[United States Senate Manual, 110th Congress]
[S. Doc. 110-1]
[Statistical Data]
[Pages 1157-1163]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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                                  STATISTICAL DATA

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                        PRESIDENTS PRO TEMPORE OF THE SENATE

            FROM THE FIRST CONGRESS TO END OF SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE 
                               HUNDRED TENTH 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\

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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.

                Footnotes continued on the 
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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.
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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.

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\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.