Historical Party Strength in Congress 1789-2005 (reference)


		Party of		Party of
Period	Congress	Majority		Minority		Others	President

1789-1791 1791-1793 1793-1795 1795-1797 1797-1799 1799-1801	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th	Ad F F F F F	17 16 17 19 20 19	Op DR DR DR DR DR	9 13 13 13 12 13	- - - - - -	Washington (F) Washington (F) Washington (F) Washington (F) J.Adams (F) J.Adams (F)


1801-1803 1803-1805 1805-1807 1807-1809 1809-1811 1811-1813	7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th	DR DR DR DR DR DR	18 25 27 28 28 30	F F F F F F	13 9 7 6 6 6	- - - - - -	Jefferson (DR) Jefferson (DR) Jefferson (DR) Jefferson (DR) Madison (DR) Madison (DR)


1813-1815 1815-1817 1817-1819 1819-1821 1821-1823 1823-1825	13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th	DR DR DR DR DR DR	27 25 34 35 44 44	F F F F F F	9 11 10 7 4 4	- - - - - -	Madison (DR) Madison (DR) Monroe (DR) Monroe (DR) Monroe (DR) Monroe (DR)


1825-1827 1827-1829 1829-1831 1831-1833 1833-1835 1835-1837	19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th	Ad J D D D D	26 28 26 25 20 27	J Ad NR NR NR W	20 20 22 21 20 25	- - - 2 8 -	J.Q.Adams (C) J.Q.Adams (C) Jackson (D) Jackson (D) Jackson (D) Jackson (D)


1837-1839 1839-1841 1841-1843 1843-1845 1845-1847 1847-1849	25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th	D D W W D D	30 28 28 28 31 36	W W D D W W	18 22 22 25 25 21	4 - 2 1 - 1	Van Buren (D) Van Buren (D) W.Harrison (W) Tyler (W) Polk (D) Polk (D)


1849-1851 1851-1853 1853-1855 1855-1857 1857-1859 1859-1861	31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th	D D D D D D	35 35 38 40 36 36	W W W R R R	25 24 22 15 20 26	2 3 2 4 8 4	Taylor (W) Fillmore (W) Pierce (D) Pierce (D) Buchanan (D) Buchanan (D)


1861-1863 1863-1865 1865-1867 1867-1869 1869-1871 1871-1873	37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd	R R U R R R	31 36 42 42 56 52	D D D D D D	10 9 10 11 11 17	8 5 - - - 5	Lincoln (R) Lincoln (R) Lincoln (R) A.Johnson (R) Grant (R) Grant (R)


1873-1875 1875-1877 1877-1879 1879-1881 1881-1883 1883-1885	43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th	R R R D R R	49 45 39 42 37 38	D D D R D D	19 29 36 33 37 36	5 2 1 1 1 2	Grant (R) Grant (R) Hayes (R) Hayes (R) Garfield (R) Arthur (R)


1885-1887 1887-1889 1889-1891 1891-1893 1893-1895 1895-1897	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th	R R R R D R	43 39 39 47 44 43	D D D D R D	34 37 37 39 38 39	- - - 2 3 6	Cleveland (D) Cleveland (D) B.Harrison (R) B.Harrison (R) Cleveland (D) Cleveland (D)


1897-1899 1899-1901 1901-1903 1903-1905 1905-1907 1907-1909	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	R R R R R R	47 53 55 57 57 61	D D D D D D	34 26 31 33 33 31	7 8 4 - - -	McKinley (R) McKinley (R) McKinley (R) T.Roosevelt (R) T.Roosevelt (R) T.Roosevelt (R)


1909-1911 1911-1913 1913-1915 1915-1917 1917-1919 1919-1921	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	R R D D D R	61 51 51 56 53 49	D D R R R D	32 41 44 40 42 47	- - 1 - - -	Taft (R) Taft (R) Wilson (D) Wilson (D) Wilson (D) Wilson (D)


1921-1923 1923-1925 1925-1927 1927-1929 1929-1931 1931-1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	R R R R R R	59 51 56 49 56 48	D D D D D D	37 43 39 46 39 47	- 2 1 1 1 1	Harding (R) Coolidge (R) Coolidge (R) Coolidge (R) Hoover (R) Hoover (R)


