US Public Laws by Congress

List of Sessions of Congress:

Congress	Session	Convening Date	Adjournment Date	Total Days	President
1st	1 2 3	Mar 4, 1789 Jan 4, 1790 Dec 6, 1790	Sep 29, 1789 Aug 12, 1790 Mar 3, 1791	210 221 88	George Washington
2nd *	1 2	Oct 24, 1791 Nov 5, 1792	May 8, 1792 Mar 2, 1793	197 119	George Washington
3rd *	1 2	Dec 2, 1793 Nov 3, 1794	Jun 9, 1794 Mar 3, 1795	190 121	George Washington
4th *	1 2	Dec 7, 1795 Dec 5, 1796	Jun 1, 1796 Mar 3, 1797	177 89	George Washington
5th *	1 2 3	May 15, 1797 Nov 13, 1797 Dec 3, 1798	Jul 10, 1797 Jul 16, 1798 Mar 3, 1799	57 246 91	John Adams
6th	1 2	Dec 2, 1799 Nov 17, 1800	May 14, 1800 Mar 3, 1801	164 107	John Adams
7th *	1 2	Dec 7, 1801 Dec 6, 1802	May 3, 1802 Mar 3, 1803	148 88	Thomas Jefferson
8th	1 2	Oct 17, 1803 Nov 5, 1804	Mar 27, 1804 Mar 3, 1805	163 119	Thomas Jefferson
9th	1 2	Dec 2, 1805 Dec 1, 1806	Apr 21, 1806 Mar 3, 1807	141 93	Thomas Jefferson
10th	1 2	Oct 26, 1807 Nov 7, 1808	Apr 25, 1808 Mar 3, 1809	182 117	Thomas Jefferson
11th *	1 2 3	May 22, 1809 Nov 27, 1809 Dec 3, 1810	Jun 28, 1809 May 1, 1810 Mar 3, 1811	38 156 91	James Madison
12th	1 2	Nov 4, 1811 Nov 2, 1812	Jul 6, 1812 Mar 3, 1813	245 122	James Madison
13th	1 2 3	May 24, 1813 Dec 6, 1813 Sep 19, 1814	Aug 2, 1813 Apr 18, 1814 Mar 3, 1815	71 134 166	James Madison
14th	1 2	Dec 4, 1815 Dec 2, 1816	Apr 30, 1816 Mar 3, 1817	148 92	James Madison
15th *	1 2	Dec 1, 1817 Nov 16, 1818	Apr 20, 1818 Mar 3, 1819	141 108	James Monroe
16th	1 2	Dec 6, 1819 Nov 13, 1820	May 15, 1820 Mar 3, 1821	162 111	James Monroe
17th	1 2	Dec 3, 1821 Dec 2, 1822	May 8, 1822 Mar 3, 1823	157 92	James Monroe
18th	1 2	Dec 1, 1823 Dec 6, 1824	May 27, 1824 Mar 3, 1825	178 88	James Monroe
19th *	1 2	Dec 5, 1825 Dec 4, 1826	May 22, 1826 Mar 3, 1827	169 90	John Quincy Adams
20th	1 2	Dec 3, 1827 Dec 1, 1828	May 26, 1828 Mar 3, 1829	175 93	John Quincy Adams
21st *	1 2	Dec 7, 1829 Dec 6, 1830	May 31, 1830 Mar 3, 1831	176 88	Andrew Jackson
22nd	1 2	Dec 5, 1831 Dec 3, 1832	Jul 16, 1832 Mar 2, 1833	225 91	Andrew Jackson
23rd	1 2	Dec 2, 1833 Dec 1, 1834	Jun 30, 1834 Mar 3, 1835	211 93	Andrew Jackson
24th	1 2	Dec 7, 1835 Dec 5, 1836	Jul 4, 1836 Mar 3, 1837	211 89	Andrew Jackson
25th *	1 2 3	Sep 4, 1837 Dec 4, 1837 Dec 3, 1838	Oct 16, 1837 Jul 9, 1838 Mar 3, 1839	43 218 91	Martin Van Buren
26th	1 2	Dec 2, 1839 Dec 7, 1840	Jul 21, 1840 Mar 3, 1841	233 87	Martin Van Buren
27th *	1 2 3	May 31, 1841 Dec 6, 1841 Dec 5, 1842	Sep 13, 1841 Aug 31, 1842 Mar 3, 1843	106 269 89	John Tyler
28th	1 2	Dec 4, 1843 Dec 2, 1844	Jun 17, 1844 Mar 3, 1845	196 90	John Tyler
29th *	1 2	Dec 1, 1845 Dec 7, 1846	Aug 10, 1847 Mar 3, 1847	253 87	James K. Polk
