Presidential vetoes, Roosevelt to Trump

TABLE 7.1 Presidential Vetoes, Roosevelt to Trump REGULAR POCKET VETOES sdfdgss YEARS PRESIDENT VETOES VETOES OVERRIDDEN RATE 1933—1945 Franklin Roosevelt 635 372 263 9 97.6% 1945—1953 Harry Truman 250 180 70 12 93.3 1953—1961 Dwight Eisenhower 181 73 108 2 97.3 1961—1963 John F. Kennedy 21 12 9 0 100.0 1963—1969 Lyndon Johnson 30 16 14 0 100.0 1969—1974 Richard Nixon 43 26 17 7 73.1 1974—1977 Gerald Ford 66 48 18 12 75.0 1977—1981 Jimmy Carter 31 13 18 2 84.6 1981—1989 Ronald Reagan 78 39 39 9 76.9 1989—1993 George H. W. Bush 46 29 17* 1 96.6 1993—2001 Bill Clinton 37 36 1 2 96.4 2001—2009 George W. Bush 12 11 1 4 66.7 2009—2017 Barack Obama 12 12 0 1 91.7 2017—July 2020 Donald J. Trump 8 8 0 0 100.0 Source: “Summary of Bills Vetoed, 1789—Present,” www.senate.gov/reference/Legislation/Vet0es/vet0Counts.htm. *Although they are counted here, Congress did not recognize two of Bush’s pocket vetoes and considered the legislation enacted.