1933-1935 1935-1937 1937-1939 1939-1941 1941-1943 1943-1945	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	D D D D D D	60 69 76 69 66 58	R R R R R R	35 25 16 23 28 37	1 2 4 4 2 1	F.Roosevelt (D) F.Roosevelt (D) F.Roosevelt (D) F.Roosevelt (D) F.Roosevelt (D) F.Roosevelt (D)


1945-1947 1947-1949 1949-1951 1951-1953 1953-1955 1955-1957	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th	D R D D R D	56 51 54 49 48 48	R D R R D R	38 45 42 47 47 47	1 - - - 1 1	F.Roosevelt (D) Truman (D) Truman (D) Truman (D) Eisenhower (R) Eisenhower (R)


1957-1959 1959-1961 1961-1963 1963-1965 1965-1967 1967-1969	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	D D D D D D	49 65 65 67 68 64	R R R R R R	47 35 35 33 32 36	1 1 1 1 1 1	Eisenhower (R) Eisenhower (R) Kennedy (D) Kennedy (D) L.Johnson (D)L.Johnson (D)


1969-1971 1971-1973 1973-1975 1975-1977 1977-1979 1979-1981	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	D D D D D D	57 54 56 60 61 58	R R R R R R	43 44 42 37 38 41	- 2 2 3 1 1	Nixon (R) Nixon (R) Nixon(R) Ford (R) Carter (D) Carter (D)


1981-1983 1983-1985 1985-1987 1987-1989 1989-1991 1991-1993	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	R R R D D D	53 55 53 55 54 56	D D D R R R	46 45 47 45 46 44	1 - - - - -	Reagan (R) Reagan (R) Reagan (R) Reagan (R) G.H.W. Bush (R) G.H.W. Bush (R)


1993-1995 1995-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	D R R R D R	57 52 55 55 50 51	R D D D R D	43 48 45 45 49 48	- - - - 1 1	Clinton (D) Clinton (D) Clinton (D) Clinton (D) G.W. Bush (R) G.W. Bush (R)

Party Abbreviations: Ad - pro-administration (no parties) C - coalition (no parties) D - Democratic DR - Democratic-Republican F - Federalist J - Jacksonian Democrat NR - National Republican Op - anti-administration (no parties) R - Republican U - Unionist W - Whig

Just a reference. I often find myself looking for this info, so I thought I'd post it.

1 posted on 10/21/2003 4:53:58 PM PDT by Sabertooth

To: CheneyChick; vikingchick; Victoria Delsoul; WIMom; kmiller1k; mhking; rdb3; Travis McGee; Shermy; ..

2 posted on 10/21/2003 4:55:17 PM PDT by Sabertooth (No Drivers' Licences for Illegal Aliens. Petition SB60. http://www.saveourlicense.com/n_home.htm)

3 posted on 10/21/2003 5:01:51 PM PDT by MeekOneGOP (Check out the Texas Chicken D 'RATS!: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/keyword/Redistricting)

Historical Party Strength in Congress U.S. House of Representatives

		Party of		Party of
Period	Congress	Majority		Minority		Others	President
1789-1791 1791-1793 1793-1795 1795-1797 1797-1799 1799-1801	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th	Ad F DR F F F	38 37 57 54 58 64	Op DR F DR DR DR	26 33 48 52 48 42	- - - - - -	Washington (F) Washington (F) Washington (F) Washington (F) J.Adams (F) J.Adams (F)

1801-1803 1803-1805 1805-1807 1807-1809 1809-1811 1811-1813	7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th	DR DR DR DR DR DR	69 102 116 118 94 108	F F F F F F	36 39 25 24 48 36	- - - - - -	Jefferson (DR) Jefferson (DR) Jefferson (DR) Jefferson (DR) Madison (DR) Madison (DR)

1813-1815 1815-1817 1817-1819 1819-1821 1821-1823 1823-1825	13th 14th 15th 16th 17th 18th	DR DR DR DR DR DR	112 117 141 156 158 187	F F F F F F	68 65 42 27 25 26	- - - - - -	Madison (DR) Madison (DR) Monroe (DR) Monroe (DR) Monroe (DR) Monroe (DR)

