Footnotes for the Sessions of the
15th Congress, 1817-1819

session

type

convened

adjourned

President pro Tempore
of the Senate

Speaker of the House
of Representatives

SpecialSENATE4 March 18176 March 1817Gaillard- - - -

This Special Session of the SENATE was called by outgoing President James Madison via executive Proclamation issued on 1 January 1817.

1stlong1 December 181720 April 1818GaillardClay

2ndshort16 November 18183 March 1819Gaillard;
Barbour, James
(Rep.- Virginia)Clay

Senator Barbour was elected President pro Tempore by the Senate in place of Senator Gaillard on 15 February 1819.

Footnotes for the Sessions of the15th Congress, 1817-1819