30th	1 2	Dec 6, 1847 Dec 4, 1848	Aug 14, 1848 Mar 3, 1849	254 90	James K. Polk
31st *	1 2	Dec 3, 1849 Dec 2, 1850	Sep 30, 1850 Mar 3, 1851	302 92	Zachary Taylor
32nd *	1 2	Dec 1, 1851 Dec 6, 1852	Aug 31, 1852 Mar 3, 1853	275 88	Millard Fillmore
33rd *	1 2	Dec 5, 1853 Dec 4, 1854	Aug 7, 1854 Mar 3, 1855	246 90	Franklin Pierce
34th	1 2 3	Dec 3, 1855 Aug 21, 1856 Dec 1, 1856	Aug 18, 1856 Aug 30, 1856 Mar 3, 1857	260 10 93	Franklin Pierce
35th *	1 2	Dec 7, 1857 Dec 6, 1858	Jun 14, 1858 Mar 3, 1859	189 88	James Buchanan
36th *	1 2	Dec 5, 1859 Dec 3, 1860	Jun 25, 1860 Mar 3, 1861	202 93	James Buchanan
37th *	1 2 3	Jul 4, 1861 Dec 2, 1861 Dec 1, 1862	Aug 6, 1861 Jul 17, 1862 Mar 3, 1863	34 228 93	Abraham Lincoln
38th *	1 2	Dec 7, 1863 Dec 5, 1864	Jul 4, 1864 Mar 3, 1865	209 89	Abraham Lincoln
39th *	1 2	Dec 4, 1865 Dec 3, 1866	Jul 28, 1866 Mar 3, 1867	237 91	Andrew Johnson
40th *	1 2 3	Mar 4, 1867 Dec 2, 1867 Dec 7, 1868	Dec 1, 1867 Nov 10, 1868 Mar 3, 1869	273 345 87	Andrew Johnson
41st *	1 2 3	Mar 4, 1869 Dec 6, 1869 Dec 5, 1870	Apr 10, 1869 Jul 15, 1870 Mar 3, 1871	38 222 89	Ulysses S. Grant
42nd *	1 2 3	Mar 4, 1871 Dec 4, 1871 Dec 2, 1872	Apr 20, 1871 Jun 10, 1872 Mar 3, 1873	48 190 92	Ulysses S. Grant
43rd *	1 2	Dec 1, 1873 Dec 7, 1874	Jun 23, 1874 Mar 3, 1875	204 87	Ulysses S. Grant
44th *	1 2	Dec 6, 1875 Dec 4, 1876	Aug 15, 1876 Mar 3, 1877	254 90	Ulysses S. Grant
45th *	1 2 3	Oct 15, 1877 Dec 3, 1877 Dec 2, 1878	Dec 3, 1877 Jun 20, 1878 Mar 3, 1879	50 200 92	Rutherford B. Hayes
46th	1 2 3	Mar 18, 1879 Dec 1, 1879 Dec 6, 1880	Jul 1, 1879 Jun 16, 1880 Mar 3, 1881	106 199 88	Rutherford B. Hayes
47th *	1 2	Dec 5, 1881 Dec 4, 1882	Aug 8, 1882 Mar 3, 1883	247 90	James A. Garfield
48th	1 2	Dec 3, 1883 Dec 1, 1884	Jul 7, 1884 Mar 3, 1885	218 93	Chester A. Arthur
49th *	1 2	Dec 7, 1885 Dec 6, 1886	Aug 5, 1886 Mar 3, 1887	242 88	Grover Cleveland
50th	1 2	Dec 5, 1887 Dec 3, 1888	Oct 20, 1888 Mar 3, 1889	321 91	Grover Cleveland
51st *	1 2	Dec 2, 1889 Dec 1, 1890	Oct 1, 1890 Mar 3, 1891	304 93	Benjamin Harrison
52nd	1 2	Dec 7, 1891 Dec 5, 1892	Aug 5, 1892 Mar 3, 1893	251 89	Benjamin Harrison
53rd *	1 2 3	Aug 7, 1893 Dec 4, 1893 Dec 3, 1894	Nov 3, 1893 Aug 28, 1894 Mar 3, 1895	89 268 97	Grover Cleveland
54th	1 2	Dec 2, 1895 Dec 7, 1896	Jun 11, 1896 Mar 3, 1897	193 87	Grover Cleveland
55th *	1 2 3	Mar 15, 1897 Dec 6, 1897 Dec 5, 1898	Jul 24, 1897 Jul 8, 1898 Mar 3, 1899	131 215 89	William McKinley
56th	1 2	Dec 4, 1899 Dec 3, 1900	Jun 7, 1900 Mar 3, 1901	186 91	William McKinley
57th *	1 2	Dec 2, 1901 Dec 1, 1902	Jul 1, 1902 Mar 3, 1903	212 92	Theodore Roosevelt
