Eras of Government

Democratic Era

Period: Jan 1, 1800 to Dec 31, 1860

Thomas Jeffersons Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1801

Elected in 1801, and belonged to the Democratic-Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

James Madison Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1809

Elected in 1809, and belonged to the Democratic-Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

James Monroe Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1817

Elected in 1817, and belonged to the Democratic-Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

John Quincy Adams Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1825

Elected in 1825, and belonged to the Democratic-Republican party. There was a Jacksonian majority in the Senate.

Andrew Jackson Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1829

Elected in 1829, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Jacksonian majority in the Senate.

Martin Van Buren Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1837

Elected in 1837. and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Willaim Henry Harrison Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1841

Elected in 1841, and belonged to the Whig party. There was a Whig majority in the Senate.

John Tyler Elected To Office

Apr 4, 1841

Elected in 1841, and belonged to the Whig party. There was a Whig majority in the Senate.

James K. Polk Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1845

Elected in 1845, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Zachary Taylor Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1849

Elected in 1849, and belonged to the Whig party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Millard Fillmore Elected To Office

Jul 9, 1850

Elected in 1850, and belonged to the Whig party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Franklin Pierce Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1853

Elected in 1853, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majortiy in the Senate.

James Buchanan Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1857

Elected in 1857, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Republican Era

Period: Jan 1, 1860 to Dec 31, 1932

Abraham Lincoln Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1861

Elected in 1861, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Andrew Johnson Elected To Office

Apr 15, 1865

Elected in 1865, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Ulysses S. Grant Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1869

Elected in 1869, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Rutherford B. Hayes Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1877

Elected in 1877, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

James A.Garfield Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1881

Elected in 1881, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Chester A. Arthur Elected To Office

Sep 19, 1881

Elected in 1881, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Grover Cleveland Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1885

Elected in 1885, and beloned to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Benjamin Harrison Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1889

Elected in 1889, and belonged to the Republican party. there was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Grover Cleveland Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1893

Re-elected in 1893, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

William McKinley Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1897

Elected in 1897, and belonged to the Repulican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Theodore Roosevelt Elected To Office

Sep 14, 1901

Elected in 1901, an belonged to the Republican Party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

William Howard Taft Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1909

Elected in 1909, an belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Woodrow Wilson Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1913

Elected in 1913, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Warren Harding Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1921

Elected in 1921, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Calvin Coolidge Elected To Office

Aug 2, 1923

Elected In 1923, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican Majority in the Senate.

Herbert Hoover Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1929

Elected in 1929, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Democratic Era

Period: Jan 1, 1932 to Dec 31, 1968

Franklin Roosevelt Elected To Office

Mar 4, 1933

Elected in 1933, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Harry Truman Elected To Office

Apr 12, 1945

Elected in 1945, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Dwight Eisenhower Elected To Office

Jan 20, 1953

Elected in 1953, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

John Kennedy Elected To Office

Jan 20, 1961

Elected in 1961, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Lyndon Johnson Elected To Office

Nov 22, 1963

Elected in 1963, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Era of Divided Government

Period: Jan 1, 1968 to Oct 28, 2013

Richard Nixon Elected To President

Jan 20, 1969

Elected in 1969, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Gerald Ford Elected To Office

Aug 9, 1974

Elected in 1974, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Jimmy Carter Elected To Office

Jan 20, 1977

Elected in 1977, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

Ronald Reagan Elected To Office

Jan 20, 1981

Elected in 1981, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

George Bush Sr. Elected To Office

Jan 20, 1989

Elected in 1989, and belonged to Republican party. There was Republican majority in the Senate.

Bill Clinton Elected To Office

Jan 20, 1993

Elected in 1993, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.

George Bush Jr. Elected To Office

Jan 20, 2001

Elected in 2001, and belonged to the Republican party. There was a Republican majority in the Senate.

Barack Obama Elected To Office

Jan 20, 2009

Elected in 2009, and belonged to the Democratic party. There was a Democratic majority in the Senate.