| session |
type |
convened |
adjourned |
President pro Tempore
of the Senate |
Speaker of the House
of Representatives |
| Special | SENATE | 4 March 1853 | 11 April 1853 | Atchison | - - - - |
This Special Session of the SENATE was called by outgoing President Millard Fillmore via executive Proclamation issued on 25 February 1853. |
|
| 1st | long | 5 December 1853 | 7 August 1854 | Atchison | Boyd |
Senate President pro Tempore David Rice Atchison served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "long" session of the 33rd Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President
William R. King having died in office on 18 April 1853, before the convening of this session). |
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| 2nd | short | 4 December 1854 | 3 March 1855 | Cass, Lewis
(Dem.- Michigan);
Bright, Jesse
(Dem.- Indiana) | Boyd |
Senator Bright was elected President pro Tempore by the Senate in place of Senator Cass on 5 December 1854.
Senate President pro Tempores Cass and Bright each served as acting President of the Senate due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States throughout this "short" session of the 33rd Congress (Vice
President William R. King having died in office earlier in this Congress) |
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