4th Dáil
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| Legislative body | Dáil Éireann | ||||||||
| Jurisdiction | Irish Free State | ||||||||
| Meeting place | Leinster House | ||||||||
| Term | 19 September 1923 – 20 May 1927 | ||||||||
| Election | 1923 general election | ||||||||
| Government | 2nd executive council | ||||||||
| Members | 153 | ||||||||
| Ceann Comhairle | Michael Hayes | ||||||||
| President of the Executive Council | W. T. Cosgrave | ||||||||
| Vice-President of the Executive Council | Kevin O'Higgins | ||||||||
| Chief Whip | James Dolan — Daniel McCarthy until 31 March 1924 | ||||||||
| Leader of the Opposition | Thomas Johnson | ||||||||
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The 4th Dáil was elected at the 1923 general election on 27 August 1923 and met on 19 September 1923. The members of Dáil Éireann, the house of representatives of the Oireachtas (legislature) of the Irish Free State, are known as TDs. It was one of two houses of the Oireachtas, sitting with the First Seanad constituted as the 1922 Seanad and the 1925 Seanad. Although Cumann na nGaedheal did not have a majority it was able to govern due to the absence of Republicans (Anti-Treaty Sinn Féin) who refused to attend. The 4th Dáil was dissolved by Governor-General Tim Healy on 23 May 1927, at the request of the President of the Executive Council W. T. Cosgrave. The 4th Dáil lasted 3 years, 246 days.