Speaker of the senate

Speaker of the Senate is a title given to the presiding officer of the Senate in a small number of jurisdictions and mainly amongst English-speaking countries.

• The Speaker of the Canadian Senate presides over the Senate of Canada.
• The U.S. state of Tennessee has a Speaker of the Senate who presides over the upper house of the State Legislature.
• The U.S. state of Kentucky formerly had a Speaker of the Senate under a prior constitution; the office was briefly of significant importance during the Civil War due to the death of Linn Boyd who was then Lieutenant Governor of Kentucky.
• The U.S. state of Illinois also had a Speaker of the Senate under its first two constitutions; it now has a President of the Senate. Speaker William Lee D. Ewing briefly served as Governor of Illinois in 1834 when the positions of governor and lieutenant governor both became vacant.
• The Speaker of the Senate of Northern Ireland is now a defunct office.
• In the Republic of Ireland, the Cathaoirleach is the speaker of the Seanad Éireann.

See also

• Chairman of the Senate (Pakistan)
• Marshal of the Senate (Poland)