| session |
type |
convened |
adjourned |
President pro Tempore
of the Senate |
Speaker of the House
of Representatives |
| Special | SENATE | 4 March 1851 | 13 March 1851 | King | - - - - |
This Special Session of the SENATE was called by President Millard Fillmore via executive Proclamation issued on 3 March 1851. |
|
| 1st | long | 1 December 1851 | 31 August 1852 | King | Boyd, Linn
(Dem.- Kentucky) |
| 2nd | short | 6 December 1852 | 3 March 1853 | Atchison, D.R.
(returning) | Boyd |
Senate President pro Tempores King and Atchison each served as acting President of the Senate throughout the entirety of the 32nd Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Millard Fillmore having succeeded to the Presidency during the preceding Congress). |
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