerede til Repræsentanternes Hus (efter anciennitet; hvis de er de samme, efter territoriets dato for indtræden i USA's jurisdiktion eller alfabetisk efter territorium):
Eleanor Holmes Norton fra District of Columbia (3. januar 1991)
Madeleine Bordallo fra Guam (3. januar 2003)
Gregorio Sablan fra Nordmarianerne (3. januar 2009)
Amata Coleman Radewagen fra Amerikansk Samoa (3. januar 2015)
Stacey Plaskett fra De Amerikanske Jomfruøer (3. januar 2015)
Jenniffer González fra Puerto Rico (3. januar 2017)
Nuværende territoriale guvernører (af andre territorier end det, hvor begivenheden afholdes, ordnet efter territoriets dato for indtræden i USA's jurisdiktion eller alfabetisk efter territorium):
Guvernør i Puerto Rico (Ricky Rosselló)
Guam's guvernør (Eddie Baza Calvo)
guvernør i Amerikansk Samoa (Lolo Matalasi Moliga)
Guvernør for De Amerikanske Jomfruøer (Kenneth Mapp)
Guvernør for De Nordlige Marianerøer (Ralph Torres)
Seniorkonsulenter for præsidenten (efter udnævnelse):
Jared Kushner (strategisk planlægning) (20. januar 2017) (efter bestilling)
Stephen Miller (politik) (20. januar 2017)
Mercedes Schlapp (strategisk kommunikation) (12. september 2017)
National sikkerhedsrådgiver (H. R. McMaster)
Rådgiver for præsidenten
Kellyanne Conway
Det Hvide Hus' stedfortrædende stabschefer
Joe Hagin (20. januar 2017)
Rick Dearborn (20. januar 2017)
Kirstjen Nielsen (6. september 2017)
Stabschef for førstedamen (Lindsay Reynolds)
Stabschef for vicepræsidenten (Nick Ayers)
Assistenter for præsidenten (efter udnævnelse)
Direktør for den nationale politik for narkotikakontrol (Richard Baum) (fungerende)
Formand for Rådet af økonomiske rådgivere (Kevin Hassett)
Formand for Rådet for Miljøkvalitet (ledig)
Protokolchef (Mark E. Walsh) (fungerende) (når han er sammen med præsidenten eller til et arrangement i Det Hvide Hus)
Chargés d'Affaires ved USA (bestilles ved embedstiltrædelse)
Tidligere udenrigsministre (i rækkefølge efter embedsperiode):
Henry Kissinger (22. september 1973 - 20. januar 1977)
George Shultz (16. juli 1982 - 20. januar 1989)
James Baker (20. januar 1989 - 23. august 1992)
Madeleine Albright (23. januar 1997 - 20. januar 2001)
Colin Powell (20. januar 2001 - 26. januar 2005)
Condoleezza Rice (26. januar 2005 - 20. januar 2009)
Hillary Clinton (21. januar 2009 - 1. februar 2013) (bemærk, at Hillary Clinton optræder ovenfor, når hun er til stede sammen med sin mand, tidligere præsident Bill Clinton)
John Kerry (1. februar 2013 - 20. januar 2017)
Tidligere medlemmer af det amerikanske kabinet (sorteret efter mandatperiode)
Tidligere amerikanske senatorer (sorteret efter lederstilling og derefter efter mandatperiode; hvis samme, derefter efter dato for statsdannelse eller ratificering af forfatningen)
Tidligere guvernører i den stat eller det territorium, hvor arrangementet afholdes (efter mandatperiode)
Tidligere guvernører (i andre stater end den stat, hvor arrangementet finder sted, efter dato for statsdannelse eller ratificering af forfatningen)
Tidligere repræsentanter for USA (efter lederstilling, derefter efter mandatperiode; hvis samme, derefter efter datoen for statsdannelse eller ratifikation af forfatningen)
Vice-sekretærer for de udøvende ministerier (i den rækkefølge, hvori de respektive ministerier er oprettet eller udpeget af præsidenten som for kabinettet ovenfor):
Viceudenrigsminister (John J. Sullivan)
Viceminister for finansministeriet (vakant)
Viceforsvarsminister (Patrick M. Shanahan)
Vicegeneraladvokat (Rod J. Rosenstein)
Viceminister for indenrigsanliggender (David L. Bernhardt)
Vicelandbrugsminister (Stephen Censky)
Vicehandelsminister (ubesat)
Viceminister for arbejde (ledig)
Viceminister for sundhed og sociale anliggender (Eric Hargan)
Viceminister for bolig- og byudvikling (Pam Patenaude)
Viceminister for transport (Jeffrey A. Rosen)
Viceminister for energi (Dan Brouillette)
Viceminister for uddannelse (ledig)
Viceminister for veteranananliggender (Thomas G. Bowman)
Viceminister for indenlandsk sikkerhed (Elaine Duke)
Stedfortrædende handelsrepræsentant (Vakant)
Forrettende vicedirektør for den nationale efterretningstjeneste (Susan M. Gordon)
Viceambassadør ved De Forenede Nationer (Michele J. Sison)
Vicedirektør for Office of Management and Budget (ledig)
