Presidents and Vice Presidents and Coinciding Sessions of Congress

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Presidents and Vice Presidents and Coinciding Congressional Sessions

From 1789 until 1933, the terms of President and Vice President and the term of the Congress coincided, beginning on March 4 and ending on March 3. This changed when the 20th amendment to the Constitution was adopted in 1933. Beginning in 1934, the convening date for Congress became January 3 (unless Congress by law appoints a different day), and beginning in 1937 the starting date for the Presidential term became January 20. Because of this change, the number of Congresses overlapping with a Presidential term increased from two to three, although the third only overlaps by a few weeks.

No.
President Vice President Years of Service Congresses

1.
George Washington John Adams Apr. 30, 1789-Mar. 3, 1797 1,2,3,4

2.
John Adams Thomas Jefferson Mar. 4, 1797-Mar. 3, 1801 5, 6

3.
Thomas Jefferson Aaron Burr Mar. 4, 1801-Mar. 3, 1805 7, 8

Do.
George Clinton
Mar. 4, 1805-Mar. 3, 1809 9, 10

4.
James Madison do.¹ Mar. 4, 1809-Mar. 3, 1813 11, 12

Do. Elbridge Gerry² Mar. 4, 1813-Mar. 3, 1817 13, 14

5.
James Monroe Daniel D. Thompkins Mar. 4, 1817-Mar. 3, 1825 15, 16, 17, 18

6.
John Quincy Adams John C. Calhoun Mar. 4, 1825-Mar. 3, 1829 19, 20

7.
Andrew Jackson do.³ Mar. 4, 1829-Mar. 3, 1833 21, 22

Do. Martin Van Buren Mar. 4, 1833-Mar. 3, 1837 23, 24

8.
Martin Van Buren Richard M. Johnson Mar. 4, 1837-Mar. 3, 1841 25, 26

9.
William Henry Harrison⁴ John Tyler Mar. 4, 1841-Apr. 4, 1841 27

10.
John Tyler ............ Apr. 6, 1841-Mar. 3, 1845 27, 28

11.
James K. Polk George M. Dallas Mar. 4, 1845-Mar. 3, 1849 29, 30

12.
Zachary Taylor⁴ Millard Fillmore Mar. 5, 1849-July 9, 1850 31

13.
Millard Fillmore ............ July 10, 1850-Mar. 3, 1853 31, 32

14.
Franklin Pierce William R. King⁵ Mar. 4, 1853-Mar. 3, 1857 33, 34

15.
James Buchanan John C. Breckenridge Mar. 4, 1857-Mar. 3, 1861 35, 36

16.
Abraham Lincoln Hannibal Hamlin Mar. 4, 1861-Mar. 3, 1864 37, 38

Do.⁵ Andrew Johnson Mar. 4, 1864--Apr. 15, 1865 39

17.
Andrew Johnson ............ Apr. 15, 1865-Mar. 3, 1869 39, 40

18.
Ulysses S. Grant Schuyler Colfax Mar. 4, 1869-Mar. 3, 1873 41, 42

Do. Henry Wilson⁶ Mar. 4, 1873-Mar. 3, 1877 43, 44

19.
Rutherford B. Hayes William A. Wheeler Mar. 4, 1877-Mar. 3, 1881 45, 46

20.
James A. Garfield⁴ Chester A. Arthur Mar. 4, 1881-Sept. 19, 1881 47

21.
Chester A. Arthur ............ Sept. 20, 1881-Mar. 3, 1885 47, 48

22.
Grover Cleveland Thomas A. Hendricks⁷ Mar. 4, 1885-Mar. 3, 1889 49, 50

23.
Benjamin Harrison Levi P. Morton Mar. 4, 1889-Mar. 3, 1898 51, 52

24.
Grover Cleveland Adlai E. Stevenson Mar. 4, 1893-Mar. 3, 1897 53, 54

25.
