Veto Rates Compared
Updated June 18, 2019 |
Infoplease Staff
| President | Total1 |
|---|---|
| Washington | 2 |
| J. Adams | 0 |
| Jefferson | 0 |
| Madison | 7 |
| Monroe | 1 |
| J. Q. Adams | 0 |
| Jackson | 12 |
| Van Buren | 1 |
| W. H. Harrisoon | 0 |
| Tyler | 10 |
| Polk | 3 |
| Taylor | 0 |
| Fillmore | 0 |
| Pierce | 9 |
| Buchanan | 7 |
| Lincoln | 7 |
| A. Johnson | 29 |
| Grant | 93 |
| Hayes | 13 |
| Garfield | 0 |
| Arthur | 12 |
| Cleveland (1st) | 414 |
| B. Harrison | 44 |
| Cleveland (2nd) | 170 |
| McKinley | 42 |
| T. Roosevelt | 82 |
| Taft | 39 |
| Wilson | 44 |
| Harding | 6 |
| Coolidge | 50 |
| Hoover | 37 |
| F. D. Roosevelt | 635 |
| Truman | 250 |
| Eisenhower | 181 |
| Kennedy | 21 |
| L. B. Johnson | 30 |
| Nixon2 | 43 |
| Ford | 66 |
| Carter | 31 |
| Reagan | 78 |
| G. H. W. Bush2 | 44 |
| Clinton | 37 |
| G. W. Bush | 10 |
| Barack Obama | 3 |
1. Includes private bills drafted primarily for individual relief. Franklin D. Roosevelt vetoed 497 such bills; Grover Cleveland vetoed 482. Bill Clinton did not veto any.
2. One Nixon veto later invalidated; Bush vetoes do not include two pocket vetoes not recognized by Congress.
Source: Congressional Quarterly, vol. 59, no. 3, Jan. 20, 2001; http://clerk.house.gov.
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