session | type | convened | adjourned | President pro Tempore of the Senate | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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Special | SENATE | 4 March 1865 | 11 March 1865 | Foster, Lafayette S. (Rep.- Connecticut) | - - - - |
This Special Session of the SENATE was called by President Abraham Lincoln via executive Proclamation issued on 17 February 1865. | |||||
1st | long | 4 December 1865 | 28 July 1866 | Foster | Colfax |
Senate President pro Tempore Lafayette S. Foster served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "long" session of the 39th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Andrew Johnson having succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of President Abraham Lincoln on 15 April 1865, before the convening of this session). | |||||
2nd | short | 3 December 1866 | 3 March 1867 | Foster | Colfax |
Senate President pro Tempore Lafayette S. Foster served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "short" session of the 39th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Andrew Johnson having succeeded to the Presidency earlier in this Congress). |
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