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Presidential Vetoes, 1789–2008
| 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 |
107th–108th |
0 |
— |
0 |
— |
| G. W. Bush |
109th |
1 |
— |
1 |
— |
| G. W. Bush |
110th |
7 |
1 |
8 |
1 |
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Total
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1,491
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1,067
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2,558
|
107
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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.
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