The president pro tempore of the United States Senate (often shortened to president pro tem) is the second-highest-ranking official of the United States Senate. Article One, Section Three of the United States Constitution provides that the vice president of the United States is the president of the Senate (despite not being a senator), and mandates that the Senate must choose a president pro tempore to act in the vice president's absence. Unlike the vice president, the president pro tempore is an elected member of the Senate, able to speak or vote on any issue. Selected by the Senate at large, usually by a resolution which is adopted by unanimous consent without a formal vote, the president pro tempore has enjoyed many privileges and some limited powers. During the vice president's absence, the president pro tempore is empowered to preside over Senate sessions. Except when necessary or to highlight important votes, the vice president and the president pro tempore rarely preside; instead, the duty of presiding officer is rotated among junior U.S. senators of the majority party to give them experience in parliamentary procedure.
It was added in Version III.
List of Presidents pro tempore[]
Portrait | Name | State | Party | Term | Congress | |
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James Ernest | California | Republican | April 1, 2022 — April 4, 2022 |
47th | ||
ColdNorse | Florida | Republican | April 6, 2022 — April 6, 2022 |
48th | ||
Kouhei Atashi | North Carolina | Republican | April 6, 2022 — April 7, 2022 | |||
ColdNorse | Florida | Republican | April 7, 2022 — ??? | |||
49th | ||||||
Version IV | ||||||
Ethan Rezi | Utah | Libertarian | Mid August, 2022 — August 29, 2022 |
81st | ||
Version V | ||||||
Version VI | ||||||
Admiral Bewcock | Michigan | Republican | November 30, 2022
- December 6, 2022 |
93rd - 94th | ||
Spiro Agnew | Maryland | Republican | December 6, 2022
- January 1, 2023 |
94th - 101st | ||
Nikki Brainard | Kentucky | Democrat | January 1, 2022 — Unknown |
101st | ||
Version VII | ||||||
Version VIII | ||||||
Version 10.5 | ||||||
Alex Jones | Missouri | Republican | November 25, 2023 — November 25, 2023 10:49 PM |
None | ||
Dagoth Ur | West Virginia | Republican | November 25, 2023 — November 25, 2023 | |||
Lord El-Melloi | Florida | Republican | November 25, 2023 — December 11, 2023 | |||
Blake Stone | Nebraska | Republican | December 11, 2023 — December 16, 2023 | |||
Defunct | Texas | Republican | December 16, 2023 — December 16, 2023 | |||
bibi+hamas no celebrate jesus birth | Nevada | Republican | December 16, 2023 — January 11, 2024 | |||
MAGA COMMUNIST RFK | Chavez | Arizona | Democratic | January 11, 2024 — January 22, 2024 | |||
ANNA COOKE KENDRICK | Maine | Democratic | January 22, 2024 — January 23, 2024 | |||
Miracle Yang | Michigan | Republican | January 23, 2024 — Incumbent | |||
Version XI | ||||||
Ted Lasso | Virginia | Democratic | February 19, 2024 — February 23, 2024 |
208th | ||
Lord El-Melloi | Florida | Republican | February 23, 2024 — March 13, 2024 |
209th | ||
Beth Dutton | Tennessee | Republican | March 13, 2024 — March 14, 2024 |
213th | ||
Lord El-Melloi | Florida | Republican | March 14, 2024 — Incumbent |
213th |
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