Ledende vicedirektør for Central Intelligence Agency (Gina Haspel)
Viceadministrator for Miljøbeskyttelsesagenturet (Mike Flynn) (fungerende)
Viceadministrator for Small Business Administration (Althea Coetzee)
Formand for Federal Reserve (Janet Yellen)
Kommissær for Social Security Administration (Nancy Berryhill) (fungerende)
Lederne af uafhængige føderale agenturer på niveau II i Executive Schedule (sorteret efter oprettelsesdato, hvis samme dato, derefter efter mandatperiode)
Direktør for National Science Foundation (France A. Córdova)
Administrator for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Robert M. Lightfoot Jr.) (fungerende)
Administrator for USA's agentur for international udvikling (Mark Andrew Green)
Formand for De Forenede Staters Administrative Konference (ubesat)
Formand for Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Kristine Svinicki)
Direktør for United States Office of Personnel Management (Kathleen McGettigan) (fungerende)
Administrerende direktør for Millennium Challenge Corporation (Jonathan Nash) (fungerende)
Direktør for Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Richard Cordray)
Næstformand for Federal Reserve (ledig)
Guvernører for Federal Reserve (i rækkefølge efter mandatperiode)
Lael Brainard
Jerome Powell
Randal Quarles
2 ledige pladser
Stedfortrædende kommissær for Social Security Administration (ledig)
Forste vicedirektør for Office of National Drug Control Policy (ledig)
Direktør for det nationale center for terrorbekæmpelse (Nicholas J. Rasmussen)
Sekretærer for de militære afdelinger (efter oprettelsesrækkefølge efter afdeling):
Minister for hæren (Ryan McCarthy) (fungerende)
Minister for flåden (Richard V. Spencer)
Minister for luftvåben (Heather Wilson)
Formand for de fælles stabschefer (Joseph Dunford)
Understatssekretærer og ministerielle stillinger af tilsvarende rang (i rækkefølge efter ministeriel arvefølge)
Understatssekretær for politiske anliggender (Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.)
Understatssekretær for ledelse (ledig)
Øvrige understatssekretærer, ordnet efter udnævnelsesdato:
Understatssekretær for offentligt diplomati og offentlige anliggender (D. Bruce Wharton) (fungerende) (8. december 2016)
Understatssekretær for civil sikkerhed, demokrati og menneskerettigheder (vakant)
Understatssekretær for økonomisk vækst, energi og miljø (Vakant)
Understatssekretær for våbenkontrol og internationale sikkerhedsanliggender (ledig)
Rådgiver i USA's udenrigsministerium (ledig)
Undersekretærer i de udøvende ministerier og ministerielle stillinger af tilsvarende rang (i samme rækkefølge som kabinettet ovenfor og derefter i henhold til ministeriernes arverækkefølge)
Chefer for føderale departementer og agenturer (først i den rækkefølge, der følger kabinettet, og derefter i den rækkefølge, der følger departementerne)
Chefer for uafhængige føderale agenturer på niveau III i den udøvende ledelsesplan (i rækkefølge efter oprettelsesdato, hvis den samme, derefter efter mandatperiode)
Vicechefer for uafhængige føderale agenturer på niveau III i den udøvende liste (i rækkefølge efter oprettelsesdato, hvis den samme, derefter efter mandatperiode)
Postmaster General (Megan Brennan)
Tidligere formænd for de fælles stabschefer (ordnet efter mandatperiode; bemærk, at Colin Powell, som ellers ville være opført på denne liste, allerede er opført ovenfor som tidligere udenrigsminister)
Hugh Shelton (1. oktober 1997 - 1. oktober 2001)
Richard Myers (1. oktober 2001 - 1. oktober 2005)
Peter Pace (1. oktober 2005 - 1. oktober 2007)
Michael Mullen (1. oktober 2007 - 1. oktober 2011)
Martin Dempsey (1. oktober 2011 - 1. oktober 2015)
Næstformand for de fælles stabschefer (Paul Selva)
De fælles stabschefer (i rækkefølge efter udnævnelse):
Stabschef for hæren (Mark Milley)
Chef for flådens operationer (John Richardson)
Kommandant for marinekorpset (Robert Neller)
Stabschef for luftvåbnet (David Goldfein)
Chef for National Guard Bureau (Joseph Lengyel)
Kommandant for kystvagten (Paul Zukunft)
Kommandører for de forenede kampkommandoer med fire stjerner (efter udnævnelse):
Central Command (Joseph Votel)
Stillehavskommandoen (Harry Harris)
Transportkommandoen (Darren McDew)
Southern Command (Kurt Tidd)
Special Operations Command (Raymond Thomas)
Den europæiske kommando (Curtis Scaparrotti)
