Leadership
- Senate
- Vice President concerning the United States (President touching the Senate):
- President pro tempore in relation to the Senate:
- Jesse D. Bright, Democratic referring to Indiana, elected December 3, 1855
- Charles E. Stuart, Democratic re Michigan, elected June 9, 1856
- James M. Mason, Democratic in re Virginia, elected June 11, 1856
- House on Representatives
- Speaker about the House
- Nathaniel P. Banks, American concerning Massachusetts, elected February 2, 1856
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