PARTY CONTROL OF PRESIDENCY, SENATE, AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 1953-Present

* = chamber controlled by party other than that of president (divided gov’t)

			Senate[1]			House[2]
Congress	Years	President	Dems	GOP	Other	Dems	GOP	Other
83^rd	1953-55	Eisenhower (GOP)	47	48	1	213	221	1
84^th	1955-57	“	48*	47	1	232*	203	-
85^th	1957-59	“	49*	47	-	234*	201	-
86^th	1959-61	“	64*	34	-	283*	154	-
87^th	1961-63	Kennedy (Dems)	64	36	-	263	174	-
88^th	1963-65	Kennedy/Johnson (Dems)	67	33	-	258	176	-
89^th	1965-67	Johnson (Dems)	68	32	-	295	140	-
90^th	1967-69	“	64	36	-	248	187	-
91^st	1969-71	Nixon (GOP)	58*	42	-	243*	192	-
92^nd	1971-73	Nixon (GOP)	55*	45	-	255*	280	-
93^rd	1973-75	Nixon/Ford (GOP)	57*	43	-	243*	192	-
94^th	1975-77	Ford (GOP)	61*	38	-	291*	144	-
95^th	1977-79	Carter (Dems)	62	38	-	292	143	-
96^th	1979-81	Carter (Dems)	59	41	-	277	158	-
97^th	1981-83	Reagan (GOP)	47	53	-	243*	192	-
98^th	1983-85	Reagan (GOP)	46	54	-	269*	166	-
99^th	1985-87	Reagan (GOP)	47	53	-	258*	182	-
100^th	1987-89	Reagan (GOP)	55*	45	-	258*	177	-
101^st	1989-91	Bush I (GOP)	55*	45	-	260*	175	-
102^nd	1991-93	Bush I (GOP)	56*	44	-	267*	167	1
103^rd	1993-95	Clinton (Dems)	57	43	-	258	176	1
104^th	1995-97	Clinton (Dems)	46	54*	-	202	232*	1
105^th	1997-99	Clinton (Dems)	45	55*	-	206	228*	1
106^th	1999-01	Clinton (Dems)	45	55*	-	211	223*	1
107^th	2001-03	Bush II (GOP)	50*	49	1	212	221	2
108^th	2003-05	Bush II (GOP)	48	51	1	205	229	1
109^th	2005-07	Bush II (GOP)	44	55	1	202	232	1
110^th	2007-	Bush II (GOP)	49*	49	2	233*	202	-

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[1] Senate seats add to ninety-six in first few Congresses since Alaska and Hawaii had not yet become states.

[2] The 437 members of the House in the 86^th and 87^th Congresses are attributable to the at-large representative given to both Alaska and Hawaii prior to redistricting in 1962.