Unified/Divided Party Control of Government, 1933-2005

Year President House Senate Unified/
Divided
1933-1935 F. Roosevelt (D) D D Unified
1935-1937 D D Unified
1937-1939 D D Unified
1939-1941 D D Unified
1941-1943 D D Unified
1943-1945 D D Unified
1945-1947 Truman (D) D D Unified
1947-1949 R R Divided
1949-1951 D D Unified
1951-1953 D D Unified
1953-1955 Eisenhower (R) R R Unified
1955-1957 D D Divided
1957-1959 D D Divided
1959-1961 D D Divided
1961-1963 Kennedy (D) D D Unified
1963-1965 Johnson (D) D D Unified
1965-1967 D D Unified
1967-1969 D D Unified
1969-1971 Nixon (R) D D Divided
1971-1973 D D Divided
1973-1975 Nixon/Ford (R) D D Divided
1975-1977 D D Divided
1977-1979 Carter (D) D D Unified
1979-1981 D D Unified
1981-1983 Reagan (R) D R Divided-House
1983-1985 D R Divided-House
1985-1987 D R Divided-House
1987-1989 D D Divided
1989-1991 Bush (R) D D Divided
1991-1993 D D Divided
1993-1995 Clinton (D) D D Unified
1995-1997 R R Divided
1997-1999 R R Divided
1999-2001 R R Divided
2001-2003 G.W. Bush (R) R D1 Divided-Senate
2003-2005 R R Unified

D
View Source
Source
Initially, the Senate was tied, but Democrats took control of the Senate after Senator James Jeffords from Vermont left the Republican Party and became an Independent.
Footnote 1: Initially, the Senate was tied, but Democrats took control of the Senate after Senator James Jeffords from Vermont left the Republican Party and became an Independent.