Footnotes for the Sessions of the
25th Congress, 1837-1839

session

type

convened

adjourned

President pro Tempore
of the Senate

Speaker of the House
of Representatives

SpecialSENATE4 March 183710 March 1837King- - - -

This Special Session of the SENATE was called by outgoing President Andrew Jackson via executive Proclamation issued on 20 December 1836.

1stExtra4 September 183716 October 1837KingPolk

This "extra" Session of the 25th Congress was called by President Martin Van Buren via executive Proclamation issued on 15 May 1837.

2ndlong4 December 18379 July 1838KingPolk

3rdshort3 December 18383 March 1839KingPolk

Footnotes for the Sessions of the25th Congress, 1837-1839