Editing Designated survivor (section)

==List of designated survivors==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!data-sort-type="usLongDate" |Date
!Occasion
!Designee
!Position
!class="unsortable" |Notes
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|January 25, 1984
|[[1984 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Samuel Pierce]]
|[[United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development]]
|<ref name=sou>{{cite web |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/sou_cabinet.php |title=Cabinet Members Who Did Not Attend the State of the Union Address |website=www.presidency.ucsb.edu}}</ref><ref name="Senate">{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/StateUnionCabinet.pdf |title=Cabinet members who did not attend the State of the Union Address (since 1984) |publisher=[[United States Senate Historical Office]]}}</ref><ref>1984: UPI, "Washington Dateline." January 25, 1984</ref><ref name="sotu2013"/>
|-
|January 21, 1985
|[[Second inauguration of Ronald Reagan|Presidential Inauguration]]
|[[Margaret Heckler]]
|[[United States Secretary of Health and Human Services|Secretary of Health and Human Services]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zKMRAAAAIBAJ&pg=3600,1975112 |title=Gainesville Sun - Google News Archive Search |website=news.google.com}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
|-
|February 6, 1985
|[[1985 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Malcolm Baldrige Jr.|Malcolm Baldrige]]
|[[United States Secretary of Commerce|Secretary of Commerce]]
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>1985: UPI, "Washington News." February 6, 1985</ref>
|-
|February 4, 1986
|[[1986 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[John R. Block|John Block]]
| rowspan="2" |[[United States Secretary of Agriculture|Secretary of Agriculture]]
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>1986: UPI, "Washington News." February 4, 1986</ref>
|-
|January 27, 1987
|[[1987 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Richard Lyng]]
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>1987: UPI, "Washington News." January 28, 1987</ref>
|-
|January 25, 1988
|[[1988 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Donald P. Hodel|Donald Hodel]]
|[[United States Secretary of the Interior|Secretary of the Interior]]
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="bewitched">{{cite web |last=Hershey |first=Robert D. Jr. |date=January 27, 1988 |title=State of Union: Bewitched by Pageant |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/27/us/washington-talk-presidential-message-state-of-union-bewitched-by-pageant.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207232014/https://www.nytimes.com/1988/01/27/us/washington-talk-presidential-message-state-of-union-bewitched-by-pageant.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |archive-date=December 7, 2014 |accessdate=February 13, 2013 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/>
|-
|February 9, 1989
|[[1989 George H. W. Bush speech to a joint session of Congress|Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress]]{{efn|name=incoming|1981, 1989, 1993, 2001, 2009, 2017, 2021 and 2025 speeches were given by incoming presidents and not formal "State of the Union" addresses.}}
|[[Lauro Cavazos]]
|[[United States Secretary of Education|Secretary of Education]]
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Cillizza |first=Chris |title=The story of a real-life 'Designated Survivor' |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/09/21/the-story-of-a-real-life-designated-survivor/ |accessdate=January 20, 2021 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>
|-
|January 31, 1990
|[[1990 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Ed Derwinski|Edward J. Derwinski]]
|[[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|Secretary of Veterans Affairs]]
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>1990: Washington Post, Page C3. January 31, 1991</ref>
|-
|January 29, 1991
|[[1991 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Manuel Lujan Jr.|Manuel Lujan]]
|Secretary of the Interior
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>1991: Washington Post, Page C3. January 31, 1991</ref>
|-
|January 28, 1992
|[[1992 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Ed Madigan]]
|Secretary of Agriculture
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/>
|-
|February 17, 1993
|[[February 1993 Bill Clinton speech to a joint session of Congress|Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress]]{{efn|name=incoming}}
|[[Bruce Babbitt]]
|Secretary of the Interior
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/>
|-
|January 25, 1994
|[[1994 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Mike Espy]]
|Secretary of Agriculture
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/>
|-
|January 24, 1995
|[[1995 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Federico Peña]]
|[[United States Secretary of Transportation|Secretary of Transportation]]
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/>
|-
|January 23, 1996
|[[1996 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Donna Shalala]]
|Secretary of Health and Human Services
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>1996: USA Today, Page A12. February 5, 1997</ref>
|-
|February 4, 1997
|[[1997 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Dan Glickman]]
|Secretary of Agriculture
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>1997: Washington Post, "Agriculture's Glickman Draws Doomsday Duty for Address." Page A13. February 4, 1997</ref>
|-
|January 27, 1998
