Newt/Clinton had a surplus in 2000-2001, but I think the #’s are disputed due to “creative accounting”. But they at least came close.
http://www.usgovernmentdebt.us/spending_chart_1900_2020USp_18s2li011lcn_G0f_Annual_Federal_Deficit
A budget surplus is meaningless with the extent of the national debt. The national debt never gets retired, but Coolidge managed to cut it by one-third.