Presidential Position Taking on House Roll Call Votes

President	Year	Total Roll Calls	# in which President took a position	% of roll call in which President took pos.
Eisenhower II	1957	100	54	54.0
	1958	93	48	51.6
	1959	87	53	60.9
	1960	91	41	45.1

Kennedy	1961	113	65	57.5
	1962	124	60	48.4
	1963	119	71	59.7

Johnson	1964	113	52	46.0
	1965	201	112	55.7
	1966	193	102	52.8
	1967	245	126	51.4
	1968	233	101	43.3

Nixon I	1969	177	47	26.6
	1970	266	64	24.1
	1971	320	61	19.1
	1972	329	37	11.2

Nixon II	1973	541	125	23.1
	1974	476	107	22.5

Ford	1974	61	0	0.0
	1975	612	89	14.5
	1976	661	49	7.4

Carter	1977	706	75	10.6
	1978	834	115	13.8
	1979	672	143	21.3
	1980	604	114	18.9

Reagan I	1981	353	75	25.8
	1982	459	75	20.5
	1983	498	80	20.7
	1984	408	111	31.1

Reagan II	1985	439	80	18.2
	1986	451	90	20.0
	1987	488	99	20.3
	1988	451	104	23.1

Bush	1989	379	86	22.7
	1990	536	108	20.1
	1991	444	111	25.0
	1992	488	105	21.5

Clinton I	1993	597	102	17.1
	1994	464	78	16.8
	1995	884	133	15.0
	1996	454	79	17.4

Source: Lyn Ragsdale, Vital Statistics on the Presidency (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1998), 385-86.

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