58th *	1 2 3	Nov 9, 1903 Dec 7, 1903 Dec 5, 1904	Dec 7, 1903 Apr 28, 1904 Mar 3, 1905	29 144 89	Theodore Roosevelt
59th *	1 2	Dec 4, 1905 Dec 3, 1906	Jun 30, 1906 Mar 3, 1907	209 91	Theodore Roosevelt
60th	1 2	Dec 2, 1907 Dec 7, 1908	May 3, 1908 Mar 3, 1909	181 87	Theodore Roosevelt
61st *	1 2 3	Mar 15, 1909 Dec 6, 1909 Dec 5, 1910	Aug 5, 1909 Jun 25, 1910 Mar 3, 1911	144 202 89	William A. Taft
62nd	1 2 3	Apr 4, 1911 Dec 4, 1911 Dec 2, 1912	Aug 22, 1911 Aug 26, 1912 Mar 3, 1913	141 267 92	William A. Taft
63rd *	1 2 3	Apr 7, 1913 Dec 1, 1913 Dec 7, 1914	Dec 1, 1913 Oct 24, 1914 Mar 3, 1915	239 328 87	Woodrow Wilson
64th	1 2	Dec 6, 1915 Dec 4, 1916	Sep 8, 1916 Mar 3, 1917	278 90	Woodrow Wilson
65th *	1 2 3	Apr 2, 1917 Dec 3, 1917 Dec 2, 1918	Oct 6, 1917 Nov 21, 1918 Mar 3, 1919	188 354 92	Woodrow Wilson
66th	1 2 3	May 19, 1919 Dec 1, 1919 Dec 6, 1920	Nov 19, 1919 Jun 5, 1920 Mar 3, 1921	185 188 88	Woodrow Wilson
67th *	1 2 3 4	Apr 11, 1921 Dec 5, 1921 Nov 20, 1922 Dec 4, 1922	Nov 23, 1921 Sep 22, 1922 Dec 4, 1922 Mar 3, 1923	227 292 15 90	Warren G. Harding
68th	1 2	Dec 3, 1923 Dec 1, 1924	Jun 7, 1924 Mar 3, 1925	188 93	Calvin Coolidge
69th *	1 2	Dec 7, 1925 Dec 6, 1926	Jul 3, 1926 Mar 4, 1927	209 88	Calvin Coolidge
70th	1 2	Dec 5, 1927 Dec 3, 1928	May 29, 1928 Mar 3, 1929	177 91	Calvin Coolidge
71st *	1 2 3	Apr 15, 1929 Dec 2, 1929 Dec 1, 1930	Nov 22, 1929 Jul 3, 1930 Mar 3, 1931	222 214 93	Herbert Hoover
72nd	1 2	Dec 7, 1931 Dec 5, 1932	Jul 16, 1932 Mar 3, 1933	223 89	Herbert Hoover
73rd *	1 2	Mar 9, 1933 Jan 3, 1934	Jun 15, 1933 Jun 18, 1934	99 167	Franklin D. Roosevelt
74th	1 2	Jan 3, 1935 Jan 3, 1936	Aug 26, 1935 Jun 20, 1936	236 170	Franklin D. Roosevelt
75th	1 2 3	Jan 5, 1937 Nov 15, 1937 Jan 3, 1938	Aug 21, 1937 Dec 21, 1937 Jun 16, 1938	229 37 165	Franklin D. Roosevelt
76th	1 2 3	Jan 3, 1939 Sep 21, 1939 Jan 3, 1940	Aug 5, 1939 Nov 3, 1939 Jan 3, 1941	215 44 366	Franklin D. Roosevelt
77th	1 2	Jan 3, 1941 Jan 5, 1942	Jan 2, 1942 Dec 16, 1942	365 346	Franklin D. Roosevelt
78th	1 2	Jan 6, 1943 Jan 10, 1944	Dec 21, 1943 Dec 19, 1944	350 345	Franklin D. Roosevelt
79th	1 2	Jan 3, 1945 Jan 14, 1946	Dec 21, 1945 Aug 2, 1946	353 201	Franklin D. Roosevelt / Harry S. Truman Harry S. Truman
80th	1 2	Jan 3, 1947 Jan 6, 1948	Dec 19, 1947 Dec 31, 1948	351 361	Harry S. Truman
81st	1 2	Jan 3, 1949 Jan 3, 1950	Oct 19, 1949 Jan 2, 1951	290 365	Harry S. Truman
82nd	1 2	Jan 3, 1951 Jan 8, 1952	Oct 20, 1951 Jul 7, 1952	291 182	Harry S. Truman
83rd	1 2	Jan 3, 1953 Jan 6, 1954	Aug 3, 1953 Dec 2, 1954	213 331	Dwight D. Eisenhower
84th	1 2	Jan 5, 1955 Jan 3, 1956	Aug 2, 1955 Jul 27, 1956	210 207	Dwight D. Eisenhower
