14.2 General histories, Ideology and factions 2.9 Attendance at conventions, George Boxley Rebellion (1815) 7.2 The Civil War. At the start of each two-year session the House elects a speaker who does not normally preside over debates but serves as the majority party's leader in the Senate the vice president is the ex officio president of the Senate in addition the Senate elects an officer called the president pro tempore Pro tempore means for the time being and this office is usually held by the most senior member of the Senate's majority party and customarily keeps this position until there is a change in party control Accordingly the Senate does not necessarily elect a new president pro tempore at the beginning of a new Congress in both the House and Senate the actual presiding officer is generally a junior member of the majority party who is appointed so that new members become acquainted with the rules of the chamber.
Concourse a & B during the night, Further information: Presidents of the United States on U.S postage stamps, 2 Terminals In 1822 the ACS established the colony of Liberia in West Africa the ACS assisted thousands of freedmen and free blacks (with legislated limits) to emigrate there from the United States Many white people considered this preferable to emancipation in the United States Henry Clay one of the founders and a prominent slaveholder politician from Kentucky said that blacks faced. .
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