Den nordlige kommando (Lori Robinson)
Afrikakommandoen (Tom Waldhauser)
Den strategiske kommando (John Hyten)
Løjtnant guvernør (i den stat, hvor begivenheden finder sted)
Borgmester (i den by, hvor begivenheden finder sted)
Ambassadører fra USA til udenlandske regeringer (i officielt ærinde i USA eller et andet land)
Protokolchef (ved ophold i udenrigsministeriet eller ved arrangementer uden for Det Hvide Hus, ellers fremgår det af ovenstående)
USA's ambassadører ved internationale organisationer (på officiel rejse i USA eller et andet land)
Karriereambassadører
Stabschef for det nationale sikkerhedsråd (Keith Kellogg)
National sikkerhedsrådgiver for vicepræsidenten (Andrea Thompson)
Stabschef for den næstkommanderende (Kristan King Nevins)
Viceassistenter for præsidenten (efter udnævnelse)
Overdommere og kredsdommere ved USA's appeldomstole (efter anciennitet)
Overdommere og distriktsdommere ved de amerikanske distriktsdomstole (efter anciennitet)
Overdommere og dommere ved De Forenede Staters appelret for de væbnede styrker (efter anciennitet)
Scott W. Stucky (20. december 2006)
Margaret A. Ryan (20. december 2006)
Kevin A. Ohlson (1. november 2013)
John E. Sparks (19. april 2016)
1 plads er ubesat
Overdommer og dommere ved United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (efter anciennitet)
Robert N. Davis (4. december 2004)
Mary J. Schoelen (20. december 2004)
Coral Wong Pietsch (28. juni 2012)
Margaret Bartley (28. juni 2012)
William S. Greenberg (28. december 2012)
Michael P. Allen (3. august 2017)
Amanda Meredith (3. august 2017)
Joseph Toth (3. august 2017)
Overdommer og dommere ved United States Tax Court (efter anciennitet)
Chargés d'Affaires fra USA (i rækkefølge efter embedstiltrædelse)
Undersekretærer for hæren, flåden og luftvåbnet (efter udnævnelsesdato)
Undersekretær for hæren (Ryan McCarthy) (2. august 2017)
Undersekretær for luftvåbenet (Matthew Donovan) (4. august 2017)
Undersekretær for flåden (Thomas P. Dee) (fungerende) (17. februar 2017)
Assisterende sekretærer, stabschefer for chefen for et udøvende ministerium, ambassadører, særlige udsendinge/repræsentanter, assisterende statsadvokater og juridiske rådgivere for udøvende ministerier (i rækkefølge som kabinettet ovenfor og derefter i henhold til ministeriernes arvefølge)
Præsidentens særlige assistenter, herunder socialsekretæren i Det Hvide Hus og ledende direktører i det nationale sikkerhedsråd (i rækkefølge efter udnævnelsesdato)
Lederne af uafhængige føderale agenturer på niveau IV i Executive Schedule (efter oprettelsesdato, hvis samme dato, derefter efter mandatperiode)
Direktør for Selective Service System (Don Benton)
Formand for Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Martin J. Gruenberg)
Formand for United States Commission on Civil Rights (Catherine E. Lhamon)
Formand for Postal Regulatory Commission (Robert G. Taub)
Formand for Inter-American Foundation (Robert N. Kaplan)
Kommissær for kontoret for flytning af Navajo- og Hopi-indianere (Christopher J. Bavasi)
Formand for Federal Election Commission (Steven T. Walther)
Formand for Federal Labor Relations Authority (Patrick Pizzella) (fungerende)
Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (Carolyn Lerner)
Direktør for Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (Nancy M. Ware)
formand for Rådet for Kemisk Sikkerhed (Vanessa Allen Sutherland)
administrerende direktør for Radio- og tv-nævnet og direktør for Det Internationale Radio- og tv-bureau (John F. Lansing)
formand for valgbistandskommissionen (Matthew Masterson)
vicedirektør for Federal Bureau of Investigation (Andrew G. McCabe)
Vicechefer for uafhængige føderale agenturer på niveau IV i Executive Schedule (sorteret efter oprettelsesdato, hvis samme, derefter efter mandatperiode)
Assisterende administratorer for Miljøbeskyttelsesagenturet
Assisterende administratorer for De Forenede Staters Agentur for International Udvikling
Assisterende handelsrepræsentanter
Associerede administratorer for Small Business Administration
De Forenede Staters finansinspektør (Eugene Louis Dodaro)
Medlemmer af Council of Economic Advisers (i alfabetisk rækkefølge)
Medlemmer af Rådet for Miljøkvalitet (i alfabetisk rækkefølge)
Udpegede amerikanske ambassadører (i USA)