85th	1 2	Jan 3, 1957 Jan 7, 1958	Aug 30, 1957 Aug 24, 1958	239 230	Dwight D. Eisenhower
86th	1 2	Jan 7, 1959 Jan 6, 1960	Sep 15, 1959 Sep 1, 1960	252 240	Dwight D. Eisenhower
87th	1 2	Jan 3, 1961 Jan 10, 1962	Sep 27, 1961 Oct 13, 1962	268 277	John F. Kennedy
88th	1 2	Jan 9, 1963 Jan 7, 1964	Dec 30, 1963 Oct 3, 1964	356 270	John F. Kennedy / Lyndon B. Johnson Lyndon B. Johnson
89th	1 2	Jan 4, 1965 Jan 10, 1966	Oct 23, 1965 Oct 22, 1966	293 286	Lyndon B. Johnson
90th	1 2	Jan 10, 1967 Jan 15, 1968	Dec 15, 1967 Oct 14, 1968	340 274	Lyndon B. Johnson
91st	1 2	Jan 3, 1969 Jan 19, 1970	Dec 23, 1969 Jan 2, 1971	355 349	Lyndon B. Johnson / Richard M. Nixon Richard M. Nixon
92nd	1 2	Jan 21, 1971 Jan 18, 1972	Dec 17, 1971 Oct 18, 1972	331 275	Richard M. Nixon
93rd	1 2	Jan 3, 1973 Jan 21, 1974	Dec 22, 1973 Dec 20, 1974	354 334	Richard M. Nixon Richard M. Nixon / Gerald R. Ford
94th	1 2	Jan 14, 1975 Jan 19, 1976	Dec 19, 1975 Oct 1, 1976	340 257	Gerald R. Ford
95th	1 2	Jan 4, 1977 Jan 19, 1978	Dec 15, 1977 Oct 15, 1978	346 270	Gerald R. Ford / James E. Carter James E. Carter
96th	1 2	Jan 15, 1979 Jan 3, 1980	Jan 3, 1980 Dec 16, 1980	354 349	James E. Carter
97th	1 2	Jan 5, 1981 Jan 25, 1982	Dec 16, 1981 Dec 23, 1982	347 333	James E. Carter / Ronald W. Reagan Ronald W. Reagan
98th	1 2	Jan 3, 1983 Jan 23, 1984	Nov 18, 1983 Oct 12, 1984	320 264	Ronald W. Reagan
99th	1 2	Jan 3, 1985 Jan 21, 1986	Dec 20, 1985 Oct 18, 1986	352 278	Ronald W. Reagan
100th	1 2	Jan 6, 1987 Jan 25, 1988	Dec 22, 1987 Oct 22, 1988	351 272	Ronald W. Reagan
101st	1 2	Jan 3, 1989 Jan 23, 1990	Nov 22, 1989 Oct 28, 1990	324 260	Ronald W. Reagan / George H. W. Bush George H. W. Bush
102nd	1 2	Jan 3, 1991 Jan 3, 1992	Jan 3, 1992 Oct 9, 1992	366 281	George H. W. Bush
103rd	1 2	Jan 5, 1993 Jan 25, 1994	Nov 26, 1993 Dec 1, 1994	326 311	George H. W. Bush / William J. Clinton William J. Clinton
104th	1 2	Jan 4, 1995 Jan 3, 1996	Jan 3, 1996 Oct 4, 1996	365 276	William J. Clinton
105th	1 2	Jan 7, 1997 Jan 27, 1998	Nov 13, 1997 Dec 19, 1998	311 327	William J. Clinton
106th	1 2	Jan 6, 1999 Jan 24, 2000	Nov 22, 1999 Dec 15, 2000	321 326	William J. Clinton
107th	1 2	Jan 3, 2001 Jan 23, 2002	Dec 20, 2001 Nov 22, 2002	352 304	William J. Clinton / George W. Bush George W. Bush
108th	1 2	Jan 7, 2003 Jan 20, 2004	Dec 9, 2003 Dec 8, 2004	337 324	George W. Bush
109th	1 2	Jan 4, 2005 Jan 3, 2006	Dec 22, 2005 Dec 8, 2006	353 341	George W. Bush
110th	1 2	Jan 4, 2007 Jan 3, 2008	Dec 31, 2007 Jan 3, 2009	362 367	George W. Bush
111th	1 2	Jan 6, 2009 Jan 5, 2010	Dec 24, 2009 Dec 29, 2010	353 358	George W. Bush / Barack H. Obama Barack H. Obama
112th	1	Jan 5, 2011	TBD	N/A	Barack H. Obama

