"I believe that all government is evil, and that trying to improve it is largely a waste of time." - H L MenckenThe following table shows the periods of time the two parties have occupied the Presidency, the Senate, and the House since 1921. It is a useful exercise when viewing the historical spending tables of the U.S. Government to see if they correlate in any way with which Party is in power.
Year | President | Senate | House |
1921 | R | R | R |
1923 | R | R | R |
1925 | R | R | R |
1927 | R | R | R |
1929 | R | R | R |
1931 | R | R | D |
1933 | D | D | D |
1935 | D | D | D |
1937 | D | D | D |
1939 | D | D | D |
1941 | D | D | D |
1943 | D | D | D |
1945 | D | D | D |
1947 | D | R | R |
1949 | D | D | D |
1951 | D | D | D |
1953 | R | R | R |
1955 | R | D | D |
1957 | R | D | D |
1959 | R | D | D |
1961 | D | D | D |
1963 | D | D | D |
1965 | D | D | D |
1967 | D | D | D |
1969 | R | D | D |
1971 | R | D | D |
1973 | R | D | D |
1975 | R | D | D |
1977 | D | D | D |
1979 | D | D | D |
1981 | R | R | D |
1983 | R | R | D |
1985 | R | R | D |
1987 | R | D | D |
1989 | R | D | D |
1991 | R | D | D |
1993 | D | D | D |
1995 | D | R | R |