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33rd Session of the Congress, 1853-1855

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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).

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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