1825-1827 1827-1829 1829-1831 1831-1833 1833-1835 1835-1837	19th 20th 21st 22nd 23rd 24th	Ad J D D D D	105 119 139 141 147 145	J Ad NR NR AM W	97 94 74 58 53 98	- - - 14 60 -	J.Q.Adams (C) J.Q.Adams (C) Jackson (D) Jackson (D) Jackson (D) Jackson (D)

1837-1839 1839-1841 1841-1843 1843-1845 1845-1847 1847-1849	25th 26th 27th 28th 29th 30th	D D W D D W	108 124 133 142 143 115	W W D W W D	107 118 102 79 77 108	24 - 6 1 6 4	Van Buren (D) Van Buren (D) W.Harrison (W) Tyler (W) Polk (D) Polk (D)

1849-1851 1851-1853 1853-1855 1855-1857 1857-1859 1859-1861	31st 32nd 33rd 34th 35th 36th	D D D R D R	112 140 159 108 118 114	W W W D R D	109 88 71 83 92 92	9 5 4 43 26 31	Taylor (W) Fillmore (W) Pierce (D) Pierce (D) Buchanan (D) Buchanan (D)

1861-1863 1863-1865 1865-1867 1867-1869 1869-1871 1871-1873	37th 38th 39th 40th 41st 42nd	R R U R R R	105 102 149 143 149 134	D D D D D D	43 75 42 49 63 104	30 9 - - - -	Lincoln (R) Lincoln (R) Lincoln (R) A.Johnson (R) Grant (R) Grant (R)

1873-1875 1875-1877 1877-1879 1879-1881 1881-1883 1883-1885	43rd 44th 45th 46th 47th 48th	R D D D D D	194 169 153 149 147 197	D R R R R R	92 109 140 130 135 118	14 14 - 14 11 10	Grant (R) Grant (R) Hayes (R) Hayes (R) Garfield (R) Arthur (R)

1885-1887 1887-1889 1889-1891 1891-1893 1893-1895 1895-1897	49th 50th 51st 52nd 53rd 54th	D D R D D R	183 169 166 235 218 244	R R D R R D	140 152 159 88 127 105	2 4 - 9 11 7	Cleveland (D) Cleveland (D) B.Harrison (R) B.Harrison (R) Cleveland (D) Cleveland (D)

1897-1899 1899-1901 1901-1903 1903-1905 1905-1907 1907-1909	55th 56th 57th 58th 59th 60th	R R R R R R	204 185 197 208 250 222	D D D D D D	113 163 151 178 136 164	40 9 9 - - -	McKinley (R) McKinley (R) McKinley (R) T.Roosevelt (R) T.Roosevelt (R) T.Roosevelt (R)

1909-1911 1911-1913 1913-1915 1915-1917 1917-1919 1919-1921	61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th	R D D D D R	219 228 291 230 216 240	D R R R R D	172 161 127 196 210 190	- 1 17 9 6 3	Taft (R) Taft (R) Wilson (D) Wilson (D) Wilson (D) Wilson (D)

1921-1923 1923-1925 1925-1927 1927-1929 1929-1931 1931-1933	67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	R R R R R D	301 225 247 237 267 220	D D D D D R	131 205 183 195 167 214	1 5 4 3 1 1	Harding (R) Coolidge (R) Coolidge (R) Coolidge (R) Hoover (R) Hoover (R)

1933-1935 1935-1937 1937-1939 1939-1941 1941-1943 1943-1945	73rd 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	D D D D D D	310 319 331 261 268 218	R R R R R R	117 103 89 164 162 208	5 10 13 4 5 4	F.Roosevelt (D) F.Roosevelt (D) F.Roosevelt (D) F.Roosevelt (D) F.Roosevelt (D) F.Roosevelt (D)

