pro tempore
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Mr. Buckner, a Democrat, is speaker pro tempore of the Illinois House of Representatives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
If the Senate doesn’t confirm Warsh before Powell’s term as chair ends, Powell has said he would remain chair pro tempore until his successor is named.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
The president pro tempore of the Senate, Chuck Grassley of Iowa, is 91, and third in line for succession to the presidency.
From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2025
Sen. Karen Keiser, D-Des Moines, has served as Senate president pro tempore since 2018.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2023
That the common consciousness itself will furnish proofs by its own direction that it is connected with master currents below the surface, I shall merely assume as a postulate pro tempore....
From Transcendentalism in New England A History by Octavius Brooks Frothingham
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