List of the Presidents of the United States Senate

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President of
the United States Senate
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Incumbent
Joe Biden
since January 20, 2009
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
Website Vice President Joe Biden

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. 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.

This list includes individuals (both 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 Position
John Langdon April 6, 1789 - April 21, 1789 President pro tempore
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
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
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 to 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] N/A
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
Jesse D. Bright December 5, 1854 – June 9, 1856 President pro tempore
Charles E. Stuart June 9, 1856 - June 10, 1856 President pro tempore
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
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] N/A
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] N/A
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)
Jacob Harold Gallinger December 16, 1912 - January 4, 1913 President pro tempore (rotating)
Augustus Octavius Bacon January 5, 1913 – January 18, 1913 President pro tempore (rotating)
Jacob Harold Gallinger January 19, 1913 - February 1, 1913 President pro tempore (rotating)
Augustus Octavius Bacon February 2, 1913 - February 15, 1913 President pro tempore (rotating)
Jacob Harold Gallinger February 16, 1913 – March 3, 1913 President pro tempore (rotating)
Thomas R. Marshall March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 U.S. Vice President
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
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
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

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Upon the death of President Zachary Taylor on 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 on July 11, 1850.
  2. ^ Upon the death of President James A. Garfield on 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 on October 10, 1881.
  3. ^ Upon the death of Vice President Thomas A. Hendricks on 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 on December 7, 1885.
  4. ^ Thurmond was the presiding officer of the Senate from 11:28 a.m. until 7:22 p.m. on July 13, 1985 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.
  5. ^ Byrd was the presiding officer of the Senate from 7:09 a.m. until 9:24 a.m. on June 29, 2002 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.
  6. ^ Byrd was the presiding officer of the Senate from 7:16 a.m. until 9:21 a.m. on July 21, 2007 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.

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