Borgmestre i amerikanske byer og District of Columbia (hvis de ikke er i deres egen by; hvis flere borgmestre er til stede, rangordnes de efter anciennitet)
Næstkommanderende stabschefer (i rækkefølge efter udnævnelse):
Vicechef for flådeoperationer (William F. Moran) (31. maj 2016) (efter rækkefølge)
Vice stabschef for luftvåbnet) (Stephen W. Wilson) (22. juli 2016)
Assistentkommandant for marinekorpset (Glenn M. Walters) (2. august 2016)
Vice stabschef for hæren (James C. McConville) (16. juni 2017)
Vicechef for National Guard Bureau (Daniel R. Hokanson)
Vicekommandant for kystvagten (Charles D. Michel)
Assisterende sekretærer og generalsekretærer for hæren, flåden og luftvåbenet (efter udnævnelsesdato)
Assistentsekretær for luftvåbenet (finansforvaltning og finansinspektør) (Doug Bennett) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
General Counsel of the Navy (Anne M. Brennan) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) (Darlene Costello) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (Steffanie B. Easter) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (installationer, miljø og energi) (Richard K. Hartley) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Viceminister for flåden (energi, installationer og miljø) (Steven R. Iselin) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) (Douglas W. Lamont) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (Scott W. Lutterloh) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Viceminister for flåden (finansforvaltning og finansinspektør) (Joseph B. Marshall, Jr.) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
General Counsel of the Air Force (Joseph M. McDade, Jr.) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
General Counsel of the Army (Levator Norsworthy, Jr.) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (Diane M. Randon) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment) (J. Randall Robinson) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) (Daniel R. Sitterly) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (Caral E. Spangler) (fungerende) (20. januar 2017)
Viceminister for flåden (forskning, udvikling og anskaffelse) (Allison F. Stiller) (20. januar 2017)
Militærpersoner med fire stjerner (i rækkefølge efter anciennitet: pensionerede officerer rangerer sammen med, men efter officerer i aktiv tjeneste)
Sekretariatschef for det nationale sikkerhedsråd (Keith Kellogg, fremgår ovenfor som stabschef for det nationale sikkerhedsråd)
Embedsmænd i det amerikanske senat:
Kapellan (Barry Black)
sekretær for flertallet (Laura Dove)
Sekretær for mindretallet (Gary B. Myrick)
Senatets sekretær (Julie E. Adams)
Våbensergent (Frank J. Larkin)
Parlamentariker (Elizabeth MacDonough)
Embedsmænd i det amerikanske Repræsentanternes Hus:
Kapellan (Patrick J. Conroy)
Administrationsleder (Philip J. Kiko)
Sekretær for huset (Karen L. Haas)
Våbensergent (Paul D. Irving)
Tre-stjernede militærpersoner (i rækkefølge efter anciennitet: pensionerede officerer har samme rang som men efter officerer i aktiv tjeneste)
Senatorer fra delstaterne (når de er i deres egen stat; rangfølge efter anciennitet, når de er de samme, i alfabetisk rækkefølge efter efternavn)
Statsrepræsentanter (når de er i deres egen stat; rangeret efter anciennitet, hvis de er de samme, i alfabetisk rækkefølge efter efternavn)
Tidligere amerikanske ambassadører/chefer for diplomatiske missioner (i rækkefølge efter fremlæggelse af akkreditiver ved første embedsgang)
Formænd eller ledere af andre føderale bestyrelser, råd og kommissioner, der ikke tidligere er opført på listen
Kongressens bibliotekar (Carla Hayden)
Sekretær for Smithsonian Institution (David J. Skorton)
Formand for det amerikanske Røde Kors (Bonnie McElveen-Hunter)
Viceprotokollchefer (rangeret efter udnævnelsesdato)
Embedsmænd med ministerrang, der er udstationeret ved udenlandske bilaterale diplomatiske missioner i Washington, D.C.
United States order of precedence
President of the United States (Donald Trump)
Vice President of the United States (Mike Pence)
Governor (of the state or territory in which the event is held)
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives (Paul Ryan)
Chief Justice of the United States (John Roberts)
Former Presidents or their widows/widowers (ordered by term):

