Doesn't even need to be a member of the federal government, or any government position. It's still not a pathway to presidential ascendancy though, because as I've argued many times here, the Speaker is not an "Officer of the USA" and thus ineligible to succeed as president in cases of vacancies.

Doesn't even need to be a member of the federal government, or any government position. It's still not a pathway to presidential ascendancy though, because I've argued many times here, the Speaker is not an "Officer of the USA" and thus ineligible to succeed as president in cases of vacancies.