session | type | convened | adjourned | President pro Tempore of the Senate | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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Special | SENATE | 4 March 1841 | 15 March 1841 | King | - - - - |
This Special Session of the SENATE was called by outgoing President Martin Van Buren via executive Proclamation issued on 6 January 1841. | |||||
1st | Extra | 31 May 1841 | 13 September 1841 | Southard, Samuel L. (Whig- New Jersey) | White, John (Whig- Kentucky) |
This "extra" Session of the 27th Congress was called by President William Henry Harrison via executive Proclamation issued on 17 March 1841; by the time this session had convened, President Harrison had died in office and Vice President John Tyler had succeeded to the Presidency. Senate President pro Tempore Samuel L. Southard served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "extra"session of the 27th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President John Tyler having succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of President William Henry Harrison on 4 April 1841, before the convening of this session). | |||||
2nd | long | 6 December 1841 | 31 August 1842 | Southard; Mangum, Willie P. (Whig- North Carolina) | White |
Senate President pro Tempore Samuel L. Southard resigned that office on 31 May 1842; Senator Mangum was elected President pro Tempore by the Senate that same day. Senate Presidents pro Tempore Southard and Mangum each served as acting President of the Senate due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States throughout this "long" session of the 27th Congress (Vice President John Tyler having succeeded to the Presidency earlier in this Congress). | |||||
3rd | short | 5 December 1842 | 3 March 1843 | Mangum | White |
Senate President pro Tempore Willie P. Mangum served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "short" session of the 27th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President John Tyler having succeeded to the Presidency earlier in this Congress). |
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