[United States Senate Manual, 113th Congress]
[S. Doc. 113-1]
[Statistical Data]
[Pages 1263-1267]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
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PRESIDENTS PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE
FROM THE FIRST CONGRESS TO THE END OF THE FIRST SESSION OF
THE ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS
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[In earlier years the appointment or election of a President
pro tempore was held by the Senate to be for the
occasion only, so that more than one appears in several
sessions and in others none were chosen. Since Mar. 12,
1890, however, they have served until ``the Senate
otherwise ordered.'']
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Name of President pro
Congress tempore State Elected
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First.............................. John Langdon.......... New Hampshire Apr. 6, 1789.
Aug. 7, 1789
Second............................. Richard Henry Lee..... Virginia Apr. 18, 1792.
Do............................. John Langdon.......... New Hampshire Nov. 5, 1792.
Mar. 1, 1793.
Third.............................. Ralph Izard........... South Carolina May 31, 1794.
Do............................. Henry Tazewell........ Virginia Feb. 20, 1795.\1\
Fourth............................. ......do.............. ......do Dec. 7, 1795.
Do............................. Samuel Livermore...... New Hampshire May 6, 1796.
Do............................. William Bingham....... Pennsylvania Feb. 16, 1797.
Fifth.............................. William Bradford...... Rhode Island July 6, 1797.
Do............................. Jacob Read............ South Carolina Nov. 22, 1797.
Do............................. Theodore Sedgwick..... Massachusetts June 27, 1798.
Do............................. John Laurance......... New York Dec. 6, 1798.
Do............................. James Ross............ Pennsylvania Mar. 1, 1799.
Sixth.............................. Samuel Livermore...... New Hampshire Dec. 2, 1799.
Do............................. Uriah Tracy........... Connecticut May 14, 1800.
Do............................. John E. Howard........ Maryland Nov. 21, 1800.
Do............................. James Hillhouse....... Connecticut Feb. 28, 1801.
Seventh............................ Abraham Baldwin....... Georgia Dec. 7, 1801.
Apr. 17, 1802.
Do............................. Stephen R. Bradley.... Vermont Dec. 14, 1802.
Feb. 25, 1803.
Mar. 2, 1803.
Eighth............................. John Brown............ Kentucky Oct. 17, 1803.
Jan. 23, 1804.
Do............................. Jesse Franklin........ North Carolina Mar. 10, 1804.
Do............................. Joseph Anderson....... Tennessee Jan. 15, 1805.
Feb. 28, 1805.
Mar. 2, 1805.
Ninth.............................. Samuel Smith.......... Maryland Dec. 2, 1805.
Mar. 18, 1806.
Mar. 2, 1807.
Tenth.............................. ......do.............. ......do Apr. 16, 1808.
Do............................. Stephen R. Bradley.... Vermont Dec. 28, 1808.
Do............................. John Milledge......... Georgia Jan. 30, 1809.
Eleventh........................... Andrew Gregg.......... Pennsylvania June 26, 1809.
Do............................. John Gaillard......... South Carolina Feb. 28, 1810.
Apr. 17, 1810.
Do............................. John Pope............. Kentucky Feb. 23, 1811.
Twelfth............................ William H. Crawford... Georgia Mar. 24, 1812.
Thirteenth......................... Joseph B. Varnum...... Massachusetts Dec. 6, 1813.
Do............................. John Gaillard......... South Carolina Apr. 18, 1814.
Nov. 25, 1814, upon the
death of Vice President
Elbridge Gerry.\2\
See footnotes at end of table.
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Fourteenth......................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 6, 1817.
Fifteenth.......................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 31, 1818.\3\
Do............................. James Barbour......... Virginia Feb. 15, 1819.
Sixteenth.......................... John Gaillard......... South Carolina Jan. 25, 1820.
Seventeenth........................ ......do.............. ......do Feb. 1, 1822.
Feb. 19, 1823.
Eighteenth......................... ......do.............. ......do May 21, 1824.
Nineteenth......................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 9, 1825.\4\
Do............................. Nathaniel Macon....... North Carolina May 20, 1826.
Jan. 2, 1827.
Mar. 2, 1827.
Twentieth.......................... Samuel Smith.......... Maryland May 15, 1828.\5\
Twenty-first....................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 13, 1829.\4\
May 29, 1830.
Mar. 1, 1831.\6\
Twenty-second...................... Littleton W. Tazewell. Virginia July 9, 1832.
Do............................. Hugh L. White......... Tennessee Dec. 3, 1832.
Twenty-third....................... ......do.............. ......do (\7\)
Do............................. George Poindexter..... Mississippi June 28, 1834.
Do............................. John Tyler............ Virginia Mar. 3, 1835.
Twenty-fourth...................... William R. King....... Alabama July 1, 1836.