Jimmy Carter (January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981)
George H. W. Bush (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)
Bill Clinton (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)
George W. Bush (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009)
Barack Obama (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)


Former Vice Presidents or their widows/widowers (ordered by term; note that George H. W. Bush, who would otherwise appear in this list, already appears above as a former President):

Walter Mondale (January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981)
Dan Quayle (January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993)
Al Gore (January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001)
Dick Cheney (January 20, 2001 – January 20, 2009)
Joe Biden (January 20, 2009 – January 20, 2017)


Ambassadors from the United States (at the Ambassador's post)
Secretary of State (Rex Tillerson)
Ambassadors to the United States (ordered by the presentation of their credentials)
Associate Justices of the Supreme Court (ordered by appointment):

Anthony Kennedy (February 18, 1988)
Clarence Thomas (October 18, 1991)
Ruth Bader Ginsburg (August 10, 1993)
Stephen Breyer (August 3, 1994)
Samuel Alito (January 31, 2006)
Sonia Sotomayor (August 8, 2009)
Elena Kagan (August 7, 2010)
Neil Gorsuch (April 10, 2017)


Retired Chief Justices of the United States (ordered by appointment; currently none)
Retired Associate Justices of the Supreme Court (ordered by appointment):

John Paul Stevens (December 19, 1975 – June 29, 2010)
Sandra Day O'Connor (September 25, 1981 – January 31, 2006)
David Souter (October 9, 1990 – June 29, 2009)


Members of the Cabinet (in the order of the creation of the respective departments; note that the Secretary of State already appears above; the creation date for the Secretary of War is used as the date for the Secretary of Defense's position in the precedence. Cabinet-level appointees are ordered by presidential Cabinet precedence.):

Secretary of the Treasury (Steven Mnuchin)
Secretary of Defense (James Mattis)
Attorney General (Jeff Sessions)
Secretary of the Interior (Ryan Zinke)
Secretary of Agriculture (Sonny Perdue)
Secretary of Commerce (Wilbur Ross)
Secretary of Labor (Alexander Acosta)
Secretary of Health and Human Services (Eric Hargan) (Acting)
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Ben Carson)
Secretary of Transportation (Elaine Chao)
Secretary of Energy (Rick Perry)
Secretary of Education (Betsy DeVos)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs (David Shulkin)
Secretary of Homeland Security (Elaine Duke) (Acting)
White House Chief of Staff (John F. Kelly)
Trade Representative (Robert Lighthizer)
Director of National Intelligence (Dan Coats)
Ambassador to the United Nations (Nikki Haley)
Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Mick Mulvaney)
Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Mike Pompeo)
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Scott Pruitt)
Administrator of the Small Business Administration (Linda McMahon)


President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate (Orrin Hatch)
Senate Majority Leader (Mitch McConnell)
Senate Minority Leader (Chuck Schumer)
Senate Majority Whip (John Cornyn)
Senate Minority Whip (Dick Durbin)
Current U.S. Senators (by seniority; see Seniority in the United States Senate; note that the President pro tempore and Senate leadership appear above.)
Current state governors (of states other than that in which the event is held, by date of statehood or ratification of the Constitution):

Governor of Delaware (John Carney)
Governor of Pennsylvania (Tom Wolf)
Governor of New Jersey (Chris Christie)
Governor of Georgia (Nathan Deal)
Governor of Connecticut (Dannel Malloy)
Governor of Massachusetts (Charlie Baker)
Governor of Maryland (Larry Hogan)
Governor of South Carolina (Henry McMaster)
Governor of New Hampshire (Chris Sununu)
Governor of Virginia (Terry McAuliffe)
Governor of New York (Andrew Cuomo)
Governor of North Carolina (Roy Cooper)
Governor of Rhode Island (Gina Raimondo)
Governor of Vermont (Phil Scott)
Governor of Kentucky (Matt Bevin)
Governor of Tennessee (Bill Haslam)
Governor of Ohio (John Kasich)
Governor of Louisiana (John Bel Edwards)
Governor of Indiana (Eric Holcomb)
Governor of Mississippi (Phil Bryant)
Governor of Illinois (Bruce Rauner)
Governor of Alabama (Kay Ivey)
Governor of Maine (Paul LePage)
Governor of Missouri (Eric Greitens)
Governor of Arkansas (Asa Hutchinson)
Governor of Michigan (Rick Snyder)
Governor of Florida (Rick Scott)
Governor of Texas (Greg Abbott)
Governor of Iowa (Kim Reynolds)
Governor of Wisconsin (Scott Walker)
Governor of California (Jerry Brown)
Governor of Minnesota (Mark Dayton)
Governor of Oregon (Kate Brown)
Governor of Kansas (Sam Brownback)
Governor of West Virginia (Jim Justice)
Governor of Nevada (Brian Sandoval)
Governor of Nebraska (Pete Ricketts)
Governor of Colorado (John Hickenlooper)
Governor of North Dakota (Doug Burgum)
Governor of South Dakota (Dennis Daugaard)
Governor of Montana (Steve Bullock)
Governor of Washington (Jay Inslee)
Governor of Idaho (Butch Otter)
Governor of Wyoming (Matt Mead)
Governor of Utah (Gary Herbert)
Governor of Oklahoma (Mary Fallin)
Governor of New Mexico (Susana Martinez)
Governor of Arizona (Doug Ducey)
Governor of Alaska (Bill Walker)
Governor of Hawaii (David Ige)


