session | type | convened | adjourned | President pro Tempore of the Senate | Speaker of the House of Representatives |
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1st | odd | 3 January 1945 | 21 December 1945 | McKellar, Kenneth (Dem.- Tennessee) | Rayburn |
Senate President pro Tempore Kenneth McKellar served as acting President of the Senate during this "odd" session of the 79th Congress due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States from 12 April 1945 (Vice President Harry S Truman having succeeded to the Presidency upon the death of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt). | |||||
2nd | even | 14 January 1946 | 2 August 1946 | McKellar | Rayburn |
Senate President pro Tempore Kenneth McKellar served as acting President of the Senate throughout this "even" session of the 79th 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 previous ["odd"] session of that Congress). |
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