Seats in Congress Gained or Lost by the President's Party in Presidential Election Years

Year President Party House Seats Senate Seats 1932 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic +90 +9 1936 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic +12 +7 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic +7 -3 1944 Franklin D. Roosevelt Democratic +24 -2 1948 Harry S. Truman Democratic +75 +9 1952 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican +22 +1 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower Republican -2 -1 1960 John F. Kennedy Democratic -22 +2 1964 Lyndon B. Johnson Democratic +37 +1 1968 Richard Nixon Republican +5 +6 1972 Richard Nixon Republican +12 -2 1976 Jimmy Carter Democratic +1 0 1980 Ronald Reagan Republican +34 +12 1984 Ronald Reagan Republican +14 -2 1988 George Bush Republican -2 0 1992 William J. Clinton Democratic -10 0 1996 William J. Clinton Democratic -9 -2 2000 George W. Bush Republican -3 -4 2004 George W. Bush Republican +3 +4 2008 Barack Obama Democratic +23 +8 2012 Barack Obama Democratic +8 +1 2016 Donald J. Trump Republican -6 -2

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