The President Pro Tempore of the Senate is the Vice-President of
the United States. One of his jobs in the Senate is to break a
possible vote tie.
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The President pro Tempore of the United States Senate is Patrick
Leahy. He is a democrat from the state of Vermont.
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President Pro Tempore of the Senate. The office also existed in
the Confederate States of America.
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The office of The President pro tempore was established by the Constitution of the United States in 1789. The first President pro tempore, John Langdon, was elected on April 6 the same year.
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The President Pro Tempore of the U. S. Senate stands in when the
President of the Senate (the Vice President of the United States)
is not there.