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Executive Order 10495

Prescribing the Order of Succession of Officers To Act as Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Army, Secretary of the Navy, and Secretary of the Air Force

Signed by Dwight David Eisenhower on October 14, 1953.

Later revoked or superseded
Signed recordOctober 14, 1953

The date the President signed it.

Publication record18 FR 6585

The Federal Register edition of the order.

Later actionLater revoked or superseded

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As signed

The complete text of the order.

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What happened to this order

These notes list later amendments, revocations, replacing orders, or other Federal Register action.

Amended by EO 10669, May 18, 1956
Revoked by EO 10820, May 18, 1959

The National Archives records of later actions cover January 8, 1937 to January 19, 2017.

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