|[[1998 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[William M. Daley|William Daley]]
|Secretary of Commerce
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/>
|-
|January 19, 1999
|[[1999 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Andrew Cuomo]]
|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Goodnough |first1=Abby |last2=Waldman |first2=Amy |last3=Barron |first3=James |date=January 21, 1999 |title=Not Being Invited Was the Honor |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/21/nyregion/public-lives.html |url-status=live |access-date=April 19, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150527103950/https://www.nytimes.com/1999/01/21/nyregion/public-lives.html |archive-date=May 27, 2015 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
|January 27, 2000
|[[2000 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Bill Richardson]]
|[[United States Secretary of Energy|Secretary of Energy]]
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>2000: [[The Washington Post]], "The Reliable Source." Page C3. January 28, 2000</ref>
|-
|February 27, 2001
|[[February 2001 George W. Bush speech to a joint session of Congress|Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress]]{{efn|name=incoming}}
|[[Anthony Principi]]
|Secretary of Veterans Affairs
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/>
|-
|September 11–14, 2001
|Following the [[September 11 attacks]]
|[[Donald Evans]]
|Secretary of Commerce
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/>
|-
|rowspan=2 |September 20, 2001
|rowspan=2 |Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress (following the September 11 attacks)
|[[Dick Cheney]]
|[[Vice President of the United States|Vice President]]
|rowspan=2 |<ref name=sou/><ref>2001: [[The New York Times]], "Cabinet's 'Designated Absentee' Stays Away." Page A23. January 30, 2002</ref>
|-
|[[Tommy Thompson]]
|Secretary of Health and Human Services
|-
|January 29, 2002
|[[2002 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Gale Norton]]
|Secretary of the Interior
|<ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 30, 2002 |title=THE STATE OF THE UNION; Cabinet's 'Designated Absentee' Stays Away |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/30/us/the-state-of-the-union-cabinet-s-designated-absentee-stays-away.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2 |January 28, 2003
|rowspan=2 |[[2003 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[John Ashcroft]]
|[[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]]
|rowspan=2 |<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 29, 2003 |title=STATE OF THE UNION; Ashcroft in Secret Spot During Bush Address |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/29/us/state-of-the-union-ashcroft-in-secret-spot-during-bush-address.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
|[[Norman Mineta]]
|Secretary of Transportation
|-
|January 20, 2004
|[[2004 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|Donald Evans
|Secretary of Commerce
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>2004: AP, "Four to Miss Speech Due to Security." January 20, 2004</ref>
|-
|January 20, 2005
|[[Second inauguration of George W. Bush|Presidential Inauguration]]
|Gale Norton
|Secretary of the Interior
|<ref>{{cite web |date=January 19, 2017 |title=Designated survivor prepares for Inauguration Day |url=https://www.thedenverchannel.com/thenow/designated-survivor-prepares-for-inauguration-day |accessdate=February 5, 2020 |website=KMGH |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Sacks |first=Mike |date=January 19, 2017 |title=Designated survivor prepares for Inauguration Day |url=https://www.nbc26.com/news/national/designated-survivor-prepares-for-inauguration-day |accessdate=February 5, 2020 |website=WGBA |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2 |February 2, 2005
|rowspan=2 |[[2005 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Ted Stevens]]
|[[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|President pro tempore of the Senate]]{{efn|name=protempore|For the 2005, 2006, 2016 State of the Union addresses and 2017 Presidential Inauguration, the President pro tempore of the Senate would have been the highest-ranking survivor.}}
|rowspan=2 |<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>{{Cite news |date=February 2, 2005 |title=Five Officials Skip State of the Union Address |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/02/politics/five-officials-skip-state-of-the-union-address.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
|-
|Donald Evans
|Secretary of Commerce
|-
|rowspan=2 |January 31, 2006
|rowspan=2 |[[2006 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|Ted Stevens
|President pro tempore of the Senate{{efn|name=protempore}}
|rowspan=2 |<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>2006: ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', "A Message of Energy, Strength." February 1, 2006.</ref>
|-
|[[Jim Nicholson (American politician)|Jim Nicholson]]
|Secretary of Veterans Affairs
|-
|January 23, 2007
|[[2007 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Alberto Gonzales]]
|Attorney General
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>2007: [[The Washington Post]], "The Reliable Source." Page C3. January 25, 2007.</ref>
|-
|January 28, 2008
|[[2008 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Dirk Kempthorne]]
|Secretary of the Interior
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Interior secretary skips speech as safeguard |url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2008/01/29/interior-secretary-skips-speech-as/24127456007/ |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=The Columbus Dispatch |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|January 20, 2009
