List of the Presidents of the United States Senate
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| President of the United States Senate | |
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| Style | The Honorable (Diplomatic) Mister President (Within the Senate) |
| Inaugural holder | John Langdon April 6, 1789 |
| Formation | U.S. Constitution March 4, 1789 |
| Succession | Second |
The Vice President of the United States is designated by the Constitution as, ex officio, President of the United States Senate. However, during a vacancy in the office (such as that caused by death, resignation or presidential succession), the President pro tempore of the United States Senate serves as the permanent President of the Senate.[citation needed] Until the ratification of the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution, there was no mechanism to replace a Vice President until the next presidential election.
List of Senate Presidents
This list includes Vice Presidents and Presidents pro tempore who served as a "Presiding Officer of the Senate" (not including senators who presided over sessions temporarily in the place of the sitting President).
| President | Term | Elected position | |
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| Senate President pro tempore | U.S. Vice President | ||
 John Langdon |
April 6, 1789 – April 21, 1789 |
President pro tempore | |
,_2nd_president_of_the_United_States,_by_Asher_B._Durand_(1767-1845)-crop.jpg) John Adams |
April 21, 1789 – March 4, 1797 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Thomas Jefferson |
March 4, 1797 – March 4, 1801 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Aaron Burr |
March 4, 1801 – March 4, 1805 |
U.S. Vice President | |
.jpg) George Clinton |
March 4, 1805 – April 20, 1812 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 William H. Crawford |
April 20, 1812 – March 4, 1813 |
President pro tempore | |
 Elbridge Gerry |
March 4, 1813 – November 23, 1814 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 John Gaillard |
November 25, 1814 – March 4, 1817 |
President pro tempore | |
 Daniel Tompkins |
March 4, 1817 – March 4, 1825 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 John C. Calhoun |
March 4, 1825 – December 28, 1832 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Hugh Lawson White |
December 28, 1832 – March 4, 1833 |
President pro tempore | |
 Martin Van Buren |
March 4, 1833 – March 4, 1837 |
U.S. Vice President | |
| 100px Richard Mentor Johnson | March 4, 1837 – March 4, 1841 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 John Tyler |
March 4, 1841 – April 4, 1841 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Samuel L. Southard |
April 4, 1841 – May 31, 1842 |
President pro tempore | |
 Willie P. Mangum |
May 31, 1842 – March 4, 1845 |
President pro tempore | |
 George M. Dallas |
March 4, 1845 – March 4, 1849 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Millard Fillmore |
March 4, 1849 – July 9, 1850 |
U.S. Vice President | |
| Vacant | July 9, 1850 – July 11, 1850[1] |
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 William R. King |
July 11, 1850 – December 20, 1852 |
President pro tempore | |
 David Rice Atchison |
December 20, 1852 – March 4, 1853 |
President pro tempore | |
 William R. King |
March 4, 1853 – April 18, 1853 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 David Rice Atchison |
April 18, 1853 – December 4, 1854 |
President pro tempore | |
 Lewis Cass |
December 4, 1854 | President pro tempore | |
| 100px Jesse D. Bright | December 5, 1854 – June 9, 1856 |
President pro tempore | |
 Charles E. Stuart |
June 9, 1856 – June 10, 1856 |
President pro tempore | |
| 100px Jesse D. Bright | June 11, 1856 – January 6, 1857 |
President pro tempore | |
 James Murray Mason |
January 6, 1857 – March 4, 1857 |
President pro tempore | |
 John C. Breckinridge |
March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Hannibal Hamlin |
March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Andrew Johnson |
March 4, 1865 – April 15, 1865 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Lafayette S. Foster |
April 15, 1865 – March 2, 1867 |
President pro tempore | |
| 100px Benjamin Wade | March 2, 1867 – March 3, 1869 |
President pro tempore | |
 Schuyler Colfax |
March 4, 1869 – March 4, 1873 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Henry Wilson |
March 4, 1873 – November 22, 1875 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Thomas W. Ferry |
November 22, 1875 – March 4, 1877 |
President pro tempore | |
 William A. Wheeler |
March 4, 1877 – March 4, 1881 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Chester A. Arthur |
March 4, 1881 – September 19, 1881 |
U.S. Vice President | |
| Vacant | September 19, 1881 – October 10, 1881[2] |
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 Thomas F. Bayard |
October 10, 1881 – October 13, 1881 |
President pro tempore | |
 David Davis III |
October 13, 1881 – March 3, 1883 |
President pro tempore | |
 George F. Edmunds |
December 3, 1883 – March 3, 1885 |
President pro tempore | |
 Thomas A. Hendricks |
March 4, 1885 – November 25, 1885 |
U.S. Vice President | |
| Vacant | November 25, 1885 – December 7, 1885[3] |
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 John Sherman |
December 7, 1885 – February 26, 1887 |
President pro tempore | |
 John James Ingalls |
February 26, 1887 – March 3, 1889 |
President pro tempore | |
 Levi P. Morton |
March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Adlai E. Stevenson I |
March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Garret Hobart |
March 4, 1897 – November 21, 1899 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 William P. Frye |
November 21, 1899 – March 4, 1901 |
President pro tempore | |
 Theodore Roosevelt |
March 4, 1901 – September 14, 1901 |
U.S. Vice President | |
| William P. Frye |
September 14, 1901 – March 4, 1905 |
President pro tempore | |
 Charles W. Fairbanks |
