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Since the office was created in 1789, 92 individuals, from 39 of the 50 states, have served as president pro tempore of the Senate. The current president pro tempore is Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who assumed office on January 3, 2025, at the start of the 119th Congress. In 2001, the honorary title of president pro tempore emeritus was created, and ...
The office of president pro tempore was established by the Constitution of the United States in 1789. Between 1792 and 1886, the president pro tempore was second in the line of presidential succession, following the vice president and preceding the speaker. Through 1891, the president pro tempore was appointed on an intermittent basis only ...
The following is a list of state-level presidents pro tempore in the United States: [1] ... President Party Since Alabama Del Marsh: R 2010 Arizona Eddie Farnsworth ...
President pro tempore Charles E. Stuart: June 9–10, 1856 President pro tempore Jesse D. Bright: June 11, 1856 – January 6, 1857 President pro tempore James Murray Mason: January 6 – March 4, 1857 President pro tempore John C. Breckinridge: March 4, 1857 – March 4, 1861 President of the Senate Hannibal Hamlin: March 4, 1861 – March 4, 1865
As the longest-serving Democratic senator, Byrd served as President pro tempore four times when his party was in the majority: [13] from 1989 until the Republicans won control of the Senate in 1995; for 17 days in early 2001, when the Senate was evenly split between parties and outgoing Vice President Al Gore broke the tie in favor of the ...
The constitutionally-defined Senate leadership roles are the Vice President of the United States, who serves as President of the Senate, and the President pro tempore, traditionally the most senior member of the majority, who theoretically presides in the absence of the Vice President. [2]
In this scenario, shortly after taking office on Jan. 20, 2029, President Vance could invoke the 25th Amendment by notifying the speaker of the House and the president pro tempore of the Senate ...
Stevens was the president pro tempore of the United States Senate in the 108th and 109th Congresses from 2003 to 2007, and was the third U.S. Senator to hold the title of president pro tempore emeritus. He was previously Solicitor of the Interior Department from 1960 to 1961.