Congress

Session

Convening Date

Adjournment Date

Total Days

President

1st

Mar 4, 1789

Jan 4, 1790

Dec 6, 1790

Sep 29, 1789

Aug 12, 1790

Mar 3, 1791

210

221

George Washington

2nd *

Oct 24, 1791

Nov 5, 1792

May 8, 1792

Mar 2, 1793

197

119

George Washington

3rd *

Dec 2, 1793

Nov 3, 1794

Jun 9, 1794

Mar 3, 1795

190

121

George Washington

4th *

Dec 7, 1795

Dec 5, 1796

Jun 1, 1796

Mar 3, 1797

177

George Washington

5th *

May 15, 1797

Nov 13, 1797

Dec 3, 1798

Jul 10, 1797

Jul 16, 1798

Mar 3, 1799

246

John Adams

6th

Dec 2, 1799

Nov 17, 1800

May 14, 1800

Mar 3, 1801

164

107

John Adams

7th *

Dec 7, 1801

Dec 6, 1802

May 3, 1802

Mar 3, 1803

148

Thomas Jefferson

8th

Oct 17, 1803

Nov 5, 1804

Mar 27, 1804

Mar 3, 1805

163

119

Thomas Jefferson

9th

Dec 2, 1805

Dec 1, 1806

Apr 21, 1806

Mar 3, 1807

141

Thomas Jefferson

10th

Oct 26, 1807

Nov 7, 1808

Apr 25, 1808

Mar 3, 1809

182

117

Thomas Jefferson

11th *

May 22, 1809

Nov 27, 1809

Dec 3, 1810

Jun 28, 1809

May 1, 1810

Mar 3, 1811

156

James Madison

12th

Nov 4, 1811

Nov 2, 1812

Jul 6, 1812

Mar 3, 1813

245

122

James Madison

13th

May 24, 1813

Dec 6, 1813

Sep 19, 1814

Aug 2, 1813

Apr 18, 1814

Mar 3, 1815

134

166

James Madison

14th

Dec 4, 1815

Dec 2, 1816

Apr 30, 1816

Mar 3, 1817

148

James Madison

15th *

Dec 1, 1817

Nov 16, 1818

Apr 20, 1818

Mar 3, 1819

141

108

James Monroe

16th

Dec 6, 1819

Nov 13, 1820

May 15, 1820

Mar 3, 1821

162

111

James Monroe

17th

Dec 3, 1821

Dec 2, 1822

May 8, 1822

Mar 3, 1823

157

James Monroe

18th

Dec 1, 1823

Dec 6, 1824

May 27, 1824

Mar 3, 1825

178

James Monroe

19th *

Dec 5, 1825

Dec 4, 1826

May 22, 1826

Mar 3, 1827

169

John Quincy Adams

20th

Dec 3, 1827

Dec 1, 1828

May 26, 1828

Mar 3, 1829

175

John Quincy Adams

21st *

Dec 7, 1829

Dec 6, 1830

May 31, 1830

Mar 3, 1831

176

Andrew Jackson

22nd

Dec 5, 1831

Dec 3, 1832

Jul 16, 1832

Mar 2, 1833

225

Andrew Jackson

23rd

Dec 2, 1833

Dec 1, 1834

Jun 30, 1834

Mar 3, 1835

211

Andrew Jackson

24th

Dec 7, 1835

Dec 5, 1836

Jul 4, 1836

Mar 3, 1837

211

Andrew Jackson

25th *

Sep 4, 1837

Dec 4, 1837

Dec 3, 1838

Oct 16, 1837

Jul 9, 1838

Mar 3, 1839

218

Martin Van Buren

26th

Dec 2, 1839

Dec 7, 1840

Jul 21, 1840

Mar 3, 1841

233

Martin Van Buren

27th *

May 31, 1841

Dec 6, 1841

Dec 5, 1842

Sep 13, 1841

Aug 31, 1842

Mar 3, 1843

106

269

John Tyler

28th

Dec 4, 1843

Dec 2, 1844

Jun 17, 1844

Mar 3, 1845

196

John Tyler

29th *

Dec 1, 1845

Dec 7, 1846

Aug 10, 1847

Mar 3, 1847

253

James K. Polk

30th

Dec 6, 1847

Dec 4, 1848

Aug 14, 1848