|[[First inauguration of Barack Obama|Presidential Inauguration]]
|[[Robert Gates]]
|[[United States Secretary of Defense|Secretary of Defense]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=January 20, 2009 |title=US Defence Secretary Gates to sit out Obama inauguration |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/us-defence-secretary-gates-to-sit-out-obama-inauguration-20090120-7lkt.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Montopoli |first=Brian |date=January 19, 2009 |title=Gates To Be Designated Successor On Inauguration Day |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gates-to-be-designated-successor-on-inauguration-day/ |newspaper=[[CBS News]]}}</ref>
|-
|February 24, 2009
|[[February 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress|Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress]]{{efn|name=incoming}}
|[[Eric Holder]]
|Attorney General
|<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>{{cite web |last=O'Keefe |first=Ed |date=February 24, 2009 |title=Holder Staying Away From Obama's Speech |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/02/cabinet.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120902091637/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2009/02/cabinet.html |archive-date=September 2, 2012 |access-date=December 16, 2022 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
|-
|September 9, 2009
|Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress ([[September 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress|Health Care Speech to Congress]])
|[[Steven Chu]]
|Secretary of Energy
|<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=September 10, 2009 |title=Energy secretary skips Obama health care address |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-us-health-care-chu-090909-2009sep09-story.html |access-date=April 19, 2023 |website=San Diego Union-Tribune |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2 |January 27, 2010
|rowspan=2 |[[2010 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Hillary Clinton]]{{efn|While [[Shaun Donovan]] was the designated survivor, Hillary Clinton was overseas and was the ''de facto'' designated survivor as the most senior person in the line of succession not present.}}
|[[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]]
|rowspan=2 |<ref name=sou/><ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>2006: [[CNN]], "Secretary Clinton misses State of the Union speech." January 27, 2010.</ref>
|-
|[[Shaun Donovan]]
|Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
|-
|January 25, 2011
|[[2011 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Ken Salazar]]
|Secretary of the Interior
|<ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref name="Okeefe0126">{{cite web |last=O'Keefe |first=Ed |date=January 25, 2011 |title=State of the Union: Ken Salazar to serve as 'designated survivor' |url=http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2011/01/state_of_the_union_ken_salazar.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010005156/http://voices.washingtonpost.com/federal-eye/2011/01/state_of_the_union_ken_salazar.html |archive-date=October 10, 2012 |accessdate=January 26, 2011 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
|-
|January 24, 2012
|[[2012 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Tom Vilsack]]
|Secretary of Agriculture
|<ref name="Senate"/><ref name="sotu2013"/><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/state-of-the-union-tom-vilsack-to-serve-as-cabinets-designated-survivor/2012/01/24/gIQA8WnhOQ_blog.html |title=State of the Union: Tom Vilsack to serve as Cabinet's 'designated survivor |date=January 24, 2012 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |accessdate=January 24, 2012}}</ref>
|-
|January 21, 2013
|[[Second inauguration of Barack Obama|Presidential Inauguration]]
|[[Eric Shinseki]]
|Secretary of Veterans Affairs
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-shinseki-absent-from-inaugural-ceremonies-2013jan21-story.html |title=Shinseki absent from inaugural ceremonies|date=January 21, 2013 |work=[[The San Diego Union-Tribune]] |accessdate=December 16, 2022}}</ref>
|-
|February 12, 2013
|[[2013 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|Steven Chu
| rowspan="2" |Secretary of Energy
|<ref name="sotu2013">{{cite web |author=Weiner |first=Rachel |date=February 12, 2013 |title=Steven Chu is the State of the Union 'designated survivor' |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-politics/wp/2013/02/12/steven-chu-is-designated-survivor-for-state-of-the-union/ |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821125247/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2013/02/12/steven-chu-is-designated-survivor-for-state-of-the-union/ |archive-date=August 21, 2017 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref>
|-
|January 28, 2014
|[[2014 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Ernest Moniz]]
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ernest-moniz-energy-secretary-to-be-designated-survivor-during-state-of-the-union |date=January 28, 2014 |title=Energy Secretary to be Designated Survivor during State of the Union |work=[[Fox News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Miller |first=Zeke J |title=This Man Will Be Your President If The Worst Happens Happens |url=http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/28/state-of-the-union-designated-survivor-ernest-moniz/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140130223658/http://swampland.time.com/2014/01/28/state-of-the-union-designated-survivor-ernest-moniz/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 30, 2014 |publisher=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=January 28, 2014 |accessdate=January 29, 2014}}</ref>
