former american president george h w bush passed away on 30 november 2018 he was the president of the united states
41st
i think you mean the line of succession. 

president george w. bush

1 vice president / president of the senate dick cheney 
2 speaker of the house of representatives nancy pelosi (god help us!)
3 president pro tempore of the senate robert byrd 
4 secretary of state condoleezza rice 
5 secretary of the treasury henry paulson 
6 secretary of defense robert gates 
7 attorney general michael mukasey 
8 secretary of the interior dirk kempthorne 
9 secretary of agriculture ed schafer 
— secretary of commerce carlos gutierrez (non-natural)† 
— secretary of labor elaine chao (non-natural)† 
10 secretary of health and human services michael leavitt 
11 secretary of housing and urban development alphonso jackson 
12 secretary of transportation mary peters 
13 secretary of energy samuel bodman 
14 secretary of education margaret spellings 
15 secretary of veterans affairs james peake 
16 secretary of homeland security michael chertoff


non-natural office holders like elaine chao i guess would be passed over for the person below them.

the simple chain of command on the other hand is all the president's secretaries all answer to him or her directly. the secretary's people answer to them and so on.

the vp plays no formal leadership role while the president is alive and conscious though clearly our current vp is a pretty important advisor. i support, and have already voted for president trump. don't forget george w. bush's white house, with the allegations against his vp.

harry truman had lots of support, early in his career, from a kansas city mob-ring. kennedy may have owed his presidency to the daley political machine in chicago (whose remnants are attempting to besmirch our current president elect). lbj may have been in deep with various members of the military-industrial complex (though i don't think he had anything to do with jfk's assassination). 

but these are all rumours. the gop has a lot of 'splainin' to do, especially when they always take the moral high ground!

btw, andrew johnson was acquitted (as was clinton), and grant's scandal was not teapot dome (that was harding) but various kick-backs and short-changing of the indians. and he was a republican. the question was about democratic party abuses, and i'm sure there are plenty there to go around. just no so's you'd notice. hugh beaumont. i've always had a thing for older men. though this actor isn't alive. but when he did leave it to beaver... man so sexy... i also like that he was religious in real life. he also didn't kill anyone in ww2 which is super smart. like he got out of killing during the war be president well that is one campaign promise that he kept. 
he spread out tax money around to all the wealthy elite billionaires bailing out their corporations so that they didn't take any loses on their bad investments.

billionaire buffet backs obama and recently he bought a huge stake in bac. obama likes bailing out big banks where millionaires and billionaires have their money invested.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/11/17/us-obama-buffet-idustre6ag4mu20101117
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/09/warren-buffetts-rule-give-big-to-get-obama-re-elected/
billionaire buffet is a liberal and endorsed obama and senator clinton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnokdcldrps
billionaire oprah winfrey is a liberal and endorsed obama
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/oprah\_winfrey's\_endorsement\_of\_barack\_obama
billionaire bill gates is a liberal and backed obama
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ng3vrx0tuok
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544\_162-20025626-503544.html
billionaire george soros is a liberal and backed obama
http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2007/01/27/george-soros-backs-obama-but-hedges-his-bets/

