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80th Session of the Congress, 1947-1949

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session type convened adjourned President pro Tempore
of the Senate		 Speaker of the House
of Representatives
1st odd 3 January 1947 19 December 1947 Vandenberg, Arthur H.
(Rep.- Michigan)		 Martin, Joseph W.
(Rep.- Massachusetts)

Senate President pro Tempore Arthur H. Vandenberg served as acting President of the Senate during the entirety of the 80th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Harry S Truman having succeeded to the Presidency during the preceding Congress).

2nd even(ld) 6 January 1948 31 December 1948 Vandenberg Martin

Senate President pro Tempore Arthur H. Vandenberg served as acting President of the Senate during the entirety of the 80th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Harry S Truman having succeeded to the Presidency during the preceding Congress); during this 2d "even" session of the 80th Congress, House Speaker Joseph W. Martin was next in line to the Presidency under the 1947 Presidential Succession Act.

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