March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1909 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 James S. Sherman |
March 4, 1909 – October 30, 1912 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Augustus Octavius Bacon |
October 30, 1912 – December 15, 1912 |
President pro tempore (rotating) |
U.S. Vice President |
 Jacob Harold Gallinger |
December 16, 1912 – January 4, 1913 |
President pro tempore (rotating) |
U.S. Vice President |
| Augustus Octavius Bacon |
January 5, 1913 – January 18, 1913 |
President pro tempore (rotating) |
U.S. Vice President |
| Jacob Harold Gallinger |
January 19, 1913 – February 1, 1913 |
President pro tempore (rotating) |
U.S. Vice President |
| Augustus Octavius Bacon |
February 2, 1913 – February 15, 1913 |
President pro tempore (rotating) |
U.S. Vice President |
| Jacob Harold Gallinger |
February 16, 1913 – March 3, 1913 |
President pro tempore (rotating) |
U.S. Vice President |
 Thomas R. Marshall |
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 |
U.S. Vice President | |
| 100px Calvin Coolidge | March 4, 1921 – August 2, 1923 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Albert B. Cummins |
August 2, 1923 – March 4, 1925 |
President pro tempore | |
 Charles G. Dawes |
March 4, 1925 – March 4, 1929 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Charles Curtis |
March 4, 1929 – March 4, 1933 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 John Nance Garner |
March 4, 1933 – January 20, 1941 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Henry A. Wallace |
January 20, 1941 – January 20, 1945 |
U.S. Vice President | |
| 100px Harry S. Truman | January 20, 1945 – April 12, 1945 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Kenneth McKellar |
April 12, 1945 – January 4, 1947 |
President pro tempore | |
 Arthur H. Vandenberg |
January 4, 1947 – January 3, 1949 |
President pro tempore | |
| Kenneth McKellar |
January 3, 1949 – January 20, 1949 |
President pro tempore | |
 Alben W. Barkley |
January 20, 1949 – January 20, 1953 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Richard Nixon |
January 20, 1953 – January 20, 1961 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Lyndon B. Johnson |
January 20, 1961 – November 22, 1963 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Carl Hayden |
November 22, 1963 – January 20, 1965 |
President pro tempore | |
 Hubert Humphrey |
January 20, 1965 – January 20, 1969 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Spiro Agnew |
January 20, 1969 – October 10, 1973 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 James Eastland |
October 10, 1973 – December 6, 1973 |
President pro tempore | |
 Gerald Ford |
December 6, 1973 – August 9, 1974 |
U.S. Vice President | |
| James Eastland |
August 9, 1974 – December 19, 1974 |
President pro tempore | |
| 100px Nelson Rockefeller | December 19, 1974 – January 20, 1977 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Walter Mondale |
January 20, 1977 – January 20, 1981 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 George H. W. Bush |
January 20, 1981 – July 13, 1985 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Strom Thurmond |
July 13, 1985[4] | President pro tempore | |
| George H. W. Bush | July 13, 1985 – January 20, 1989 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Dan Quayle |
January 20, 1989 – January 20, 1993 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Al Gore |
January 20, 1993 – January 20, 2001 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Dick Cheney |
January 20, 2001 – June 29, 2002 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Robert Byrd |
June 29, 2002[5] | President pro tempore | |
 Dick Cheney |
June 29, 2002 – July 21, 2007 |
U.S. Vice President | |
| Robert Byrd |
July 21, 2007[6] | President pro tempore | |
 Dick Cheney |
July 21, 2007 – January 20, 2009 |
U.S. Vice President | |
 Joe Biden |
January 20, 2009 – present |
U.S. Vice President | |
Notes
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- Acting Vice President of the United States
- Presiding Officer of the United States Senate
- Vice President of the United States
- United States Senate Vice Presidential Bust Collection
- ↑ When President Zachary Taylor died July 9, 1850 there was no sitting president pro tempore of the Senate. There was a vacancy in the presidency of the Senate until William R. King was elected president pro tempore of the Senate July 11, 1850.
- ↑ When President James A. Garfield died September 19, 1881 there was no sitting president pro tempore of the Senate. There was a vacancy in the presidency of the Senate until Thomas F. Bayard was elected president pro tempore of the Senate October 10, 1881.
- ↑ When Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks died November 25, 1885 there was no sitting president pro tempore of the Senate. There was a vacancy in the presidency of the Senate until John Sherman was elected president pro tempore of the Senate December 7, 1885.
- ↑ Thurmond was the presiding officer of the Senate from 11:28 a.m. until 7:22 p.m. while Vice President George H. W. Bush served as Acting President pursuant to President Ronald Reagan's invocation of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution to declare his temporary incapacity while undergoing surgery.
- ↑ Byrd was the presiding officer of the Senate from 7:09 a.m. until 9:24 a.m. while Vice President Dick Cheney served as Acting President pursuant to President George W. Bush's invocation of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution to declare his temporary incapacity while undergoing a colonoscopy that required sedation.
- ↑ Byrd was the presiding officer of the Senate from 7:16 a.m. until 9:21 a.m. while Vice President Dick Cheney served as Acting President pursuant to President George W. Bush's invocation of the Twenty-fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution to declare his temporary incapacity while undergoing a colonoscopy that required sedation.