House Majority Leader (Kevin McCarthy)
House Minority Leader (Nancy Pelosi)
House Majority Whip (Steve Scalise)
House Minority Whip (Steny Hoyer)
Current members of the U.S. House of Representatives (by seniority; see Seniority in the United States House of Representatives; note that the Speaker of the House and House leadership appear above.)
Current Delegates to the House of Representatives (ordered by seniority; if the same, by the territory's date of entering U.S. jurisdiction or alphabetically by territory):

Eleanor Holmes Norton of the District of Columbia (January 3, 1991)
Madeleine Bordallo of Guam (January 3, 2003)
Gregorio Sablan of the Northern Mariana Islands (January 3, 2009)
Amata Coleman Radewagen of American Samoa (January 3, 2015)
Stacey Plaskett of the U. S. Virgin Islands (January 3, 2015)
Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico (January 3, 2017)


Current territorial governors (of territories other than that in which the event is held, ordered by territory's date of entering U.S. jurisdiction or alphabetically by territory):

Governor of Puerto Rico (Ricky Rosselló)
Governor of Guam (Eddie Baza Calvo)
Governor of American Samoa (Lolo Matalasi Moliga)
Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands (Kenneth Mapp)
Governor of the Northern Mariana Islands (Ralph Torres)


Senior Advisors to the President (ordered by appointment):

Jared Kushner (Strategic Planning) (January 20, 2017)
Stephen Miller (Policy) (January 20, 2017)
Mercedes Schlapp (Strategic Communications) (September 12, 2017)


National Security Advisor (H. R. McMaster)
Counselor to the President

Kellyanne Conway


White House Deputy Chiefs of Staff

Joe Hagin (January 20, 2017)
Rick Dearborn (January 20, 2017)
Kirstjen Nielsen (September 6, 2017)


Chief of Staff to the First Lady (Lindsay Reynolds)
Chief of Staff to the Vice President (Nick Ayers)
Assistants to the President (ordered by appointment)
Director of National Drug Control Policy (Richard Baum) (Acting)
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisers (Kevin Hassett)
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (Vacant)
Chief of Protocol (Mark E. Walsh) (Acting) (when with the President or for a White House event)
Chargés d'Affaires to the United States (ordered by assumption of office)
Former Secretaries of State (ordered by term):

Henry Kissinger (September 22, 1973 – January 20, 1977)
George Shultz (July 16, 1982 – January 20, 1989)
James Baker (January 20, 1989 – August 23, 1992)
Madeleine Albright (January 23, 1997 – January 20, 2001)
Colin Powell (January 20, 2001 – January 26, 2005)
Condoleezza Rice (January 26, 2005 – January 20, 2009)
Hillary Clinton (January 21, 2009 – February 1, 2013) (note that Hillary Clinton would appear above when in attendance with her husband, former President Bill Clinton)
John Kerry (February 1, 2013 – January 20, 2017)


Former Members of the U.S. Cabinet (ordered by term)
Former U.S. Senators (ordered by leadership position, then by term; if same, then by date of statehood or ratification of the Constitution)
Former governors of the state or territory in which the event is held (ordered by term)
Former governors (of states other than the state in which the event is held, by date of statehood or ratification of the Constitution)
Former U.S. Representatives (ordered by leadership position, then by term; if same, then by date of statehood or ratification of the Constitution)
Deputy Secretaries of Executive Departments (in the order of the creation of the respective departments or presidential appointment as for Cabinet above):

Deputy Secretary of State (John J. Sullivan)
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury (Vacant)
Deputy Secretary of Defense (Patrick M. Shanahan)
Deputy Attorney General (Rod J. Rosenstein)
Deputy Secretary of the Interior (David L. Bernhardt)
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture (Stephen Censky)
Deputy Secretary of Commerce (Vacant)
Deputy Secretary of Labor (Vacant)
Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services (Eric Hargan)
Deputy Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Pam Patenaude)
Deputy Secretary of Transportation (Jeffrey A. Rosen)
Deputy Secretary of Energy (Dan Brouillette)
Deputy Secretary of Education (Vacant)
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs (Thomas G. Bowman)
Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security (Elaine Duke)
Deputy Trade Representative (Vacant)
Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence (Susan M. Gordon)
Deputy Ambassador to the United Nations (Michele J. Sison)
Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget (Vacant)
Principal Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (Gina Haspel)
Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (Mike Flynn) (Acting)
Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration (Althea Coetzee)


Chair of the Federal Reserve (Janet Yellen)
Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (Nancy Berryhill) (Acting)
Heads of independent federal agencies at Level II of the Executive Schedule (ordered by creation date, if same, then by term)

Director of the National Science Foundation (France A. Córdova)
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Robert M. Lightfoot Jr.) (Acting)
Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (Mark Andrew Green)
Chairman of the Administrative Conference of the United States (Vacant)
Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Kristine Svinicki)
Director of the United States Office of Personnel Management (Kathleen McGettigan) (Acting)
Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (Jonathan Nash) (Acting)
Director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Richard Cordray)


