session | type | convened | adjourned | President pro Tempore of the Senate | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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Special | SENATE | 4 March 1881 | 20 May 1881 | Bayard, Thomas F. (Dem.- Delaware) | - - - - |
This Special Session of the SENATE was called by outgoing President Rutherford B. Hayes via executive Proclamation issued on 28 February 1881. | |||||
Special | SENATE | 10 October 1881 | 29 October 1881 | Davis, David (Ind.- Illinois) | - - - - |
This Special Session of the SENATE was called by President Chester A. Arthur via executive Proclamation issued on 23 September 1881. Senate President pro Tempore David Davis served as acting President of the Senate throughout this Special session of the SENATE due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Chester A. Arthur having succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of President James A. Garfield on 19 September 1881, before the convening of this Special SENATE session). | |||||
1st | long | 5 December 1881 | 8 August 1882 | Davis | Keifer, J. Warren (Rep.- Ohio) |
Senate President pro Tempore David Davis served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "long" session of the 47th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Chester A. Arthur having succeeded to the Presidency earlier in the Congress). | |||||
2nd | short | 4 December 1882 | 3 March 1883 | Davis | Keifer |
Senate President pro Tempore David Davis served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "short" session of the 47th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Chester A. Arthur having succeeded to the Presidency earlier in the Congress). |
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