now we know why all these billionaires backed obama

@ hally m
obama did say that he liked spreading the wealth around. listen here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooqi5psrcxm there is a void created by saddam's departure. right now, the public at large does not know how to serve it's best interests, has no idea how to repair and rebuild, or who to have confidence in to do these things. you have removed the bully from the playground, but you didn't get all of his weapons- each of the junior bullies got a hand full before you found them. 
if you think there unrest now, pull out and watch how the new bully gets into place. that void will be filled. the quicker you pull out, the quicker you will be back, if you are interested in the lives of the people in iraq.
no war is popular. but to cut and run, death will come quickly to thousands in the infighting you mention. this is a quagmire that bush will always be remembered for, and he will not overcome the unpopular position he has been given because of it. there is no way to win, but walking away would be much worse. lol! real soon! that's why we need a republican president. * 1330 - edward the black prince, prince of wales (d. 1376)
 * 1594 - nicolas poussin, french painter (d. 1665)
 * 1623 - cornelis de witt, dutch politician (d. 1672)
 * 1624 - hiob ludolf, german orientalist (d. 1704)
 * 1640 - bernard lamy, french mathematician (d. 1715)
 * 1755 - antoine françois, comte de fourcroy, french chemist (d. 1809)
 * 1765 - johann gottlieb friedrich von bohnenberger, german mathematician (d. 1831)
 * 1767 - rachel donelson jackson, first lady of the united states (d. 1828)
 * 1789 - josiah henson, american slave and settlement founder (d. 1883)
 * 1801 - benjamin raymond, mayor of chicago (d. 1883)
 * 1805 - william butler ogden, first mayor of chicago (d. 1877)
 * 1809 - françois-xavier garneau, french canadian poet and historian (d. 1866)
 * 1843 - edvard grieg, norwegian composer (d. 1907)
 * 1875 - herman smith-johannsen, cross-country skier (d. 1987)
 * 1882 - ion antonescu, prime minister of romania (d. 1946)
 * 1884 - harry langdon, american actor (d. 1944)
 * 1888 - ramón lópez velarde, mexican poet (d. 1921)
 * 1894 - nikolai chebotaryov, ukrainian mathematician (d. 1947)
 * 1894 - robert russell bennett, american composer and arranger (d. 1981)
 * 1900 - gotthard günther, german philosopher (d. 1984)
 * 1900 - otto luening, german-american composer (d. 1996)
 * 1902 - erik erikson, psychoanalyst (d. 1994)
 * 1906 - léon degrelle, belgian ss officer (d. 1994)
 * 1908 - sam giancana, american mafioso (d. 1975)
 * 1910 - david rose, american songwriter, composer and orchestra leader (d. 1990)
 * 1911 - w.v. awdry, british children's writer (d. 1997)
 * 1914 - yuri andropov, general secretary of the communist party of the soviet union (d. 1984)
 * 1914 - saul steinberg, romanian-american cartoonist (d. 1999)
 * 1915 - thomas huckle weller, american virologist, recipient of the nobel prize in physiology or medicine
 * 1916 - herbert simon, american economist, nobel prize laureate (d. 2001)
 * 1917 - john fenn, american chemist, nobel prize laureate
 * 1917 - lash la rue, american actor (d. 1996)
 * 1917 - michalis genitsaris, greek singer and composer (d. 2005)
 * 1920 - alberto sordi, italian actor and director (d. 2003)
 * 1921 - errol garner, american musician (d. 1977)
 * 1922 - john veale, english composer (d. 2006)
 * 1924 - ezer weizman, 7th president of israel (d. 2005)
 * 1926 - shigeru kayano, japanese ainu activist (d. 2006)
 * 1927 - ibn-e-insha, pakistani humourist and urdu poet (d. 1978)
 * 1930 - marcel pronovost, professional ice hockey player
 * 1932 - mario cuomo, governor of new york
 * 1933 - sergio endrigo, italian singer (d. 2005)
 * 1936 - william joseph levada, american catholic prelate
 * 1937 - waylon jennings, american singer (d. 2002)
 * 1938 - billy williams, baseball player
 * 1939 - ward connerly, american political figure
 * 1939 - brian jacques, british author
 * 1941 - harry nilsson, american singer and composer (d. 1994)
 * 1942 - john e. mclaughlin, former deputy director of the central intelligence agency
 * 1943 - xaviera hollander, dutch author
 * 1943 - poul nyrup rasmussen, prime minister of denmark
 * 1943 - johnny hallyday, french singer and actor
 * 1943 - muff winwood, british songwriter, producer and bassist (spencer davis group)
 * 1945 - miriam defensor-santiago, philippine senator
 * 1945 - nicola pagett, british actress
 * 1946 - noddy holder, british singer (slade)
 * 1946 - demis roussos, greek singer
 * 1947 - john hoagland, american photographer
 * 1948 - mike holmgren, american football coach
 * 1949 - dusty baker, baseball player and manager
 * 1949 - simon callow, british actor
 * 1949 - russell hitchcock, member of air supply
 * 1949 - jim varney, american actor (d. 2000)
 * 1950 - lakshmi mittal, indian industrialist
 * 1951 - steve walsh, american singer (kansas)
 * 1953 - rita lee, playboy playmate
 * 1954 - james belushi, american actor
 * 1954 - paul rusesabagina, manager of hôtel des mille collines during the rwandan genocide
 * 1955 - julie hagerty, american actress
 * 1957 - seppo pääkkönen, finnish actor
 * 1958 - wade boggs, baseball player
 * 1958 - riccardo paletti, italian racing driver (d. 1982)
 * 1959 - eileen davidson, american actress
 * 1960 - michèle laroque, french actress
 * 1960 - marieke van doorn, dutch field hockey player
 * 1961 - kai eckhardt, german musician (garaj mahal)
 * 1961 - dave mcauley, northern irish boxer
 * 1961 - yoshimi iwasaki, japanese singer/actress
 * 1962 - andrea rost, hungarian soprano
 * 1963 - helen hunt, american actress
 * 1963 - nigel walker, welsh athlete and rugby union player
 * 1964 - courteney cox, american actress
 * 1964 - michael laudrup, danish footballer
 * 1965 - adam smith, american politician
 * 1966 - idalis deleon, american actress/singer
 * 1967 - yuji ueda, japanese voice actor
 * 1968 - oh dal-su, south korean actor
 * 1969 - ice cube, american rapper
 * 1969 - oliver kahn, german footballer
 * 1969 - cédric pioline, french tennis player
 * 1969 - maurice odumbe, kenyan cricket player
 * 1970 - leah remini, american actress
 * 1970 - gaëlle méchaly, french soprano
 * 1971 - edwin brienen, dutch director
 * 1971 - bif naked, canadian musician
 * 1971 - nathan astle, new zealand cricket player
 * 1972 - justin leonard, american golfer
 * 1972 - andy pettitte, american baseball player
 * 1972 - marcus hahnemann, american footballer
 * 1972 - hank von helvete, turbonegro frontman
 * 1973 - neil patrick harris, american actor
 * 1973 - tore andré flo, norwegian footballer
 * 1973 - pia miranda, australian actress
 * 1973 - greg vaughan, american actor
 * 1975 - elizabeth reaser, american actress
 * 1975 - rachel wacholder, american beach volleyballer
 * 1976 - gary lightbody, irish musician (snow patrol)
 * 1977 - nina liu, australian actress
 * 1978 - wilfred bouma, dutch footballer
 * 1978 - zach day, american baseball player
 * 1979 - yulia nestsiarenka, belarusian athlete
 * 1979 - julia schultz, american model
 * 1980 - mary carey, american pornographic actress
 * 1980 - christopher castile, american actor
 * 1980 - almudena cid, spanish gymnast
 * 1980 - cara zavaleta, american model
 * 1981 - jeremy reed, american baseball player
 * 1981 - billy dean martin, american musician (good charlotte)
 * 1984 - tim lincecum, american baseball player
 * 1985 - nadine coyle, northern irish singer (girls aloud)
 * 1988 - miku ishida, japanese teen idol even 0bama can't be that corrupt or so i thought. but i looked it up and you are correct. thanks.