What position did Stennis hold from 1987 to 1989?
Member of the Committee on Appropriations
President pro tempore of the Senate
Chairman of the Senate Ethics Committee
Chair of the Armed Services Committee
Answer
John C. Stennis served as the President pro tempore of the Senate from 1987 to 1989. The President pro tempore is the second-highest-ranking officer in the Senate and serves as its presiding officer in the absence of the Vice President. Stennis was a Democrat from Mississippi and served in the Senate from 1947 to 1989.
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