List of Tie-breaking Votes Cast By Vice Presidents of The United States - List of Presidents of The Senate By Number of Tie-breaking Votes

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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