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62nd Session of the Congress, 1911-1913

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session type convened adjourned President pro Tempore
of the Senate		 Speaker of the House
of Representatives
1st Extra 4 April 1911 22 August 1911 Frye Clark, James Beauchamp ["Champ"]
(Dem.- Missouri)

This "extra" Session of the 62nd Congress was called by President William Howard Taft via executive Proclamation issued on 4 March 1911.

2nd long 4 December 1911 26 August 1912 Bacon, Augustus
(Dem.-Georgia)&
Gallinger, Jacob
(Rep.- New Hampshire)		 Clark

Senators Bacon and Gallinger alternated as Presidents pro Tempore throughout most of this "long" session of the 62nd Congress; others who served briefly as Presidents pro Tempore during this "long" session of that Congress were Frank B. Brandegee (Rep.- Connecticut), Charles Curtis (Rep.- Kansas) and Henry Cabot Lodge (Rep.- Massachusetts).

3rd short 2 December 1912 3 March 1913 Bacon & Gallinger Clark

Senators Bacon and Gallinger alternated as Presidents pro Tempore throughout most of this "short" session of the 62nd Congress; during this session, they each served as acting President of the Senate due to a vacancy in the Vice Presidency of the United States (Vice President James S. Sherman having died in office on 30 October 1912, before the convening of this session).

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