Jan. 28, 1837.
Twenty-fifth....................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 7, 1837.\4\
Oct. 13, 1837.
July 2, 1838.
Feb. 25, 1839.
Twenty-sixth....................... ......do.............. ......do (\7\)
July 3, 1840.
Mar. 3, 1841.
Twenty-seventh..................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 4, 1841.\4\
Do............................. Samuel L. Southard.... New Jersey Mar. 11, 1841.\8\
Do............................. Willie P. Mangum...... North Carolina May 31, 1842.
Twenty-eighth...................... ......do.............. ......do (\7\)
Twenty-ninth....................... Ambrose H. Sevier..... Arkansas Dec. 27, 1845.\9\
Do............................. David R. Atchison..... Missouri Aug. 8, 1846.
Jan. 11, 1847.
Mar. 3, 1847.
Thirtieth.......................... ......do.............. ......do Feb. 2, 1848.
June 1, 1848.
June 26, 1848.
July 29, 1848.
Dec. 26, 1848.
Mar. 2, 1849.
Thirty-first....................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 5, 1849.\4\
Mar. 16, 1849.
Do............................. William R. King....... Alabama May 6, 1850.
July 11, 1850.
Thirty-second...................... ......do.............. ......do (\10\)
Do............................. David R. Atchison..... Missouri Dec. 20, 1852.
Thirty-third....................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 4, 1853.\4\
Do............................. Lewis Cass............ Michigan Dec. 4, 1854.
Do............................. Jesse D. Bright....... Indiana Dec. 5, 1854.
Thirty-fourth...................... Charles E. Stuart..... Michigan June 9, 1856.\11\
Do............................. Jesse D. Bright....... Indiana June 11, 1856.
Do............................. James M. Mason........ Virginia Jan. 6, 1857.\12\
Thirty-fifth....................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 4, 1857.\4\
Do............................. Thomas J. Rusk........ Texas Mar. 14, 1857.\4\
Do............................. Benjamin Fitzpatrick.. Alabama Dec. 7, 1857.
Mar. 29, 1858.
June 14, 1858.
Jan. 25, 1859.
Thirty-sixth....................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 9, 1859.\4\
Dec. 19, 1859.
Feb. 20, 1860.\4\
June 26, 1860.
Do............................. Jesse D. Bright....... Indiana June 12, 1860.
Do............................. Benjamin Fitzpatrick.. Alabama June 26, 1860.
Do............................. Solomon Foot.......... Vermont Feb. 16, 1861.
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Thirty-seventh..................... Solomon Foot.......... ......do Mar. 23, 1861.\4\
July 18, 1861.
Jan. 15, 1862.
Mar. 31, 1862.
June 19, 1862.
Feb. 18, 1863.
Thirty-eighth...................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 4, 1863.\4\
Dec. 18, 1863.
Feb. 23, 1864.
Mar. 11, 1864.
Apr. 11, 1864.
Do............................. Daniel Clark.......... New Hampshire Apr. 26, 1864.
Feb. 9, 1865.
Thirty-ninth....................... Layfayette S. Foster.. Connecticut Mar. 7, 1865.\13\
Do............................. Benjamin F. Wade...... Ohio Mar. 2, 1867.
Fortieth........................... ......do.............. ......do (\7\)
Forty-first........................ Henry B. Anthony...... Rhode Island Mar. 23, 1869.
Apr. 9, 1869.
May 28, 1870.
July 1, 1870.
July 14, 1870.
Forty-second....................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 10, 1871.
Apr. 17, 1871.
May 23, 1871.\4\
Dec. 21, 1871.
Feb. 23, 1872.
June 8, 1872.
Dec. 4, 1872.
Dec. 13, 1872.
Dec. 20, 1872.
Jan. 24, 1873.
Forty-third........................ Matthew H. Carpenter.. Wisconsin Mar. 12, 1873.\4\
Mar. 26, 1873.\4\
Dec. 11, 1873.
Dec. 23, 1874.
Do............................. Henry B. Anthony...... Rhode Island Jan. 25, 1875.
Feb. 15, 1875.
Forty-fourth....................... Thomas W. Ferry....... Michigan Mar. 9, 1875.\4\
Mar. 19, 1875.\4\
Dec. 20, 1875.
Forty-fifth........................ ......do.............. ......do Mar. 5, 1877.\4\
Feb. 26, 1878.
Apr. 17, 1878.
Mar. 3, 1879.
Forty-sixth........................ Allen G. Thurman...... Ohio Apr. 15, 1879.
Apr. 7, 1880.
May 6, 1880.
Forty-seventh...................... Thomas F. Bayard...... Delaware Oct. 10, 1881.\4\
Do............................. David Davis........... Illinois Oct. 13, 1881.\14\
Do............................. George F. Edmunds..... Vermont Mar. 3, 1883.
