Presidential Vetoes, 1789-2015
Updated February 12, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| President | Coincident Congresses |
Regular vetoes |
Pocket vetoes |
Total vetoes |
Vetoes overridden |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | 1st-4th | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Adams | 5th-6th | - | - | - | - |
| Jefferson | 7th-10th | - | - | - | - |
| Madison | 11th-14th | 5 | 2 | 7 | - |
| Monroe | 15th-18th | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| J. Q. Adams | 19th-20th | - | - | - | - |
| Jackson | 21st-24th | 5 | 7 | 12 | - |
| Van Buren | 25th-26th | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| W. H. Harrison | 27th | - | - | - | - |
| Tyler | 27th-28th | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 |
| Polk | 29th-30th | 2 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Taylor | 31st | - | - | - | - |
| Fillmore | 31st-32nd | - | - | - | - |
| Pierce | 33rd-34th | 9 | - | 9 | 5 |
| Buchanan | 35th-36th | 4 | 3 | 7 | - |
| Lincoln | 37th-39th | 2 | 5 | 7 | - |
| A. Johnson | 39th-40th | 21 | 8 | 29 | 15 |
| Grant | 41st-44th | 45 | 48 | 93 | 4 |
| Hayes | 45th-46th | 12 | 1 | 13 | 1 |
| Garfield | 47th | - | - | - | - |
| Arthur | 47th-48th | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 49th-50th | 304 | 110 | 414 | 2 |
| B. Harrison | 51st-52nd | 19 | 25 | 44 | 1 |
| Cleveland | 53rd-54th | 42 | 128 | 170 | 5 |
| McKinley | 55th-57th | 6 | 36 | 42 | - |
| T. Roosevelt | 57th-60th | 42 | 40 | 82 | 1 |
| Taft | 61st-62nd | 30 | 9 | 39 | 1 |
| Wilson | 63rd-66th | 33 | 11 | 44 | 6 |
| Harding | 67th | 5 | 1 | 6 | - |
| Coolidge | 68th-70th | 20 | 30 | 50 | 4 |
| Hoover | 71st-72nd | 21 | 16 | 37 | 3 |
| F. D. Roosevelt | 73rd-79th | 372 | 263 | 635 | 9 |
| Truman | 79th-82nd | 180 | 70 | 250 | 12 |
| Eisenhower | 83rd-86th | 73 | 108 | 181 | 2 |
| Kennedy | 87th-88th | 12 | 9 | 21 | - |
| L. B. Johnson | 88th-90th | 16 | 14 | 30 | - |
| Nixon | 91st-93rd | 26 | 17 | 43 | 7 |
| Ford | 93rd-94th | 48 | 18 | 66 | 12 |
| Carter | 95th-96th | 13 | 18 | 31 | 2 |
| Reagan | 97th-100th | 39 | 39 | 78 | 9 |
| G.H.W. Bush1 | 101st-102nd | 29 | 15 | 44 | 1 |
| Clinton | 103rd-106th | 36 | 1 | 37 | 2 |
| G. W. Bush | 107-110th | 10 | 0 | 10 | 3 |
| Barack Obama | 111th-114 | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| Total | 1,494 | 1,066 | 2,560 | 109 |
1. President Bush attempted to pocket veto two bills during intrasession recess periods. Congress considered the two bills enacted into law because of the president's failure to return the legislation. The bills are not counted as pocket vetoes in this table.
Source: Office of the Clerk of the House. Web: http://clerk.house.gov .
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