Mar 3, 1849

254

James K. Polk

31st *

Dec 3, 1849

Dec 2, 1850

Sep 30, 1850

Mar 3, 1851

302

Zachary Taylor

32nd *

Dec 1, 1851

Dec 6, 1852

Aug 31, 1852

Mar 3, 1853

275

Millard Fillmore

33rd *

Dec 5, 1853

Dec 4, 1854

Aug 7, 1854

Mar 3, 1855

246

Franklin Pierce

34th

Dec 3, 1855

Aug 21, 1856

Dec 1, 1856

Aug 18, 1856

Aug 30, 1856

Mar 3, 1857

260

Franklin Pierce

35th *

Dec 7, 1857

Dec 6, 1858

Jun 14, 1858

Mar 3, 1859

189

James Buchanan

36th *

Dec 5, 1859

Dec 3, 1860

Jun 25, 1860

Mar 3, 1861

202

James Buchanan

37th *

Jul 4, 1861

Dec 2, 1861

Dec 1, 1862

Aug 6, 1861

Jul 17, 1862

Mar 3, 1863

228

Abraham Lincoln

38th *

Dec 7, 1863

Dec 5, 1864

Jul 4, 1864

Mar 3, 1865

209

Abraham Lincoln

39th *

Dec 4, 1865

Dec 3, 1866

Jul 28, 1866

Mar 3, 1867

237

Andrew Johnson

40th *

Mar 4, 1867

Dec 2, 1867

Dec 7, 1868

Dec 1, 1867

Nov 10, 1868

Mar 3, 1869

273

345

Andrew Johnson

41st *

Mar 4, 1869

Dec 6, 1869

Dec 5, 1870

Apr 10, 1869

Jul 15, 1870

Mar 3, 1871

222

Ulysses S. Grant

42nd *

Mar 4, 1871

Dec 4, 1871

Dec 2, 1872

Apr 20, 1871

Jun 10, 1872

Mar 3, 1873

190

Ulysses S. Grant

43rd *

Dec 1, 1873

Dec 7, 1874

Jun 23, 1874

Mar 3, 1875

204

Ulysses S. Grant

44th *

Dec 6, 1875

Dec 4, 1876

Aug 15, 1876

Mar 3, 1877

254

Ulysses S. Grant

45th *

Oct 15, 1877

Dec 3, 1877

Dec 2, 1878

Dec 3, 1877

Jun 20, 1878

Mar 3, 1879

200

Rutherford B. Hayes

46th

Mar 18, 1879

Dec 1, 1879

Dec 6, 1880

Jul 1, 1879

Jun 16, 1880

Mar 3, 1881

106

199

Rutherford B. Hayes

47th *

Dec 5, 1881

Dec 4, 1882

Aug 8, 1882

Mar 3, 1883

247

James A. Garfield

48th

Dec 3, 1883

Dec 1, 1884

Jul 7, 1884

Mar 3, 1885

218

Chester A. Arthur

49th *

Dec 7, 1885

Dec 6, 1886

Aug 5, 1886

Mar 3, 1887

242

Grover Cleveland

50th

Dec 5, 1887

Dec 3, 1888

Oct 20, 1888

Mar 3, 1889

321

Grover Cleveland

51st *

Dec 2, 1889

Dec 1, 1890

Oct 1, 1890

Mar 3, 1891

304

Benjamin Harrison

52nd

Dec 7, 1891

Dec 5, 1892

Aug 5, 1892

Mar 3, 1893

251

Benjamin Harrison

53rd *

Aug 7, 1893

Dec 4, 1893

Dec 3, 1894

Nov 3, 1893

Aug 28, 1894

Mar 3, 1895

268

Grover Cleveland

54th

Dec 2, 1895

Dec 7, 1896

Jun 11, 1896

Mar 3, 1897

193

Grover Cleveland

55th *

Mar 15, 1897

Dec 6, 1897

Dec 5, 1898

Jul 24, 1897

Jul 8, 1898

Mar 3, 1899

131

215

William McKinley

56th

Dec 4, 1899

Dec 3, 1900

Jun 7, 1900

Mar 3, 1901

186

William McKinley

57th *

Dec 2, 1901

Dec 1, 1902

Jul 1, 1902

Mar 3, 1903

212

Theodore Roosevelt

58th *

Nov 9, 1903

Dec 7, 1903

Dec 5, 1904

Dec 7, 1903

Apr 28, 1904

Mar 3, 1905

144

Theodore Roosevelt

59th *

Dec 4, 1905

Dec 3, 1906

