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

The Speaker of the Canadian Senate presides over that body, i.e., the Senate of Canada.

Tennessee also has a Speaker of the Senate preside over the upper house of the State Legislature.

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.

Speaker of the Senate
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See also

Senate

Vice President of the United States

Government of France

President of the Senate

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