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 or resignation), 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 Adams |
1789–1797 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Thomas Jefferson |
1797–1801 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Aaron Burr |
1801–1805 |
U.S. Vice President |
| George Clinton |
1805–1812 |
U.S. Vice President |
| William H. Crawford |
1812–1813 |
Pro tempore |
| Elbridge Gerry |
1813–1814 |
U.S. Vice President |
| John Gaillard |
1814–1817 |
President pro tempore |
| Daniel Tompkins |
1817–1825 |
U.S. Vice President |
| John Calhoun |
1825–1832 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Hugh Lawson White |
1832–1833 |
President pro tempore |
| Martin Van Buren |
1833–1837 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Richard Mentor Johnson |
1837–1841 |
U.S. Vice President |
| John Tyler |
1841 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Samuel Lewis Southard |
1841–1842 |
President pro tempore |
| Willie Mangum |
1842–1845 |
President pro tempore |
| George M. Dallas |
1845–1849 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Millard Fillmore |
1849–1850 |
U.S. Vice President |
| William Rufus de Vane King |
1850–1852 |
President pro tempore |
| David Rice Atchison |
1852–1853 |
President pro tempore |
| William Rufus de Vane King |
1853 |
U.S. Vice President |
| David Rice Atchison |
1853–1854 |
President pro tempore |
| Lewis Cass |
1854 |
President pro tempore |
| Jesse Bright |
1854–1856 |
President pro tempore |
| Charles E. Stuart |
1856 |
President pro tempore |
| Jesse Bright |
1856–1857 |
President pro tempore |
| James Murray Mason |
1857 |
President pro tempore |
| John C. Breckinridge |
1857–1861 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Hannibal Hamlin |
1861–1865 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Andrew Johnson |
1865 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Lafayette Foster |
1865–1867 |
President pro tempore |
| Benjamin Wade |
1867–1869 |
President pro tempore |
| Schuyler Colfax |
1869–1873 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Henry Wilson |
1873–1875 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Thomas Ferry |
1875–1877 |
President pro tempore |
| William A. Wheeler |
1877–1881 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Chester Arthur |
1881 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Thomas F. Bayard |
1881 |
President pro tempore |
| David Davis III |
1881–1883 |
President pro tempore |
| George F. Edmunds |
1883–1885 |
President pro tempore |
| Thomas A. Hendricks |
1885 |
U.S. Vice President |
| John Sherman |
1885–1887 |
President pro tempore |
| John James Ingalls |
1887–1889 |
President pro tempore |
| Levi P. Morton |
1889–1893 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Adlai E. Stevenson I |
1893–1897 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Garret Hobart |
1897–1899 |
U.S. Vice President |
| William Frye |
1899–1901 |
President pro tempore |
| Theodore Roosevelt |
1901 |
U.S. Vice President |
| William Frye |
1901–1905 |
President pro tempore |
| Charles Fairbanks |
1905–1909 |
President pro tempore |
| James S. Sherman |
1909–1912 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Rotation of Presidents Pro tempore |
1912–1913 |
|
| Thomas R. Marshall |
1913–1921 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Calvin Coolidge |
1921–1923 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Albert Cummins |
1923–1925 |
President pro tempore |
| Charles Dawes |
1925–1929 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Charles Curtis |
1929–1933 |
U.S. Vice President |
| John Nance Garner |
1933–1941 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Henry A. Wallace |
1941–1945 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Harry Truman |
1945 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Kenneth McKellar |
1945–1947 |
President pro tempore |
| Arthur Vandenberg |
1947–1949 |
President pro tempore |
| Kenneth McKellar |
1949 |
President pro tempore |
| Alben Barkley |
1949–1953 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Richard Nixon |
1953–1961 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Lyndon Johnson |
1961–1963 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Carl Hayden |
1963–1965 |
President pro tempore |
| Hubert Humphrey |
1965–1969 |
U.S. Vice President |
| Spiro Agnew |
1969–1973 |
U.S. Vice President |
| James Eastland |
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 – 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 – present |
U.S. Vice President |
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