Jun 30, 1906

Mar 3, 1907

209

Theodore Roosevelt

60th

Dec 2, 1907

Dec 7, 1908

May 3, 1908

Mar 3, 1909

181

Theodore Roosevelt

61st *

Mar 15, 1909

Dec 6, 1909

Dec 5, 1910

Aug 5, 1909

Jun 25, 1910

Mar 3, 1911

144

202

William A. Taft

62nd

Apr 4, 1911

Dec 4, 1911

Dec 2, 1912

Aug 22, 1911

Aug 26, 1912

Mar 3, 1913

141

267

William A. Taft

63rd *

Apr 7, 1913

Dec 1, 1913

Dec 7, 1914

Dec 1, 1913

Oct 24, 1914

Mar 3, 1915

239

328

Woodrow Wilson

64th

Dec 6, 1915

Dec 4, 1916

Sep 8, 1916

Mar 3, 1917

278

Woodrow Wilson

65th *

Apr 2, 1917

Dec 3, 1917

Dec 2, 1918

Oct 6, 1917

Nov 21, 1918

Mar 3, 1919

188

354

Woodrow Wilson

66th

May 19, 1919

Dec 1, 1919

Dec 6, 1920

Nov 19, 1919

Jun 5, 1920

Mar 3, 1921

185

188

Woodrow Wilson

67th *

Apr 11, 1921

Dec 5, 1921

Nov 20, 1922

Dec 4, 1922

Nov 23, 1921

Sep 22, 1922

Dec 4, 1922

Mar 3, 1923

227

292

Warren G. Harding

68th

Dec 3, 1923

Dec 1, 1924

Jun 7, 1924

Mar 3, 1925

188

Calvin Coolidge

69th *

Dec 7, 1925

Dec 6, 1926

Jul 3, 1926

Mar 4, 1927

209

Calvin Coolidge

70th

Dec 5, 1927

Dec 3, 1928

May 29, 1928

Mar 3, 1929

177

Calvin Coolidge

71st *

Apr 15, 1929

Dec 2, 1929

Dec 1, 1930

Nov 22, 1929

Jul 3, 1930

Mar 3, 1931

222

214

Herbert Hoover

72nd

Dec 7, 1931

Dec 5, 1932

Jul 16, 1932

Mar 3, 1933

223

Herbert Hoover

73rd *

Mar 9, 1933

Jan 3, 1934

Jun 15, 1933

Jun 18, 1934

167

Franklin D. Roosevelt

74th

Jan 3, 1935

Jan 3, 1936

Aug 26, 1935

Jun 20, 1936

236

170

Franklin D. Roosevelt

75th

Jan 5, 1937

Nov 15, 1937

Jan 3, 1938

Aug 21, 1937

Dec 21, 1937

Jun 16, 1938

229

165

Franklin D. Roosevelt

76th

Jan 3, 1939

Sep 21, 1939

Jan 3, 1940

Aug 5, 1939

Nov 3, 1939

Jan 3, 1941

215

366

Franklin D. Roosevelt

77th

Jan 3, 1941

Jan 5, 1942

Jan 2, 1942

Dec 16, 1942

365

346

Franklin D. Roosevelt

78th

Jan 6, 1943

Jan 10, 1944

Dec 21, 1943

Dec 19, 1944

350

345

Franklin D. Roosevelt

79th

Jan 3, 1945

Jan 14, 1946

Dec 21, 1945

Aug 2, 1946

353

201

Franklin D. Roosevelt / Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

80th

Jan 3, 1947

Jan 6, 1948

Dec 19, 1947

Dec 31, 1948

351

361

Harry S. Truman

81st

Jan 3, 1949

Jan 3, 1950

Oct 19, 1949

Jan 2, 1951

290

365

Harry S. Truman

82nd

Jan 3, 1951

Jan 8, 1952

Oct 20, 1951

Jul 7, 1952

291

182

Harry S. Truman

83rd

Jan 3, 1953

Jan 6, 1954

Aug 3, 1953

Dec 2, 1954

213

331

Dwight D. Eisenhower

84th

Jan 5, 1955

Jan 3, 1956

Aug 2, 1955

Jul 27, 1956

210

207

Dwight D. Eisenhower

85th

Jan 3, 1957

Jan 7, 1958

Aug 30, 1957

Aug 24, 1958

239

230

Dwight D. Eisenhower

86th

Jan 7, 1959

Jan 6, 1960

