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About the President Pro Tempore. The Constitution instructs the Senate to choose a president pro tempore to preside over the Senate in the absence of the vice president. Pro tempore is a Latin term meaning "for the time being,” signaling that the position was originally conceived as a temporary replacement. The framers of the Constitution ...
As the constitutional president of the Senate, the vice president alone can cast a tie-breaking vote in the Senate. In 1881, with the Senate divided between 37 Republicans and 37 Democrats (along with two independents), Vice President Chester Arthur's tie-breaking vote decided some of the most important issues of the day.
Nov 9, 2009 · Huey Long, a populist governor and U.S. senator from Louisiana, was famed for his fiery oratory and radical reform proposals until his assassination at age 44.
Mar 22, 2024 · September 10, 1935, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (aged 42) Title / Office: United States Senate (1932-1935), United States. governor (1928-1931), Louisiana. Huey Long (born August 30, 1893, near Winnfield, Louisiana, U.S.—died September 10, 1935, Baton Rouge, Louisiana) was a flamboyant and demagogic governor of Louisiana and U.S. senator whose ...
On September 11, 1789, the president of the United States sent his first cabinet nomination to the Senate for its "advice and consent." Minutes later, perhaps even before the messenger returned to the president's office, senators approved unanimously the appointment of Alexander Hamilton to be secretary of the treasury.
Jun 27, 2020 · CNN —. Democrats in the House voted Friday to make portions of Washington, DC, the 51st US state, which is historic because it’s the furthest such a measure has ever gotten in the House, but ...
Nov 9, 2009 · (At the time, Calhoun was vice president and could not argue before the Senate himself.) In a speech considered among the greatest in U.S. political history, Webster eloquently defended the ...
