Democratic Party (United States)
In congressional elections: 1950–present
Table:
House of Representatives	President	Party	Senate

Election year	No. of seats won	+/–	No. of seats won	+/–	Election year

1950	235 / 435	28	Harry S. Truman	Democratic	49 / 96	5	1950

1952	213 / 435	22	Dwight D. Eisenhower	Republican	47 / 96	2	1952

1954	232 / 435	19	49 / 96	2	1954

1956	234 / 435	2	49 / 96	0	1956

1958	283 / 435	49	64 / 98	15	1958

1960	262 / 435	21	John F. Kennedy	Democratic	64 / 100	1	1960

1962	258 / 435	4	66 / 100	3	1962

1964	295 / 435	37	Lyndon B. Johnson	68 / 100	2	1964

1966	248 / 435	47	64 / 100	3	1966

1968	243 / 435	5	Richard Nixon	Republican	57 / 100	5	1968

1970	255 / 435	12	54 / 100	3	1970

1972	242 / 435	13	56 / 100	2	1972

1974	291 / 435	49	Gerald Ford	60 / 100	4	1974

1976	292 / 435	1	Jimmy Carter	Democratic	61 / 100	0	1976

1978	277 / 435	15	58 / 100	3	1978

1980	243 / 435	34	Ronald Reagan	Republican	46 / 100	12	1980

1982	269 / 435	26	46 / 100	1	1982

1984	253 / 435	16	47 / 100	2	1984

1986	258 / 435	5	55 / 100	8	1986

1988	260 / 435	2	George H.W. Bush	55 / 100	1	1988

1990	267 / 435	7	56 / 100	1	1990

1992	258 / 435	9	Bill Clinton	Democratic	57 / 100	1	1992

1994	204 / 435	54	47 / 100	10	1994

1996	206 / 435	2	45 / 100	2	1996

1998	211 / 435	5	45 / 100	0	1998

2000	212 / 435	1	George W. Bush	Republican	50 / 100	5	2000

2002	204 / 435	7	49 / 100	2	2002

2004	202 / 435	2	45 / 100	4	2004

2006	233 / 435	31	51 / 100	6	2006

2008	257 / 435	21	Barack Obama	Democratic	59 / 100	8	2008

2010	193 / 435	63	53 / 100	6	2010

2012	201 / 435	8	55 / 100	2	2012

2014	188 / 435	13	46 / 100	9	2014

2016	194 / 435	6	Donald Trump	Republican	48 / 100	2	2016

2018	235 / 435	41	47 / 100	1	2018

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