|-
|January 20, 2015
|[[2015 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Anthony Foxx]]
|Secretary of Transportation
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=David |date=January 20, 2015 |title=Obama's 'designated survivor:' Anthony Foxx |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2015/01/20/obama-designated-survivor-state-of-the-union-ernest-moniz-sally-jewell/22051655/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121195729/https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2015/01/20/obama-designated-survivor-state-of-the-union-ernest-moniz-sally-jewell/22051655/ |archive-date=January 21, 2015 |work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=David |date=January 20, 2015 |title=If the Worst Happens at the State of the Union, Anthony Foxx Will Lead the Country |url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/if-the-worst-happens-at-the-state-of-the-union-anthony-foxx-will-lead-the-country-20150120 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150121035156/http://www.nationaljournal.com/white-house/if-the-worst-happens-at-the-state-of-the-union-anthony-foxx-will-lead-the-country-20150120 |archive-date=January 21, 2015 |accessdate=January 20, 2015 |publisher=NationalJournal}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2 |January 12, 2016
|rowspan=2 |[[2016 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Orrin Hatch]]
|President pro tempore of the Senate{{efn|name=protempore}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Shalby |first=Colleen |title=If #SOTU disaster strikes, Jeh Johnson ... or a Republican would become president |url=http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-prez-designated-survivor-state-of-the-union-20160112-htmlstory.html |date=January 12, 2016 |accessdate=January 12, 2016 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[Jeh Johnson]]
|[[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]]
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Saenz |first=Arlette |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/state-union-jeh-johnson-named-designated-survivor/story?id=36235856 |date=January 12, 2016 |title=State of the Union: Jeh Johnson Named Designated Survivor |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan=2 |January 20, 2017
|rowspan=2 |[[First inauguration of Donald Trump|Presidential Inauguration]]
|Orrin Hatch
|President pro tempore of the Senate{{efn|name=protempore}}
|<ref>{{cite web |last1= |first1= |title=Sen. Orrin Hatch acting as a designated survivor during inauguration |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=4843730&itype=CMSID |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905141757/http://www.sltrib.com/home/4843730-155/sen-orrin-hatch-is-the-real |archive-date=September 5, 2017 |accessdate=January 20, 2017 |website=The Salt Lake Tribune |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|Jeh Johnson
|Secretary of Homeland Security
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Weaver |first1=Dustin |title=Jeh Johnson is designated survivor for inauguration |url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/315274-jeh-johnson-is-designated-survivor-for-inauguration/ |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |access-date=January 20, 2017 |language=en |date=January 20, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|February 28, 2017
|[[2017 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress|Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress]]{{efn|name=incoming}}
|[[David Shulkin]]
|Secretary of Veterans Affairs
|<ref>{{cite news |last1=DeBonis |first1=Mike |last2=Johnson |first2=Jenna |date=January 24, 2017 |title=Trump to address a joint session of Congress on Feb. 28 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/24/trump-invited-to-address-a-joint-session-of-congress-on-feb-28/ |url-status=live |url-access=limited |accessdate=April 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170124163743/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2017/01/24/trump-invited-to-address-a-joint-session-of-congress-on-feb-28/ |archive-date=January 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Stracqualursi |first=Veronica |date=March 1, 2017 |title=VA Secretary David Shulkin chosen as designated survivor |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/va-secretary-david-shulkin-chosen-designated-survivor/story?id=45815247 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]]}}</ref>
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|January 30, 2018
|[[2018 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Sonny Perdue]]
|Secretary of Agriculture
|<ref>{{cite web |last=Westwood |first=Sarah |title=Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue State of the Union 'designated survivor' |url=http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/agriculture-secretary-sonny-perdue-is-designated-survivor-for-this-years-state-of-the-union-address/article/2647568 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180201100242/http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/agriculture-secretary-sonny-perdue-is-designated-survivor-for-this-years-state-of-the-union-address/article/2647568 |archive-date=February 1, 2018 |accessdate=January 30, 2018 |work=Washington Examiner |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|February 5, 2019