Vice Chair of the Federal Reserve (Vacant)
Governors of the Federal Reserve (ordered by term)

Lael Brainard
Jerome Powell
Randal Quarles
2 seats vacant


Deputy Commissioner of the Social Security Administration (Vacant)
Principal Deputy Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy (Vacant)
Director of the National Counterterrorism Center (Nicholas J. Rasmussen)
Secretaries of the military departments (by creation order of branch):

Secretary of the Army (Ryan McCarthy) (Acting)
Secretary of the Navy (Richard V. Spencer)
Secretary of the Air Force (Heather Wilson)


Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Joseph Dunford)
Under Secretaries of State and departmental positions of equivalent rank (ordered by departmental line of succession)

Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs (Thomas A. Shannon, Jr.)
Under Secretary of State for Management (Vacant)
Remaining Under Secretaries of State, ordered by date of appointment:

Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs (D. Bruce Wharton) (Acting) (December 8, 2016)
Under Secretary of State for Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human Rights (Vacant)
Under Secretary of State for Economic Growth, Energy, and the Environment (Vacant)
Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs (Vacant)


Counselor of the United States Department of State (Vacant)


Under Secretaries of Executive Departments and departmental positions of equivalent rank (ordered as Cabinet above and then by departmental line of succession)
Heads of departmental federal agencies (ordered as Cabinet above and then as by departmental line of succession)
Heads of independent federal agencies at Level III of the Executive Schedule (ordered by creation date, if same, then by term)
Deputy Heads of independent federal agencies at Level III of the Executive Schedule (ordered by creation date, if same, then by term)
Postmaster General (Megan Brennan)
Former Chairs of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (ordered by term; note that Colin Powell, who would otherwise appear in this list, already appears above as a former Secretary of State)

Hugh Shelton (October 1, 1997 – October 1, 2001)
Richard Myers (October 1, 2001 – October 1, 2005)
Peter Pace (October 1, 2005 – October 1, 2007)
Michael Mullen (October 1, 2007 – October 1, 2011)
Martin Dempsey (October 1, 2011 – October 1, 2015)


Vice Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (Paul Selva)
Joint Chiefs of Staff (ordered by appointment):

Chief of Staff of the Army (Mark Milley)
Chief of Naval Operations (John Richardson)
Commandant of the Marine Corps (Robert Neller)
Chief of Staff of the Air Force (David Goldfein)


Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Joseph Lengyel)
Commandant of the Coast Guard (Paul Zukunft)
Combatant Commanders of the Unified Combatant Commands of four-star grade (ordered by appointment):

Central Command (Joseph Votel)
Pacific Command (Harry Harris)
Transportation Command (Darren McDew)
Southern Command (Kurt Tidd)
Special Operations Command (Raymond Thomas)
European Command (Curtis Scaparrotti)
Northern Command (Lori Robinson)
Africa Command (Tom Waldhauser)
Strategic Command (John Hyten)


Lieutenant governor (of the state in which the event is held)
Mayor (of the city in which the event is held)
Ambassadors from the United States to foreign governments (on official business in the United States or another country)
Chief of Protocol (when at the Department of State or at events outside the White House, otherwise appears above)
Ambassadors from the United States to international organizations (on official business in the United States or another country)
Career Ambassadors
Chief of Staff to the National Security Council (Keith Kellogg)
National Security Advisor to the Vice President (Andrea Thompson)
Chief of Staff to the Second Lady (Kristan King Nevins)
Deputy Assistants to the President (ordered by appointment)
Chief Judges and Circuit Judges of the United States Courts of Appeals (by length of service)
Chief Judges and District Judges of the United States District Courts (by length of service)
Chief Judge and Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (by length of service)

Scott W. Stucky (December 20, 2006)
Margaret A. Ryan (December 20, 2006)
Kevin A. Ohlson (November 1, 2013)
John E. Sparks (April 19, 2016)
1 seat vacant


Chief Judge and Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (by length of service)

Robert N. Davis (December 4, 2004)
Mary J. Schoelen (December 20, 2004)
Coral Wong Pietsch (June 28, 2012)
Margaret Bartley (June 28, 2012)
William S. Greenberg (December 28, 2012)
Michael P. Allen (August 3, 2017)
Amanda Meredith (August 3, 2017)
Joseph Toth (August 3, 2017)


Chief Judge and Judges of the United States Tax Court (by length of service)
Chargés d'Affaires from the United States (ordered by assumption of office)
Under Secretaries of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (ordered by date of appointment)

Under Secretary of the Army (Ryan McCarthy) (August 2, 2017)
Under Secretary of the Air Force (Matthew Donovan) (August 4, 2017)
Under Secretary of the Navy (Thomas P. Dee) (Acting) (February 17, 2017)