1945-1947 1947-1949 1949-1951 1951-1953 1953-1955 1955-1957	79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd 84th	D R D D R D	242 245 263 234 221 232	R D R R D R	190 188 171 199 211 203	2 1 1 1 1 -	F.Roosevelt (D) Truman (D) Truman (D) Truman (D) Eisenhower (R) Eisenhower (R)

1957-1959 1959-1961 1961-1963 1963-1965 1965-1967 1967-1969	85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th	D D D D D D	233 284 263 258 295 246	R R R R R R	200 153 174 117 140 187	- - - - - -	Eisenhower (R) Eisenhower (R) Kennedy (D) Kennedy (D) L.Johnson (D)L.Johnson (D)

1969-1971 1971-1973 1973-1975 1975-1977 1977-1979 1979-1981	91st 92nd 93rd 94th 95th 96th	D D D D D D	245 254 239 291 292 276	R R R R R R	189 180 192 144 143 157	- - 1 - - -	Nixon (R) Nixon (R) Nixon(R) Ford (R) Carter (D) Carter (D)

1981-1983 1983-1985 1985-1987 1987-1989 1989-1991 1991-1993	97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	D D D D D D	243 267 253 258 259 267	R R R R R R	192 168 182 177 174 167	- - - - - 1	Reagan (R) Reagan (R) Reagan (R) Reagan (R) G.H.W. Bush (R) G.H.W. Bush (R)

1993-1995 1995-1997 1997-1999 1999-2001 2001-2003 2003-2005	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	D R R R R R	258 230 228 222 221 229	R D D D D D	176 204 206 211 212 205	1 1 1 1 2 1	Clinton (D) Clinton (D) Clinton (D) Clinton (D) G.W. Bush (R) G.W. Bush (R)

Party Abbreviations: Ad - pro-administration (no parties) AM - Anti-Masonic C - coalition (no parties) D - Democratic DR - Democratic-Republican F - Federalist J - Jacksonian Democrat NR - National Republican Op - anti-administration (no parties) R - Republican U - Unionist W - Whig

4 posted on 10/21/2003 5:02:51 PM PDT by Sabertooth (No Drivers' Licences for Illegal Aliens. Petition SB60. http://www.saveourlicense.com/n_home.htm)

Thanks, Sabertooth. I always appreciate historical reference material.

5 posted on 10/21/2003 5:06:00 PM PDT by Wolfstar (NO SECURITY = NO ECONOMY)

Absolutely breathtaking majorities by the Democrats during the FDR years.

6 posted on 10/21/2003 5:41:54 PM PDT by Conservative til I die

To: Conservative til I die

It's amazing that the last time (except present day) the GOP held a majority in both houses was during IKe's term from '53-'55. And even while Republican's held the Senate for several years during the Reagan years, it's my understanding that since all spending originates in the House, the GOP was rather impotent. Is this true, since it was before my enlightenment period.

7 posted on 10/21/2003 5:53:54 PM PDT by cwb

Thanks for the info, Saber.

Bookmarked.

8 posted on 10/21/2003 7:06:35 PM PDT by Victoria Delsoul (I love the smell of winning, the taste of victory, and the joy of each glorious triumph)

To: Conservative til I die

yes. FDR was quite a political leader, but I think we have his match now.

9 posted on 10/21/2003 7:12:24 PM PDT by republicanwizard

Sadly, I don't see how we can expand our majority to the size it was in the 71st Congress. I see we have a ultimate top of 260, but of course, with Howard Dean, anything is possible.

However, it's tough with New England and California.

10 posted on 10/21/2003 7:14:47 PM PDT by republicanwizard

Thanks for the heads up!

11 posted on 10/21/2003 8:01:56 PM PDT by Alamo-Girl

12 posted on 10/22/2003 4:33:32 AM PDT by abigail2 (The Good Rev. Jesse on Hannity Radio, Hardball andFox & Friends tomorrow!!)

To: republicanwizard

I just can't believe how many times the democrats had super-majorites. Looking at the 75th Congress...or any of the FDR years, I can't imagine what it would've been like to be a Republican during that time. I think this pretty much explains why we are, where we are...and why Republican's suffer from post-traumatic minority syndrome.

13 posted on 10/22/2003 7:37:20 AM PDT by cwb

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