Senate attains first quorum and elects Langdon
- When
- April 6, 1789
- Where
- Federal Hall, meeting place of the first US Congress (scope-derived; not named in supplied passages)
On April 6, 1789, the Senate achieved its first quorum and chose John Langdon of New Hampshire as its first president pro tempore.
The Senate's first quorum allowed the chamber to organize, and it elected John Langdon as the first president pro tempore of the Senate on April 6, 1789. Langdon, one of the first two senators from New Hampshire, served in the Senate from March 4, 1789, so he had presumably taken his seat when the first Congress convened, though the passages do not state this directly. As president pro tempore he presided over the Senate before John Adams' election as vice president, and he continued to serve in that office during the Second Congress. The event scope identifies the meeting place as Federal Hall in New York City, a site the supplied passages do not name.
Sources
- John Langdon (politician) Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-12
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