| session |
type |
convened |
adjourned |
President pro Tempore
of the Senate |
Speaker of the House
of Representatives |
| 1st | long | 4 December 1899 | 7 June 1900 | Frye | Henderson, David B.
(Rep.- Iowa) |
Senate President pro Tempore William P. Frye served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "long" session of the 56th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Garret A. Hobart having died in office on 21 November 1899, before the convening of this session). |
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| 2nd | short | 3 December 1900 | 3 March 1901 | Frye | Henderson |
Senate President pro Tempore William P. Frye served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "short" session of the 56th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Garret A. Hobart having died in office earlier in the Congress). |
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