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 Liberal Democrats 2020. The current President is Sal Brinton who was elected in 2014, took office on 1 January 2015 and was re-elected unopposed in 2016 for a second term and the first of the new three-year terms commencing 1 January 2017. Her term ends on 31 December 2019. In order to be a candidate for President, the candidate must be a member of the Liberal Democrats and secure the nomination of not less than 200 members in not less than 20 Local Parties (including, for this purpose, the Specified Associated Organisations representing youth and/or students). Sal Brinton is unable to re-stand.