Footnotes for the Sessions of the
41st Congress, 1869-1871

session type convened adjourned President pro Tempore
of the Senate		 Speaker of the House
of Representatives
1stExtra4 March 186910 April 1869Anthony, Henry B.
(Rep.- Rhode Island)		Blaine, James G.
(Rep.- Maine)

This "extra" Session of the 41st Congress was mandated by the act of 22 January 1867 which required that a given Congress convene on the 4 March next following its election as well as on the constitutionally mandated date of the first Monday in December in each calendar year.

SpecialSENATE12 April 186922 April 1869Anthony- - - -

This Special Session of the SENATE was called by President Ulysses S. Grant via executive Proclamation issued on 8 April 1869.

2ndlong6 December 186915 July 1870AnthonyBlaine
3rdshort5 December 18703 March 1871AnthonyBlaine
 

   

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Related information:
Political Party Floor Leaders in the Congress of the United States
A Brief History of Congressional Leadership

 
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