Footnotes for the Sessions of the 14th Congress, 1815-1817
session
type
convened
adjourned
President pro Tempore of the Senate
Speaker of the House of Representatives
1st
long
4 December 1815
30 April 1816
Gaillard
Clay, H. (returning)
2nd
short
2 December 1816
3 March 1817
Gaillard
Clay
Senate President pro Tempore John Gaillard served as acting President of the Senate during the entirety of the 14th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Elbridge Gerry having died in office during the preceding Congress).