Word: protern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Senator Albert Baird Cummins of Iowa assumed his seat as President protern, for the Senate?unlike the House ?is a continuing body, two-thirds of its membership retaining their seats from one session to the next. According to a rule adopted in 1890, the President pro tern is elected to "hold office during the pleasure of the Senate and until another is elected...
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