session | type | convened | adjourned | President pro Tempore of the Senate | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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1st | long | 3 December 1855 | 18 August 1856 | Bright | Banks, Nathaniel P. (Amer.- Massachusetts) |
2nd | Extra | 21 August 1856 | 30 August 1856 | Bright | Banks |
This "extra" Session of the 34th Congress was called by President Franklin Pierce via executive Proclamation issued on 18 August 1856. Senate President pro Tempore Jesse D. Bright served as acting President of the Senate throughout both the "long" and "extra" sessions of the 34th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President William R. King having died in office during the preceding Congress). | |||||
3rd | short | 1 December 1856 | 3 March 1857 | Mason, James M. (Dem.- Virginia) | Banks |
Senate President pro Tempore James M. Mason served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "short" session of the 34th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President William R. King having died in office during the previous Congress). |
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