To: Quiller; 2ndDivisionVet
Originally posted by
Quiller:
"Democrat party took over congress in in 95, after Clinton proved how dangerous for the U.S. it is for POTUS & congress to be from same party."
While I think you meant "Republican party took over congress in 95", the history of the Federal government shows that the States and voters of the nation gave one party the control of the Presidency and both Branches of Congress, a 'trifecta' so to speak, over 60% of the time. Obama's first two years with both the House and Senate control only added to this trifecta...
The problem with the 'trifecta' is that the States no longer have their interests represented in the US Senate, so that the Senate just became a more exclusive, smaller version of the US House of Representatives - with the filibuster the only way for the minority to influence legislation. Bush (43) had a Republican Congress for about five out of his eight years - but the filibuster ability of the Democrats in the US Senate was able to frustrate many of his legislative proposals. Only the 41 Republican votes in the currently sitting US Senate will be able to prevent any lame-duck legislation if the Republicans win big in the House and Senate come November.
Party Control of Presidency, House and Senate
1789 to 2009
Congress |
Years_Term |
President |
Presidential Party |
House Majority Party |
Senate Majority Party |
The Big Tri-Fecta |
1st |
1789-1791 |
Washington |
No Party |
Administration |
Administration |
* |
2nd |
1791-1793 |
Washington |
No Party |
Administration |
Administration |
* |
3rd |
1793-1795 |
Washington |
No Party |
Opposition |
Administration |
|
4th |
1795-1797 |
Washington |
No Party |
Opposition |
Administration |
|
5th |
1797-1799 |
Adams(2) |
Federalist |
Dem-Reps |
Federalist |
|
6th |
1799-1801 |
Adams(2) |
Federalist |
Federalist |
Federalist |
* |
7th |
1801-1803 |
Jefferson |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
8th |
1803-1805 |
Jefferson |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
9th |
1805-1807 |
Jefferson |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
10th |
1807-1809 |
Jefferson |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
11th |
1809-1811 |
Madison |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
12th |
1811-1813 |
Madison |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
13th |
1814-1815 |
Madison |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
14th |
1815-1817 |
Madison |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
15th |
1817-1819 |
Monroe |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
16th |
1819-1821 |
Monroe |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
17th |
1821-1823 |
Monroe |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
18th |
1823-1825 |
Monroe |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
19th |
1825-1827 |
Adams(6) |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
20th |
1827-1829 |
Adams(6) |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
Dem-Reps |
* |
21st |
1829-1831 |
Jackson |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
22nd |
1831-1833 |
Jackson |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
23rd |
1834-1835 |
Jackson |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Whig |
|
24th |
1835-1837 |
Jackson |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
25th |
1837-1839 |
Van-Buren |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
26th |
1839-1841 |
Van-Buren |
Democrat |
Whig |
Democrat |
|
27th |
1841-1843 |
Harrison(9)/Tyler |
Whig |
Whig |
Whig |
* |
28th |
1843-1845 |
Tyler |
Whig |
Democrat |
Whig |
|
29th |
1845-1847 |
Polk |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
30th |
1847-1849 |
Polk |
Democrat |
Whig |
Democrat |
|
31st |
1849-1851 |
Taylor/Filmore |
Whig |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
32nd |
1851-1853 |
Filmore |
Whig |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
33rd |
1853-1855 |
Pierce |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
34th |
1855-1857 |
Pierce |
Democrat |
Republican |
Democrat |
|
35th |
1857-1859 |
Buchanan |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
36th |
1859-1861 |
Buchanan |
Democrat |
Republican |
Democrat |
|
37th |
1861-1863 |
Lincoln |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
38th |
1863-1865 |
Lincoln |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
39th |
1865-1867 |
Lincoln/Johnson(17) |
Republican* |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
40th |
1867-1869 |
Johnson(17) |
Republican* |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
41st |
1869-1871 |
Grant |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
42nd |
1871-1873 |
Grant |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
43rd |
1873-1875 |
Grant |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
44th |
1875-1877 |
Grant |
Republican |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
45th |
1877-1879 |
Hayes |
Republican |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
46th |
1879-1881 |
Hayes |
Republican |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
47th |
1881-1883 |
Garfield/Arthur |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
48th |
1883-1885 |
Arthur |
Republican |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
49th |
1885-1887 |