William McKinley Garret A. Hobart⁸ Mar. 4, 1897-Mar. 3, 1901 55, 56

Do.⁴ Theodore Roosevelt Mar. 4, 1901-Sept. 14, 1901 57

26.
Theodore Roosevelt ............ Sept. 14, 1901-Mar. 3, 1905 57, 58

Do. Charles W. Fairbanks Mar. 4, 1905-Mar. 3, 1909 59,60

27.
William H. Taft James S. Sherman⁹ Mar. 4, 1909-Mar. 3, 1913 61,62

28.
Woodrow Wilson Thomas R. Marshall Mar. 4, 1913-Mar. 3, 1921 63, 64, 65, 66

29.
Warren G. Harding⁴ Calvin Coolidge Mar. 4, 1921-Aug. 2, 1923 67

30.
Calvin Coolidge ............ Aug. 3, 1923-Mar. 3, 1925 68

Do. Charles G. Dawes Mar. 4, 1925-Mar. 3, 1929 69, 70

31.
Herbert C. Hoover Charles Curtis Mar. 4, 1929-Mar. 3, 1933 71, 72

32.
Franklin D. Roosevelt John N. Garner Mar. 4, 1933-Jan. 20, 1941 73, 74, 75, 76, 77

Do. Henry A. Wallace Jan. 20, 1941-Jan. 20, 1945 77, 78, 79

Do.⁴ Harry S. Truman Jan. 20, 1945-Apr. 12, 1945 79

33.
Harry S. Truman ............ Apr. 12, 1945-Jan. 20, 1949 79, 80, 81

Do. Alben W. Barkley Jan. 20, 1949-Jan. 20, 1953 81, 82, 83

34.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Richard M. Nixon Jan. 20, 1953-Jan. 20, 1961 83, 84, 85, 86, 87

35.
John F. Kennedy⁴ Lyndon B. Johnson Jan. 20, 1961-Nov. 22, 1963 87, 88, 89

36.
Lyndon B. Johnson ............ Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1965 88, 89

Do. Hubert H. Humphrey Jan. 20, 1965-Jan. 20, 1969 89, 90, 91

37.
Richard M. Nixon Spiro T. Agnew¹⁰ Jan. 20, 1969-Dec. 6, 1973 91, 92, 93

Do.¹² Gerald R. Ford¹¹ Dec. 6, 1973-Aug. 9, 1974 93

38.
Gerald R. Ford ............ Aug. 9, 1974-Dec. 19, 1974 93

Do. Nelson A. Rockefeller ¹³ Dec. 19, 1974-Jan. 20, 1977 93, 94, 95

39.
James Earl Carter Walter F. Mondale Jan. 20, 1977-Jan. 20, 1981 95, 96, 97

40.
Ronald Reagan George Bush Jan. 20, 1981-Jan. 20, 1989 97, 98, 99, 100, 101

41.
George Bush Dan Quayle Jan. 20, 1989-Jan. 20, 1993 101, 102, 103,

42.
William J. Clinton Albert Gore Jan. 20, 1993-Jan. 20, 2001 103, 104, 105, 106, 107

43.
George W. Bush Dick Cheney January 20, 2001-present 107, 108, 109

Do. = Ditto

¹ Died Apr. 20, 1812
² Died Nov. 23, 1814.
³ Resigned Dec. 28, 1832, to become United States Senator.
⁴ Died in office.
⁵ Died Apr. 18, 1853.
⁶ Died Nov. 22, 1875.
⁷ Died Nov. 25, 1885.
⁸ Died Nov. 21, 1899.
⁹ Died Oct. 30, 1912.
¹⁰ Resigned Oct. 10, 1973.
¹¹ First Vice President nominated by the President and confirmed by the Congress pursuant to the 25th amendment to the Constitution; took the oath of office on Dec. 6, 1973 in the Hall of the House of Representatives.
¹² Resigned from office.
¹³ Nominated to be Vice President by President Gerald R. Ford on Aug. 20, 1974; confirmed by the Senate on Dec. 10, 1974; confirmed by the House and took the oath of office on Dec. 19, 1974 in the Senate Chamber.

Source: Congressional Research Service


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