|[[2019 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Rick Perry]]
|Secretary of Energy
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/05/politics/rick-perry-designated-survivor/index.html |title=Energy Secretary Rick Perry is the designated survivor |last1=Klein |first1=Betsy |last2=Gray |first2=Noah |date=February 5, 2019 |accessdate=February 5, 2019 |work=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
|-
|February 4, 2020
|[[2020 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[David Bernhardt]]
|Secretary of the Interior
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/04/david-bernhardt-sotu-designated-survivor-110786 |title=The State of the Union's designated survivor: Interior Secretary David Bernhardt |last=Choi |first=Matthew |date=February 4, 2020 |accessdate=February 4, 2020 |work=[[Politico]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Knoller |first=Mark |date=February 4, 2020 |title=What to know about the "designated survivor" and State of the Union |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/state-of-the-union-designated-survivor-interior-secretary-david-bernhardt-2020-02-04/ |accessdate=February 5, 2020 |website=[[CBS News]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
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|January 20, 2021
|[[Inauguration of Joe Biden|Presidential Inauguration]]
|colspan=2 |''Undisclosed''{{efn|According to [[Military.com]], outgoing Secretary of State [[Mike Pompeo]] was the highest-ranking official in the line of succession who did not attend the inauguration, but it was never officially reported whether he, or anyone else, served as designated survivor.<ref name=Kime>{{cite web |url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/01/20/who-was-designated-survivor-inauguration-outgoing-administration-doesnt-say.html |title=Who Was the Designated Survivor for the Inauguration? Outgoing Administration Doesn't Say |last=Kime |first=Patricia |date=January 20, 2021 |accessdate= February 15, 2021 |work=[[Military.com]]}}</ref>}}
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|April 28, 2021
|[[2021 Joe Biden speech to a joint session of Congress|Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress]]{{efn|name=incoming}}
|colspan=2 |''None''{{efn|Due to [[COVID-19 pandemic|COVID-19]] protocols requiring limited attendance, most of the cabinet was not present for the speech and thus no formal designated survivor was named. [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] [[Janet Yellen]] was the ''de facto'' designated survivor as the most senior person in the line of succession not present.}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leonard|first=Ben|title=No designated survivor for Biden's first joint address to Congress|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2021/04/27/no-designated-survivor-biden-first-address-congress-484804|access-date=April 28, 2021|website=[[Politico]]|language=en}}</ref>
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|March 1, 2022
|[[2022 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Gina Raimondo]]
|Secretary of Commerce
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lee |first=Min Jung |author-link=MJ Lee |date=February 24, 2022 |title=White House chief of staff tells House Democrats he's hoping State of the Union address will boost Biden's poll numbers {{!}} CNN Politics |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/politics/ron-klain-joe-biden-state-of-the-union-house-democrats/index.html |access-date=February 24, 2022 |website=[[CNN]]|language=en}}</ref>
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|February 7, 2023
|[[2023 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Marty Walsh]]
|[[United States Secretary of Labor|Secretary of Labor]]
|<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Stiles |first1=Matt |last2=Vazquez |first2=Maegan |date=February 7, 2023 |title=Labor Secretary Walsh is the 'designated survivor' at the State of the Union address |url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/07/politics/designated-survivor-state-of-the-union-2023/index.html |website=[[CNN]]}}</ref>
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|March 7, 2024
|[[2024 State of the Union Address|State of the Union]]
|[[Miguel Cardona]]
|Secretary of Education
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/07/politics/designated-survivor-state-of-the-union-2024/index.html |title=Education Secretary Miguel Cardona is the designated survivor for the State of the Union |date=March 8, 2024}}</ref>
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|January 20, 2025
|[[Second inauguration of Donald Trump|Presidential Inauguration]]
|colspan=2 |''None''
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/trump-inauguration-designated-survivor/6114401 |title=Who Is the ‘Designated Survivor’ for Donald Trump’s Second Inauguration? |date=January 20, 2025 |accessdate=January 21, 2025 |publisher=[[WNBC]]}}</ref>
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|March 4, 2025
|[[2025 Donald Trump speech to a joint session of Congress|Presidential Address to Joint Session of Congress]]{{efn|name=incoming}}
|[[Doug Collins (politician)|Doug Collins]]
|Secretary of Veterans Affairs
|<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitchell |first1=Tia |title=Georgia’s Doug Collins is designated survivor at Trump’s congressional address |url=https://www.ajc.com/politics/georgias-doug-collins-is-designated-survivor-at-trumps-congressional-address/TKK4ZGDCTBDYVG4RE5UY5N3IWQ/ |website=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |access-date=March 5, 2025}}</ref>
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