Party Control of Congress and the Presidency
(1921-2000)
Year
President
Senate
House of
Representatives
*=Divided Government
|
1999* |
D |
R |
R |
|
1997* |
D |
R |
R |
|
1995* |
D |
R |
R |
|
1993 |
Clinton
(D) |
D |
D |
|
1991* |
R |
D |
D |
|
1989* |
Bush
(R) |
D |
D |
|
1987* |
R |
D |
D |
|
1985* |
R |
R |
D |
|
1983* |
R |
R |
D |
|
1981* |
Reagan
( R) |
R |
D |
|
1979 |
D |
D |
D |
|
1977 |
Carter
(D) |
D |
D |
|
1975* |
R
(Ford) |
D |
D |
|
1973* |
R |
D |
D |
|
1971* |
R |
D |
D |
|
1969* |
Nixon
(R) |
D |
D |
|
1967 |
D |
D |
D |
|
1965 |
Johnson
(D) |
D |
D |
|
1963 |
D
(Johnson) |
D |
D |
|
1961 |
Kennedy
(D) |
D |
D |
|
1959* |
R |
D |
D |
|
1957* |
R |
D |
D |
|
1955* |
R |
D |
D |
|
1953 |
Eisenhower
( R) |
R |
R |
|
1951 |
(D) |
D |
D |
|
1949 |
(D) |
D |
D |
|
1947* |
(D) |
R |
R |
|
1945 |
FDR/Truman
(D) |
D |
D |
|
1943 |
D |
D |
D |
|
1941 |
D |
D |
D |
|
1939 |
D |
D |
D |
|
1937 |
D |
D |
D |
|
1935 |
D |
D |
D |
|
1933 |
F D |
D |
D |
|
1931* |
R |
R |
D |
|
1929 |
Hoover
(R) |
R |
R |
|
1927 |
R |
R |
R |
|
1925 |
Coolidge
( R) |
R |
R |
|
1923 |
R
(Coolidge) |
R |
R |
|
1921 |
Harding
(R) |
R |
R |