Sep 15, 1959

Sep 1, 1960

252

240

Dwight D. Eisenhower

87th

Jan 3, 1961

Jan 10, 1962

Sep 27, 1961

Oct 13, 1962

268

277

John F. Kennedy

88th

Jan 9, 1963

Jan 7, 1964

Dec 30, 1963

Oct 3, 1964

356

270

John F. Kennedy / Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

89th

Jan 4, 1965

Jan 10, 1966

Oct 23, 1965

Oct 22, 1966

293

286

Lyndon B. Johnson

90th

Jan 10, 1967

Jan 15, 1968

Dec 15, 1967

Oct 14, 1968

340

274

Lyndon B. Johnson

91st

Jan 3, 1969

Jan 19, 1970

Dec 23, 1969

Jan 2, 1971

355

349

Lyndon B. Johnson / Richard M. Nixon

Richard M. Nixon

92nd

Jan 21, 1971

Jan 18, 1972

Dec 17, 1971

Oct 18, 1972

331

275

Richard M. Nixon

93rd

Jan 3, 1973

Jan 21, 1974

Dec 22, 1973

Dec 20, 1974

354

334

Richard M. Nixon

Richard M. Nixon / Gerald R. Ford

94th

Jan 14, 1975

Jan 19, 1976

Dec 19, 1975

Oct 1, 1976

340

257

Gerald R. Ford

95th

Jan 4, 1977

Jan 19, 1978

Dec 15, 1977

Oct 15, 1978

346

270

Gerald R. Ford / James E. Carter

James E. Carter

96th

Jan 15, 1979

Jan 3, 1980

Dec 16, 1980

354

349

James E. Carter

97th

Jan 5, 1981

Jan 25, 1982

Dec 16, 1981

Dec 23, 1982

347

333

James E. Carter / Ronald W. Reagan

Ronald W. Reagan

98th

Jan 3, 1983

Jan 23, 1984

Nov 18, 1983

Oct 12, 1984

320

264

Ronald W. Reagan

99th

Jan 3, 1985

Jan 21, 1986

Dec 20, 1985

Oct 18, 1986

352

278

Ronald W. Reagan

100th

Jan 6, 1987

Jan 25, 1988

Dec 22, 1987

Oct 22, 1988

351

272

Ronald W. Reagan

101st

Jan 3, 1989

Jan 23, 1990

Nov 22, 1989

Oct 28, 1990

324

260

Ronald W. Reagan / George H. W. Bush

George H. W. Bush

102nd

Jan 3, 1991

Jan 3, 1992

Oct 9, 1992

366

281

George H. W. Bush

103rd

Jan 5, 1993

Jan 25, 1994

Nov 26, 1993

Dec 1, 1994

326

311

George H. W. Bush / William J. Clinton

William J. Clinton

104th

Jan 4, 1995

Jan 3, 1996

Oct 4, 1996

365

276

William J. Clinton

105th

Jan 7, 1997

Jan 27, 1998

Nov 13, 1997

Dec 19, 1998

311

327

William J. Clinton

106th

Jan 6, 1999

Jan 24, 2000

Nov 22, 1999

Dec 15, 2000

321

326

William J. Clinton

107th

Jan 3, 2001

Jan 23, 2002

Dec 20, 2001

Nov 22, 2002

352

304

William J. Clinton / George W. Bush

George W. Bush

108th

Jan 7, 2003

Jan 20, 2004

Dec 9, 2003

Dec 8, 2004

337

324

George W. Bush

109th

Jan 4, 2005

Jan 3, 2006

Dec 22, 2005

Dec 8, 2006

353

341

George W. Bush

110th

Jan 4, 2007

Jan 3, 2008

Dec 31, 2007

Jan 3, 2009

362

367

George W. Bush

111th

Jan 6, 2009

Jan 5, 2010

Dec 24, 2009

Dec 29, 2010

353

358

George W. Bush / Barack H. Obama

Barack H. Obama

112th

Jan 5, 2011

TBD

N/A

Barack H. Obama

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