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Party Control of the Presidency, Senate,
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1901-1997
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| Congress | Years | President | Dem. | Rep. | Other* | Dem | Rep. | Other* |
| 57th | 1901-1903 | McKinley | 31 | 55 | 4 | 151 | 197 | 9 |
| 58th | 1903-1905 | T. Roosevelt | 33 | 57 | -- | 178 | 208 | -- |
| 59th | 1905-1907 | T. Roosevelt | 33 | 57 | -- | 136 | 250 | -- |
| 60th | 1907-1909 | T. Roosevelt | 31 | 61 | -- | 164 | 222 | -- |
| 61st | 1909-1911 | Taft | 32 | 61 | -- | 172 | 219 | -- |
| 62d | 1911-1913 | Taft | 41 | 51 | -- | 228 | 161 | 1 |
| 63d | 1913-1915 | Wilson | 51 | 44 | 1 | 291 | 127 | 17 |
| 64th | 1915-1917 | Wilson | 56 | 40 | -- | 230 | 196 | 9 |
| 65th | 1917-1919 | Wilson | 53 | 42 | -- | 216 | 210 | 6 |
| 66th | 1919-1921 | Wilson | 47 | 49 | -- | 190 | 240 | 3 |
| 67th | 1921-1923 | Harding | 37 | 59 | -- | 131 | 301 | 1 |
| 68th | 1923-1925 | Coolidge | 43 | 51 | 2 | 205 | 225 | 5 |
| 69th | 1925-1927 | Coolidge | 39 | 56 | 1 | 183 | 247 | 4 |
| 70th | 1927-1929 | Coolidge | 46 | 49 | 1 | 195 | 237 | 3 |
| 71st | 1929-1931 | Hoover | 39 | 56 | 1 | 167 | 267 | 1 |
| 72d | 1931-1933 | Hoover | 47 | 48 | 1 | 220 | 214 | 1 |
| 73d | 1933-1935 | F. Roosevelt | 60 | 35 | 1 | 319 | 117 | 5 |
| 74th | 1935-1937 | F. Roosevelt | 69 | 25 | 2 | 319 | 103 | 10 |
| 75th | 1937-1939 | F. Roosevelt | 76 | 16 | 4 | 331 | 89 | 13 |
| 76th | 1939-1941 | F. Roosevelt | 69 | 23 | 4 | 261 | 164 | 4 |
| 77th | 1941-1943 | F. Roosevelt | 66 | 28 | 2 | 268 | 162 | 5 |
| 78th | 1943-1945 | F. Roosevelt | 58 | 37 | 1 | 218 | 208 | 4 |
| 79th | 1945-1947 | Truman | 56 | 38 | 1 | 242 | 190 | 2 |
| 80th | 1947-1949 | Truman | 45 | 51 | -- | 188 | 245 | 1 |
| 81st | 1949-1951 | Truman | 54 | 42 | -- | 263 | 171 | 1 |
| 82d | 1951-1953 | Truman | 49 | 47 | -- | 234 | 199 | 1 |
| 83d | 1953-1955 | Eisenhower | 47 | 48 | 1 | 211 | 221 | -- |
| 84th | 1955-1957 | Eisenhower | 48 | 47 | 1 | 232 | 203 | -- |
| 85th | 1957-1959 | Eisenhower | 49 | 47 | -- | 233 | 200 | -- |
| 86th** | 1959-1961 | Eisenhower | 65 | 35 | -- | 284 | 153 | -- |
| 87th** | 1961-1963 | Kennedy | 65 | 35 | -- | 263 | 174 | -- |
| 88th | 1963-1965 | Kennedy | 67 | 33 | -- | 258 | 177 | -- |
| 89th | 1965-1967 | Johnson | 68 | 32 | -- | 295 | 140 | -- |
| 90th | 1967-1969 | Johnson | 64 | 36 | -- | 247 | 187 | -- |
| 91st | 1969-1971 | Nixon | 57 | 43 | -- | 243 | 192 | -- |
| 92d | 1971-1973 | Nixon | 54 | 44 | 2 | 254 | 180 | -- |
| 93d | 1973-1975 | Nixon | 56 | 42 | 2 | 239 | 192 | 1 |
| 94th | 1975-1977 | Ford | 60 | 37 | 2 | 291 | 144 | -- |
| 95th | 1977-1979 | Carter | 61 | 38 | 1 | 292 | 143 | -- |
| 96th | 1979-1981 | Carter | 58 | 41 | 1 | 276 | 157 | -- |
| 97th | 1981-1983 | Reagan | 46 | 53 | 1 | 243 | 192 | -- |
| 98th | 1983-1985 | Reagan | 45 | 55 | -- | 267 | 168 | -- |
| 99th | 1985-1987 | Reagan | 47 | 53 | -- | 252 | 183 | -- |
| 100th | 1987-1989 | Reagan | 54 | 46 | -- | 257 | 178 | -- |
| 101st | 1989-1991 | Bush | 55 | 45 | -- | 262 | 173 | -- |
| 102d | 1991-1993 | Bush | 56 | 44 | -- | 276 | 167 | -- |
| 103d | 1993-1995 | Clinton | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 104th | 1995-1997 | Clinton | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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