session | type | convened | adjourned | President pro Tempore of the Senate | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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Special | SENATE | 4 March 1885 | 2 April 1885 | none | - - - - |
This Special Session of the SENATE was called by outgoing President Chester A. Arthur via executive Proclamation issued on 27 February 1885; no President pro Tempore was elected by the Senate as Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks presided over the entire session. | |||||
1st | long | 7 December 1885 | 5 August 1886 | Sherman, John (Rep.- Ohio) | Carlisle |
Senate President pro Tempore John Sherman served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "long" session of the 49th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks having died in office on 25 November 1885, before the convening of this session). | |||||
2nd | short | 6 December 1886 | 3 March 1887 | Sherman; Ingalls, John J. (Rep.- Kansas) | Carlisle |
Senate President pro Tempore John Sherman resigned that office on 25 February 1887; Senator Ingalls was elected President pro Tempore by the Senate that same day. Senate Presidents pro Tempore Sherman and Ingalls each served as acting President of the Senate due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States throughout this "short" session of the 27th Congress (Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks having died in office earlier in this Congress). |
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