12

Dec. 3, 1855

Aug. 18, 1856

260

Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana.

88

William R. King, of Alabama..

.do. do. do.

David R. Atchison, of Missouri.
Jesse D. Bright, of Indiana..

Lewis Cass, of Michigan.

John W. Jones, of Virginia.

John W. Davis, of Indiana.

Robert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts.

Howell Cobb, of Georgia.

Linn Boyd, of Kentucky.

Do.

Aug. 21, 1856

1, 1856

Mar. 3, 1857

93

James M. Mason, of Virginia.

Dec. 7, 1857 Dec. 6, 1858

June 14, 1858 Mar. 3, 1859

James L. Orr, of South Carolina.

Thomas J. Rusk, of Texas.

189 Benjamin Fitzpatrick, of Alabama. ..do.

88

sessions and in others none were chosen. Since Mar. 12, 1890, they have served until "the Senate otherwise ordered." ! Until within recent 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

they shall by law appoint a different day.
The Constitution (Art. I, sec. 4) provided that the Congress should assemble Mar. 4, 1789, and thereafter "in every year* * * on the first Monday in December, unless
Up to and including May 20, 1820, 18 acts were passed providing for the meeting of Congress on other days in the year. Since that
session of the Sixth Congress, Philadelphia was the meeting place; since then Congress has convened in Washington.
year Congress has met regularly on the first Monday in December. The first and second sessions of the First Congress were held in New York; subsequently, until the second

dent, appeared Apr. 21, 1789, and took his seat as President of the Senate.
Elected Speaker, vice Henry Clay, who resigned Jan. 19, 1814.
Elected to count the vote for President and Vice President, which was done Apr. 6, 1789, a quorum of the Senate then appearing for the first time. John Adams, Vice Presi-

5 Elected Speaker Nov. 15, 1820, vice Henry Clay, who resigned Oct. 28, 1820. Elected Speaker June 2, 1834, vice Andrew Stevenson, of Virginia, resigned.

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Fifty-sixth..
Fifty-seventh.

Fifty-eighth..

Sixty-second.

Sixty-third..
Sixty-fourth..

Sixty-fifth

Sixty-sixth.

13 Elected to serve Aug. 27 to Dec. 15, 1912; Jan. 5-18 and Feb. 2-15, 1913.

14 Elected to serve Dec. 16, 1912, to Jan. 4, 1913, Jan. 19 to Feb. 1, and Feb. 16 to Mar. 3, 1913.