Congressional Terms by Majority %

Congressional Terms by Majority %

TermBeg. YearEnd YearSenateSenateHouseHouse
56th1899190060.2R52.7R
57th1901190263.3R56.1R
58th1903190462.9R54.4R
59th1905190664.4R64.9R
60th1907190866.3R57.1R
61st1909191064.8R54.7R
62nd1911191252.6R58.9D
63rd1913191455.2D66.5DFederal Reserve Act
64th1915191657.3D52.3D
65th1917191853.1D50.2D
66th1919192052.1R55.8R
67th1921192261.5R69.1R
68th1923192454.2R51.3R
69th1925192654.7R57R
70th1927192851.6R54.2R
71st1929193055.2R61.3R
72nd1931193250.5R51.4D
73rd1933193462.5D72.4DGlass-Steagall Act of 1933/National
Housing Act
74th1935193675D73.7DSocial Security Act of 1935/National Labor Relations Act
(“The Wagner Act”)
75th1937193877.1D76.1DFair Labor Standards
Act
76th1939194070.8D59.8D
77th1941194266.7D59.9D
78th1943194458.3D49.8DGI Bill
79th1945194655.2D55D
80th1947194853.1R56.7R
81st1949195055.2D60.4D
82nd1951195251R53.4D
83rd1953195450R50R
84th1955195651R53.3DFederal Aid Highway
Act
85th1957195852.6D54.6DNational Defense Education Act/Civil
Rights Act
86th1959196066D65D
87th1961196262.6D59.9DTrade Expansion
Act/Nuclear Test Ban Treaty
88th1963196466D58.8DSocial Security Act of 1965/Civil Rights Act of 1964/Higher Education Act of 1965/Voting Righs Act of 1965/Amendment to Immigtation and
Nationality Act
89th1965196666.7D67.8D
90th1967196862D57DCivil Rights Act of
1968
91st1969197059D56.1DClean Air Act/Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and
Control Act
92nd1971197254D58.6DAmenent to Social
Security Act
93rd1973197457.6D57.1DWar Powers Act
94th1975197661D66D
95th1977197858D66.1DUS Airline
Deregulation
96th1979198055D63.1DEconomic Recovery
Tax Act
97th1981198253R55.8D
98th1983198455R61.5D
99th1985198652R58.2D
100th1987198855D58.9D
101st1989199055D59.8D
102nd1991199258D61.4D
103rd1993199453D59.2D
104th1995199653R54.3RPersonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act
105th1997199855R52.4R
106th1999200054R51.2R
107th2001200250R51.5R
108th2003200451R52REmergency Quota
Act
109th2005200655R53R
110th2007200850.5D54.3D
111th2009201058D58.8DAffordable Care Act
112th2011201253D55.7R
113th2013201455D53.8R
114th2015201654R56.8R
115th2017201850.5R54.6R
116th2019202052R54.2D
117th2021202250D50.9D
118th2023202451D50.9R