The American Presidency Project

Presidential Position Taking on House Roll Call Votes

Eisenhower II - Clinton I

 

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(s)

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