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| Office | President Pro Tempore |
| Honorific | President Pro Tempore - Abbr: President Pro Tempore |
| Type | General Election |
| Filing Deadline | May 19, 1826 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | May 20, 1826 - 06:00am Central |
| Polls Close | May 20, 1826 - 08:00pm Central |
| Term Start | May 20, 1826 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | March 04, 1827 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | Chronicler |
| Last Modified | Chronicler December 16, 2007 03:18pm |
| Data Sources | Baltimore Patriot 5/23/1826; [Link] |
| Description |
Macon was elected on the 17th ballot to preside over the last two days of the Senate session. The balloting took two hours.
| Balloting for PPT of the U.S. Senate, 5/20/1826 |
| Contender: Ballot | 1st | 2d | 3d | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16th | 17th |
| Nathaniel Macon NC | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 20 | 21 |
| Samuel Smith MD | 12 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
| William H. Harrison OH | 5 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| Scattering (not all recorded) | 7 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | -- | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
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21 (41.18%)