List of Presidents of The Senate By Number of Tie-breaking Votes
There have been 244 tie-breaking votes cast by 35 Presidents of the Senate while 12 Presidents of the Senate did not cast tie-breaking votes. The median and mean numbers of tie-breaking votes cast per Senate President are 3 and 5.19 respectively.
Rank by # of Tie- breaking votes |
# of Tie- breaking votes |
President of the Senate | Party | Order in Office |
Term of Office | President(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 29 | John Adams | Federalist | 1 | 01789-04-21Apr 21, 1789 – 01797-03-04Mar 4, 1797 | Washington |
2 | 28 | John C. Calhoun | Democratic-Republican | 7 | 01825-03-04Mar 4, 1825 – 01832-12-28Dec 28, 1832 | J. Q. Adams / Jackson |
3 | 19 | George Dallas | Democratic | 11 | 01845-03-04Mar 4, 1845 – 01849-03-04Mar 4, 1849 | Polk |
4 | 17 | Richard Johnson | Democratic | 9 | 01837-03-04Mar 4, 1837 – 01841-03-04Mar 4, 1841 | Van Buren |
4 | 17 | Schuyler Colfax | Republican | 17 | 01869-03-04Mar 4, 1869 – 01873-03-04Mar 4, 1873 | Grant |
6 | 12 | George Clinton | Democratic-Republican | 4 | 01805-03-04Mar 4, 1805 – 01812-04-20Apr 20, 1812 | Jefferson / Madison |
7 | 9 | John C. Breckinridge | Democratic | 14 | 01857-03-04Mar 4, 1857 – 01861-03-04Mar 4, 1861 | Buchanan |
8 | 8 | Thomas Marshall | Democratic | 28 | 01913-03-04Mar 4, 1913 – 01921-03-04Mar 4, 1921 | Wilson |
8 | 8 | Alben W. Barkley | Democratic | 35 | 01949-01-20Jan 20, 1949 – 01953-01-20Jan 20, 1953 | Truman |
8 | 8 | Richard Nixon | Republican | 36 | 01953-01-20Jan 20, 1953 – 01961-01-20Jan 20, 1961 | Eisenhower |
8 | 8 | Dick Cheney | Republican | 46 | 02001-01-20Jan 20, 2001 – 02009-01-20Jan 20, 2009 | G. W. Bush |
12 | 7 | Hannibal Hamlin | Republican | 15 | 01861-03-04Mar 4, 1861 – 01865-03-04Mar 4, 1865 | Lincoln |
12 | 7 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 43 | 01981-01-20Jan 20, 1981 – 01989-01-20Jan 20, 1989 | Reagan |
14 | 6 | Elbridge Gerry | Democratic-Republican | 5 | 01813-03-04Mar 4, 1813 – 01814-11-23Nov 23, 1814 | Madison |
14 | 6 | William Wheeler | Republican | 19 | 01877-03-04Mar 4, 1877 – 01881-03-04Mar 4, 1881 | Hayes |
16 | 4 | Martin Van Buren | Democratic | 8 | 01833-03-04Mar 4, 1833 – 01837-03-04Mar 4, 1837 | Jackson |
16 | 4 | Levi P. Morton | Republican | 22 | 01889-03-04Mar 4, 1889 – 01893-03-04Mar 4, 1893 | B. Harrison |
16 | 4 | James Sherman | Republican | 27 | 01909-03-04Mar 4, 1909 – 01912-10-30Oct 30, 1912 | Taft |
16 | 4 | Henry Wallace | Democratic | 33 | 01941-01-20Jan 20, 1941 – 01945-01-20Jan 20, 1945 | F. Roosevelt |
16 | 4 | Hubert Humphrey | Democratic | 38 | 01965-01-20Jan 20, 1965 – 01969-01-20Jan 20, 1969 | L. B. Johnson |
16 | 4 | Al Gore | Democratic | 45 | 01993-01-20Jan 20, 1993 – 02001-01-20Jan 20, 2001 | Clinton |
