session | type | convened | adjourned | President pro Tempore of the Senate | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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Special | SENATE | 5 March 1877 | 17 March 1877 | Ferry | - - - - |
This Special Session of the SENATE was called by outgoing President Ulysses S. Grant via executive Proclamation issued on 2 March 1877. | |||||
1st | Extra | 15 October 1877 | 2 December 1877 | Ferry | Randall |
This "extra" Session of the 45th Congress was called by President Rutherford B. Hayes via executive Proclamation issued on 5 May 1877. | |||||
2nd | long | 3 December 1877 | 20 June 1878 | Ferry | Randall |
3rd | short | 2 December 1878 | 3 March 1879 | Ferry | Randall |
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- "Regular" Sessions of Congress
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- "Regular" Sessions after the adoption of the 20th Amendment (1933)
- "Extra" Sessions
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