Cleveland(22) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
50th |
1887-1889 |
Cleveland(22) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
51st |
1889-1891 |
Harrison(23) |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
52nd |
1891-1893 |
Harrison(23) |
Republican |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
53rd |
1893-1895 |
Cleveland(24) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
54th |
1895-1897 |
Cleveland(24) |
Democrat |
Republican |
Republican |
|
55th |
1897-1899 |
McKinley |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
56th |
1899-1901 |
McKinley |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
57th |
1901-1903 |
McKinley/Roosevelt(26) |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
58th |
1903-1905 |
Roosevelt(26) |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
59th |
1905-1907 |
Roosevelt(26) |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
60th |
1907-1909 |
Roosevelt(26) |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
61st |
1909-1911 |
Taft |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
62nd |
1911-1913 |
Taft |
Republican |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
63rd |
1913-1915 |
Wilson |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
64th |
1915-1917 |
Wilson |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
65th |
1917-1919 |
Wilson |
Democrat |
Republican |
Democrat |
|
66th |
1919-1921 |
Wilson |
Democrat |
Republican |
Republican |
|
67th |
1921-1923 |
Harding/Coolidge |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
68th |
1923-1925 |
Coolidge |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
69th |
1925-1927 |
Coolidge |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
70th |
1927-1929 |
Coolidge |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
71st |
1929-1931 |
Hoover |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
72nd |
1931-1933 |
Hoover |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
73rd |
1933-1935 |
Roosevelt(32) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
74th |
1935-1937 |
Roosevelt(32) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
75th |
1937-1939 |
Roosevelt(32) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
76th |
1939-1941 |
Roosevelt(32) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
77th |
1941-1943 |
Roosevelt(32) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
78th |
1943-1945 |
Roosevelt(32) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
79th |
1945-1947 |
Roosevelt(32)/Truman |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
80th |
1947-1949 |
Truman |
Democrat |
Republican |
Democrat |
|
81st |
1949-1951 |
Truman |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
82nd |
1951-1953 |
Truman |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
83rd |
1953-1955 |
Eisenhower |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
84th |
1955-1957 |
Eisenhower |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
85th |
1957-1959 |
Eisenhower |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
86th |
1959-1961 |
Eisenhower |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
87th |
1961-1963 |
Kennedy |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
88th |
1963-1965 |
Kennedy/Johnson(36) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
89th |
1965-1967 |
Johnson(36) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
90th |
1967-1969 |
Johnson(36) |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
91st |
1969-1971 |
Nixon |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
92nd |
1971-1973 |
Nixon |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
93rd |
1973-1975 |
Nixon/Ford |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
94th |
1975-1977 |
Ford |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
95th |
1977-1979 |
Carter |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
96th |
1979-1981 |
Carter |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
97th |
1981-1983 |
Reagan |
Republican |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
98th |
1983-1985 |
Reagan |
Republican |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
99th |
1985-1987 |
Reagan |
Republican |
Democrat |
Republican |
|
100th |
1987-1989 |
Reagan |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
101st |
1989-1991 |
Bush(41) |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
102nd |
1991-1993 |
Bush(41) |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
103rd |
1993-1995 |
Clinton |
Democrat |
Democrat |
Democrat |
* |
104th |
1995-1997 |
Clinton |
Democrat |
Republican |
Republican |
|
105th |
1997-1999 |
Clinton |
Democrat |
Republican |
Republican |
|
106th |
1999-2001 |
Clinton |
Democrat |
Republican |
Republican |
|
107th |
2001-2003 |
Bush(43) |
Republican |
Republican |
Rep/Dem |
*/no |
108th |
2003-2005 |
Bush(43) |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
107th |
2005-2007 |
Bush(43) |
Republican |
Republican |
Republican |
* |
109th |
2007-2009 |
Bush(43) |
Republican |
Democrat |
Democrat |
|
dvwjr
8 posted on
08/28/2010 12:15:38 PM PDT by
dvwjr
To: dvwjr
While I think you meant "Republican party took over congress in 95", Yup, absolutely right-- thanks for the catch.
Must be that slysdexia kicking in again.
9 posted on
08/28/2010 1:15:36 PM PDT by
Quiller
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