Forty-eighth....................... ......do.............. ......do Jan. 14, 1884.
Forty-ninth........................ John Sherman.......... Ohio Dec. 7, 1885.\15\
Do............................. John J. Ingalls....... Kansas Feb. 26, 1887.
Fiftieth........................... ......do.............. ......do (\7\)
Fifty-first........................ ......do.............. ......do Mar. 7, 1889.\4\
Apr. 2, 1889.\4\
Dec. 5, 1889.
Feb. 28, 1890.
Apr. 3, 1890.\16\
Do............................. Charles F. Manderson.. Nebraska Mar. 2, 1891.
Fifty-second....................... ......do.............. ......do ..........................
Fifty-third........................ ......do.............. ......do (\17\)
Do............................. Isham G. Harris....... Tennessee Mar. 22, 1893.\4\
Do............................. Matt W. Ransom........ North Carolina Jan. 7, 1895.\18\
Do............................. Isham G. Harris....... Tennessee Jan. 10, 1895.
Fifty-fourth....................... William P. Frye....... Maine Feb. 7, 1896.
Fifty-fifth........................ ......do.............. ......do ..........................
Fifty-sixth........................ ......do.............. ......do ..........................
Fifty-seventh...................... ......do.............. ......do Mar. 7, 1901.\4\
Fifty-eighth....................... ......do.............. ......do ..........................
Fifty-ninth........................ ......do.............. ......do ..........................
Sixtieth........................... ......do.............. ......do Dec. 5, 1907.
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Name of President pro
Congress tempore State Elected
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Sixty-first.......................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Sixty-second......................... ......do............... ......do............... (\19\)
Do............................... Augustus O. Bacon...... Georgia................ August 14, 1911.\20\
Do............................... Charles Curtis......... Kansas................. Dec. 4, 1911.\21\
Do............................... Augustus O. Bacon...... Georgia................ Jan. 15, 1912.\22\
Do............................... Jacob H. Gallinger..... New Hampshire.......... Feb. 12, 1912.\23\
Do............................... Henry Cabot Lodge...... Massachusetts.......... Mar. 25, 1912.\24\
Do............................... ......do............... ......do............... May 25, 1912.
Sixty-third.......................... James P. Clarke........ Arkansas............... Mar. 13, 1913.\4\
Sixty-fourth......................... ......do............... ......do............... Dec. 6, 1915.\25\
Do............................... Willard Saulsbury...... Delaware............... Dec. 14, 1916.
Sixty-fifth.......................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Sixty-sixth.......................... Albert B. Cummins...... Iowa................... May 19, 1919.
Sixty-seventh........................ ......do............... ......do............... Mar. 7, 1921.\4\
Sixty-eighth......................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Sixty-ninth.......................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Do............................... George H. Moses........ New Hampshire.......... Mar. 6, 1925.\4\
Seventieth........................... ......do............... ......do............... Dec. 15, 1927.
Seventy-first........................ ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Seventy-second....................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Seventy-third........................ Key Pittman............ Nevada................. Mar. 9, 1933.
Seventy-fourth....................... ......do............... ......do............... Jan. 7, 1935.
Seventy-fifth........................ ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Seventy-sixth........................ ......do............... ......do............... (\26\)
Do............................... William H. King........ Utah................... Nov. 19, 1940.
Seventy-seventh...................... Pat Harrison........... Mississippi............ Jan. 6, 1941.\27\
Do............................... Carter Glass........... Virginia............... July 10, 1941.
Seventy-eighth....................... ......do............... ......do............... Jan. 14, 1943.
Seventy-ninth........................ Kenneth McKellar....... Tennessee.............. Jan. 6, 1945.
Eightieth............................ Arthur H. Vandenberg... Michigan............... Jan. 4, 1947.
Eighty-first......................... Kenneth McKellar....... Tennessee.............. Jan. 3, 1949.
Eighty-second........................ ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Eighty-third......................... Styles Bridges......... New Hampshire.......... Jan. 3, 1953.
Eighty-fourth........................ Walter F. George....... Georgia................ Jan. 5, 1955.
Eighty-fifth......................... Carl Hayden............ Arizona................ Jan. 3, 1957.
Eighty-sixth......................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Eighty-seventh....................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Eighty-eighth........................ ......do............... ......do............... Jan. 9, 1963.
Eighty-ninth......................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Ninetieth............................ ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Ninety-first......................... Richard B. Russell..... Georgia................ Jan. 3, 1969.\28\
Ninety-second........................ ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Do............................... Allen J. Ellender...... Louisiana.............. Jan. 22, 1971.\29\
Do............................... James O. Eastland...... Mississippi............ July 28, 1972.
