Comparing Presidential Ranking With Congressional Control and Terms Won/served
# | President | Party | House with (years) | Senate with (years) | House opposed (years) | Senate opposed (years) | Years served | Elections won | Ranking in CSPAN 2009 poll |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | George Washington | Federalist-leaning | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 02 |
2 | John Adams | Federalist | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
3 | Thomas Jefferson | Democratic-Republican | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 07 |
4 | James Madison | D-R | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 20 |
5 | James Monroe | D-R | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 14 |
6 | John Quincy Adams | D-R | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 19 |
7 | Andrew Jackson | Democratic | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 13 |
8 | Martin Van Buren | Democratic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 31 |
9 | William Henry Harrison | Whig | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 39 |
10 | John Tyler | Whig/none | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 |
11 | James K. Polk | Democratic | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
12 | Zachary Taylor | Whig | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 29 |
13 | Millard Fillmore | Whig | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
14 | Franklin Pierce | Democratic | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 40 |
15 | James Buchanan | Democratic | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 42 |
16 | Abraham Lincoln | Republican | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 01 |
17 | Andrew Johnson | Democratic | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 41 |
18 | Ulysses S. Grant | Republican | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 23 |
19 | Rutherford B. Hayes | Republican | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 33 |
20 | James Garfield | Republican | – | – | 0 | 0 | – | 1 | 28 |
21 | Chester A. Arthur | Republican | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 32 |
22, 24 | Grover Cleveland | Democratic | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 21 |
23 | Benjamin Harrison | Republican | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 30 |
25 | William McKinley | Republican | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 16 |
26 | Theodore Roosevelt | Republican | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 04 |
27 | William Howard Taft | Republican | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 24 |
28 | Woodrow Wilson | Democratic | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 09 |
29 | Warren G. Harding | Republican | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 38 |
30 | Calvin Coolidge | Republican | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 26 |
31 | Herbert Hoover | Republican | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 34 |
32 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Democratic | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 03 |
33 | Harry S. Truman | Democratic | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 05 |
34 | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Republican | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 08 |
35 | John F. Kennedy | Democratic | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 06 |
36 | Lyndon B. Johnson | Democratic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
37 | Richard Nixon | Republican | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 27 |
38 | Gerald R. Ford | Republican | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 22 |
39 | Jimmy Carter | Democratic | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 25 |
40 | Ronald Reagan | Republican | 0 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
41 | George H. W. Bush | Republican | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 |
42 | Bill Clinton | Democratic | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 15 |
43 | George W. Bush | Republican | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 36 |
44 | Barack Obama | Democratic | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | n/a |
# | President | Party | House with (years) | Senate with (years) | House opposed (years) | Senate opposed (years) | Years served | Elections won | Ranking in CSPAN 2009 poll |
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