President of the Senate U.S. federal government was established in 1789. The vice president with the most tie breaking votes is John Adams (served 1789–1797) with 29. The current Vice President Mike Pence, in office since January 2017, has cast seven tie-breaking votes. In state governments of the United States, the presiding officer of the state senate (the upper house) is a matter decided by the state's constitution. Some states designate the lieutenant governor as president of the senate, while in other states, the Senate elects its own president. The Tennessee Senate elects a senator Speaker of the Senate, who is given the title
President of the National Council (Austria) President of the National Council (Austria) The President of the National Council is the presiding officer of the National Council, the first chamber of the Austrian Parliament. Since December 2017 Wolfgang Sobotka (ÖVP) serves as the current President of the National Council, Doris Bures (SPÖ) as the Second President and Anneliese Kitzmüller (FPÖ) as the Third. All three Presidents together form the Presidium of the National Council. In the Austrian order of precedence the President of the National Council places after the President and before the Chancellor. The President, the second and the third President are elected by the majority