22 | 3 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 2 | 01797-03-04Mar 4, 1797 – 01801-03-04Mar 4, 1801 | J. Adams |
22 | 3 | Aaron Burr | Democratic-Republican | 3 | 01801-03-04Mar 4, 1801 – 01805-03-04Mar 4, 1805 | Jefferson |
22 | 3 | Daniel Tompkins | Democratic-Republican | 6 | 01817-03-04Mar 4, 1817 – 01825-03-04Mar 4, 1825 | Monroe |
22 | 3 | Millard Fillmore | Whig | 12 | 01849-03-04Mar 4, 1849 – 01850-07-09Jul 9, 1850 | Taylor |
22 | 3 | Chester A. Arthur | Republican | 20 | 01881-03-04Mar 4, 1881 – 01881-09-19Sep 19, 1881 | Garfield |
22 | 3 | Charles Curtis | Republican | 31 | 01929-03-04Mar 4, 1929 – 01933-03-04Mar 4, 1933 | Hoover |
22 | 3 | John Nance Garner | Democratic | 32 | 01933-03-04Mar 4, 1933 – 01941-01-20Jan 20, 1941 | F. Roosevelt |
29 | 2 | Adlai Stevenson | Democratic | 23 | 01893-03-04Mar 4, 1893 – 01897-03-04Mar 4, 1897 | Cleveland |
29 | 2 | Charles Dawes | Republican | 30 | 01925-03-04Mar 4, 1925 – 01929-03-04Mar 4, 1929 | Coolidge |
29 | 2 | Spiro Agnew | Republican | 39 | 01969-01-20Jan 20, 1969 – 01973-10-10Oct 10, 1973 | Nixon |
32 | 1 | Henry Wilson | Republican | 18 | 01873-03-04Mar 4, 1873 – 01875-11-22Nov 22, 1875 | Grant |
32 | 1 | Garret Hobart | Republican | 24 | 01897-03-04Mar 4, 1897 – 01899-11-21Nov 21, 1899 | McKinley |
32 | 1 | Harry Truman | Democratic | 34 | 01945-01-20Jan 20, 1945 – 01945-04-12Apr 12, 1945 | F. Roosevelt |
32 | 1 | Walter Mondale | Democratic | 42 | 01977-01-20Jan 20, 1977 – 01981-01-20Jan 20, 1981 | Carter |
36 | 0 | John Tyler | Whig | 10 | 01841-03-04Mar 4, 1841 – 01841-04-04Apr 4, 1841 | W. H. Harrison |
36 | 0 | William King | Democratic | 13 | 01853-03-04Mar 4, 1853 – 01853-04-18Apr 18, 1853 | Pierce |
36 | 0 | Andrew Johnson | Democratic | 16 | 01865-03-04Mar 4, 1865 – 01865-04-15Apr 15, 1865 | Lincoln |
36 | 0 | Thomas Hendricks | Democratic | 21 | 01885-03-04Mar 4, 1885 – 01885-11-25Nov 25, 1885 | Cleveland |
36 | 0 | Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 25 | 01901-03-04Mar 4, 1901 – 01901-09-14Sep 14, 1901 | McKinley |
36 | 0 | Charles Fairbanks | Republican | 26 | 01905-03-04Mar 4, 1905 – 01909-03-04Mar 4, 1909 | T. Roosevelt |
36 | 0 | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 29 | 01921-03-04Mar 4, 1921 – 01923-08-02Aug 2, 1923 | Harding |
36 | 0 | Lyndon Johnson | Democratic | 37 | 01961-01-20Jan 20, 1961 – 01963-11-22Nov 22, 1963 | Kennedy |
36 | 0 | Gerald Ford | Republican | 40 | 01973-12-06Dec 6, 1973 – 01974-08-09Aug 9, 1974 | Nixon |
36 | 0 | Nelson Rockefeller | Republican | 41 | 01974-12-19Dec 19, 1974 – 01977-01-20Jan 20, 1977 | Ford |
36 | 0 | Dan Quayle | Republican | 44 | 01989-01-20Jan 20, 1989 – 01993-01-20Jan 20, 1993 | G. H. W. Bush |
36 | 0 | Joe Biden | Democratic | 47 | 02009-01-20Jan 20, 2009 – present | Obama |
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