Ninety-third......................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Ninety-fourth........................ ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Ninety-fifth......................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Ninety-sixth......................... Warren G. Magnuson..... Washington............. Jan. 15, 1979.
Do............................... Milton R. Young........ North Dakota........... Dec. 4, 1980.\30\
Ninety-seventh....................... Strom Thurmond......... South Carolina......... Jan. 5, 1981.
Ninety-eighth........................ ......do............... ......do............... .......................
Ninety-ninth......................... ......do............... ......do............... Jan. 3, 1985.
One-hundredth........................ John C. Stennis........ Mississippi............ Jan. 6, 1987.
One-hundred-first.................... Robert C. Byrd......... West Virginia.......... Jan. 3, 1989.
One-hundred-second................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
One-hundred-third.................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
One-hundred-fourth................... Strom Thurmond......... South Carolina......... Jan. 4, 1995.
One-hundred-fifth.................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
One-hundred-sixth.................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
One-hundred-seventh.................. Robert C. Byrd......... West Virginia.......... Jan. 3, 2001.\31\
Do............................... Strom Thurmond......... South Carolina......... Jan. 3, 2001.\32\
Do............................... Robert C. Byrd......... West Virginia.......... June 6, 2001.
One-hundred-eighth................... Ted Stevens............ Alaska................. Jan. 7, 2003.
One-hundred-ninth.................... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
One-hundred-tenth.................... Robert C. Byrd......... West Virginia.......... Jan. 4, 2007.
One-hundred-eleventh................. ......do............... ......do............... (\33\)
Do............................... Daniel K. Inouye....... Hawaii................. June 28, 2010.
One-hundred-twelfth.................. ......do............... ......do............... (\34\)
Do............................... Patrick J. Leahy....... Vermont................ Dec. 17, 2012.
Footnotes continued on the next page.
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One-hundred-thirteenth........... ......do............... ......do............... .......................
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\1\Samuel Livermore was elected Feb. 20, 1795, but declined.
\2\Vice President Gerry died in preceding Congress.
\3\Continuing from preceding session.
\4\Special session of the Senate.
\5\Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina, was first elected on the same day, but declined to serve.
\6\Littleton W. Tazewell, of Virginia, was first elected, but declined to serve.
\7\Continuing from preceding session.
\8\Special session of the Senate. Resigned as President pro tempore May 31, 1842.
\9\Served as President pro tempore 1 day, under designation by the Vice President.
\10\Resigned as President pro tempore Dec. 20, 1852.
\11\Resigned June 11, 1856.
\12\Served Jan. 5, 1856, by request of President pro tempore Bright.
\13\Special session of the Senate. Elected ``to serve in the absence of the Vice President'' and served until
Mar. 2, 1867.
\14\Special session of the Senate. Resigned Mar. 3, 1883.
\15\Resigned as President pro tempore, effective Feb. 26, 1887.
\16\Resigned as President pro tempore, effective Mar. 2, 1891; in March 1890, the Senate adopted a resolution
stating that Presidents pro tempore would hold office continuously until the election of another President pro
tempore, rather than being elected for the period in which the vice president was absent. The new system has
continued to the present.
\17\Resigned as President pro tempore Mar. 22, 1893.
\18\Resigned as President pro tempore Jan. 10, 1895.
\19\Resigned as President pro tempore Apr. 27, 1911.
\20\Bacon served as President pro tempore Aug. 14 but was actually elected on Aug. 13.
\21\Elected to serve Dec. 4 to 12, 1911.
\22\Elected to serve Jan. 15 to 17, Mar. 11 and 12, Apr. 8, May 10, May 30 to June 3, June 13 to July 5, Aug. 1
to 10, and Aug. 27 to Dec. 15, 1912; Jan. 5 to 18 and Feb. 2 to 15, 1913.
\23\Elected to serve Feb. 12 to 14, Apr. 26 and 27, May 7, July 6 to 31, Aug. 12 to 26, 1912; Dec. 16, 1912, to
Jan. 4, 1913; Jan 19 to Feb. 1 and Feb. 16 to Mar. 3, 1913.
\24\Elected to serve Mar. 25 and 26, 1912.
\25\Died Oct. 1, 1916.
\26\Died Nov. 10, 1940.
\27\Died June 22, 1941.
\28\Died Jan. 21, 1971.
\29\Died July 27, 1972.
\30\Elected to serve for one day only (Dec. 5, 1980). Magnuson resumed the post.
\31\Elected to serve Jan. 3 to Jan. 20, 2001.
\32\Elected to serve beginning Jan. 20, 2001, after Republicans regained control of the Senate. Thurmond was
designated President pro tempore emeritus of the United States Senate (S. Res. 103, 107-1, June 6, 2001) after
Democrats regained control of Senate.
\33\Died June 28, 2010.
\34\Died Dec. 17, 2012.