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To check that out I looked up a list
of all of the presidents during this 101 year period. (Sorry, I never did
memorize all of the presidents.) They are listed below.
|
Presidents in Office from 1901 through 2001 |
| President |
In Office |
Party |
Years |
| T. Roosevelt |
1901-1909 |
R |
8 |
| Taft |
1909-1913 |
R |
4 |
| Wilson |
1913-1921 |
D |
8 |
| Harding |
1921-1923 |
R |
2 |
| Coolidge |
1923-1929 |
R |
6 |
| Hoover |
1929-1933 |
R |
4 |
| Roosevelt |
1933-1945 |
D |
12 |
| Truman |
1945-1953 |
D |
8 |
| Eisenhower |
1953-1961 |
R |
8 |
| Kennedy |
1961-1963 |
D |
2 |
| Johnson |
1963-1969 |
D |
6 |
| Nixon |
1969-1974 |
R |
5 |
| Ford |
1974-1977 |
R |
3 |
| Carter |
1971-1981 |
D |
4 |
| Reagan |
1981-1989 |
R |
8 |
| G.H.W. Bush |
1989-1993 |
R |
4 |
| Clinton |
1993-2001 |
D |
8 |
| G.W. Bush |
2001- |
R |
1 |
So, what we can say about this?
- In the 101 years from 1901 through 2001 the US had 18 different
presidents.
- 11 of the 18 presidents (61.1%) were Republicans and 7 of the 18
presidents (38.9%) were Democrats.
- In the 101 years from 1901 through 2001, Republicans were president for
53 years (52.5%) and Democrats were president for 48 years (47.5%).
It looks like even though the years in office were pretty close to 50:50, the Republican
presidents still win the "what party will cause a recession" race by about 2:1.
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