Assistant Secretaries, Chiefs of Staff to the Head of an Executive Department, Ambassadors-at-large, Special Envoys/Representatives, Assistant Attorneys General, and Legal Advisers of Executive Departments (ordered as Cabinet above and then as by departmental line of succession)
Special Assistants to the President, including White House Social Secretary and Senior Directors of the National Security Council (ranked by date of appointment)
Heads of independent federal agencies at Level IV of the Executive Schedule (ordered by creation date, if same, then by term)

Director of the Selective Service System (Don Benton)
Chairman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (Martin J. Gruenberg)
Chairman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights (Catherine E. Lhamon)
Chairman of the Postal Regulatory Commission (Robert G. Taub)
President of the Inter-American Foundation (Robert N. Kaplan)
Commissioner of the Office of Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation (Christopher J. Bavasi)
Chairman of the Federal Election Commission (Steven T. Walther)
Chairman of the Federal Labor Relations Authority (Patrick Pizzella) (Acting)
Special Counsel of the Office of Special Counsel (Carolyn Lerner)
Director of the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency (Nancy M. Ware)
Chairperson of the Chemical Safety Board (Vanessa Allen Sutherland)
CEO of the Broadcasting Board of Governors and Director of the International Broadcasting Bureau (John F. Lansing)
Chairman of the Election Assistance Commission (Matthew Masterson)


Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (Andrew G. McCabe)
Deputy Heads of independent federal agencies at Level IV of the Executive Schedule (ordered by creation date, if same, then by term)
Assistant Administrators of the Environmental Protection Agency
Assistant Administrators of the United States Agency for International Development
Assistant Trade Representatives
Associate Administrators of the Small Business Administration
Comptroller General of the United States (Eugene Louis Dodaro)
Members of the Council of Economic Advisers (ranked alphabetically)
Members of the Council on Environmental Quality (ranked alphabetically)
American ambassadors-designate (in the United States)
Mayors of U.S. cities and District of Columbia (when not in own city; if multiple mayors present, rank by length of service)
Vice Chiefs of Staff (ordered by appointment):

Vice Chief of Naval Operations (William F. Moran) (May 31, 2016)
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force) (Stephen W. Wilson) (July 22, 2016)
Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps (Glenn M. Walters) (August 2, 2016)
Vice Chief of Staff of the Army (James C. McConville) (June 16, 2017)


Vice Chief of the National Guard Bureau (Daniel R. Hokanson)
Vice Commandant of the Coast Guard (Charles D. Michel)
Assistant Secretaries and General Counsels of the Department of the Army, Navy, and Air Force (by date of appointment)

Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) (Doug Bennett) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
General Counsel of the Navy (Anne M. Brennan) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Acquisition) (Darlene Costello) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (Steffanie B. Easter) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Installations, Environment & Energy) (Richard K. Hartley) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Energy, Installations and Environment) (Steven R. Iselin) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) (Douglas W. Lamont) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (Scott W. Lutterloh) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) (Joseph B. Marshall, Jr.) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
General Counsel of the Air Force (Joseph M. McDade, Jr.) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
General Counsel of the Army (Levator Norsworthy, Jr.) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Manpower and Reserve Affairs) (Diane M. Randon) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Energy and Environment) (J. Randall Robinson) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Manpower & Reserve Affairs) (Daniel R. Sitterly) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller) (Caral E. Spangler) (Acting) (January 20, 2017)
Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Research, Development and Acquisition) (Allison F. Stiller) (January 20, 2017)


Four-star military officers (in order of seniority: retired officers rank with but after active-duty officers)
Executive Secretary of the National Security Council (Keith Kellogg, appears above as Chief of Staff to the National Security Council)
Officers of the U.S. Senate:

Chaplain (Barry Black)
Secretary for the Majority (Laura Dove)
Secretary for the Minority (Gary B. Myrick)
Secretary of the Senate (Julie E. Adams)
Sergeant at Arms (Frank J. Larkin)
Parliamentarian (Elizabeth MacDonough)


Officers of the U.S. House of Representatives:

Chaplain (Patrick J. Conroy)
Chief Administrative Officer (Philip J. Kiko)
Clerk of the House (Karen L. Haas)
Sergeant at Arms (Paul D. Irving)


Three-star military officers (in order of seniority: retired officers rank with but after active-duty officers)
State Senators (when in own state; ranked by length of service, when the same, by alphabetical order by surname)
State Representatives (when in own state; ranked by length of service, when the same, by alphabetical order by surname)
Former American Ambassadors/Chiefs of Diplomatic Missions (in order of presentation of credentials at first post)
Chairmen or Heads of other federal Boards, Councils and Commissions not previously listed
Librarian of Congress (Carla Hayden)
Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution (David J. Skorton)
Chairman of the American Red Cross (Bonnie McElveen-Hunter)
Deputy Chiefs of Protocol (ranked by date of appointment)
Minister-rank officials assigned to foreign bilateral diplomatic missions in Washington, D.C.
United States order of precedence