Footnotes for the Sessions of the
45th Congress, 1877-1879

session

type

convened

adjourned

President pro Tempore
of the Senate

Speaker of the House
of Representatives

SpecialSENATE5 March 187717 March 1877Ferry- - - -

This Special Session of the SENATE was called by outgoing President Ulysses S. Grant via executive Proclamation issued on 2 March 1877.

1stExtra15 October 18772 December 1877FerryRandall

This "extra" Session of the 45th Congress was called by President Rutherford B. Hayes via executive Proclamation issued on 5 May 1877.

2ndlong3 December 187720 June 1878FerryRandall

3rdshort2 December 18783 March 1879FerryRandall

Footnotes for the Sessions of the45th Congress, 1877-1879