session | type | convened | adjourned | President pro Tempore of the Senate | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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Special | SENATE | 4 March 1857 | 14 March 1857 | Mason; Rusk, Thomas J. (Dem.- Texas) | - - - - |
This Special Session of the SENATE was called by outgoing President Franklin Pierce via executive Proclamation issued on 16 February 1857. Senator Rusk was elected President pro Tempore by the Senate in place of Senator Mason on 14 March 1857. | |||||
1st | long | 7 December 1857 | 14 June 1858 | Fitzpatrick, Benjamin (Dem.- Alabama) | Orr, James L. (Dem.- South Carolina) |
Special | SENATE | 15 June 1858 | 16 June 1858 | Fitzpatrick | - - - - |
This Special Session of the SENATE was called by President James Buchanan via executive Proclamation issued on 14 June 1858. | |||||
2nd | short | 6 December 1858 | 3 March 1859 | Fitzpatrick | Orr |
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