Vetoes, 1789 to Present

Summary of Bills Vetoed

Additional information about veto power and procedure can be found in the CRS reports, Veto Override Procedure in the House and Senate (PDF) and Regular Vetoes and Pocket Vetoes: An Overview (PDF)

President (Years)	Coinciding Congresses	Vetoes
President (Years)	Coinciding Congresses	Regular	Pocket	Total	Overridden
Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (2021-2025)	118-117	12	0	12	0
Donald J. Trump (2017-2021)	116-115	10	0	10	1
Barack Obama (2009-2017)	114-111	12	0	12	1
George W. Bush (2001-2009)	110-107	12	0	12	4
William J. Clinton (1993-2001)	106-103	36	1	37	2
George H. W. Bush (1989-1993)¹	102-101	29	15	44	1
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)²	100-97	39	39	78	9
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)	96-95	13	18	31	2
Gerald R. Ford (1974-1977)	94-93	48	18	66	12
Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974)	93-91	26	17	43	7
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)	90-88	16	14	30	0
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)	88-87	12	9	21	0
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961)	86-83	73	108	181	2
Harry S. Truman (1945-53)	82-79	180	70	250	12
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)	79-73	372	263	635	9
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)	72-71	21	16	37	3
Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)	70-68	20	30	50	4
Warren G. Harding(1921-1923)	67	5	1	6	0
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)	66-63	33	11	44	6
William H. Taft (1909-1913)	62-61	30	9	39	1
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)	60-57	42	40	82	1
William McKinley (1897-1901)	57-55	6	36	42	0
Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)	54-53	42	128	170	5
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)	52-51	19	25	44	1
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)	50-49	304	110	414	2
Chester A. Arthur (1881-1885)	48-47	4	8	12	1
James A. Garfield (1881)	47	0	0	0	0
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)	46-45	12	1	13	1
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877) ³	44-41	45	48	93	4
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)	40-39	21	8	29	15
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)	39-37	2	5	7	0
James Buchanan (1857-1861)	36-35	4	3	7	0
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)	34-33	9	0	9	5
Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)	32-31	0	0	0	0
Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)	31	0	0	0	0
James K. Polk (1845-1849)	30-29	2	1	3	0
John Tyler (1841-1845)	28-27	6	4	10	1
William H. Harrison (1841)	27	0	0	0	0
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)	26, 25	0	1	1	0
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)	24-21	5	7	12	0
John Q. Adams (1825-1829)	20-19	0	0	0	0
James Monroe (1817-1825)	18-15	1	0	1	0
James Madison (1809-1817)	14-11	5	2	7	0
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)	10-7	0	0	0	0
John Adams (1797-1801)	6-5	0	0	0	0
George Washington (1789-1797)	4-1	2	0	2	0
Total⁴		1530	1066	2596	112

1. Attempted intra-session pocket vetoes on H.R.1 (101st Congress) and S.333 (101st Congress) were disputed. Both bills were enacted into law so are not counted on this table.

2. H.R.4042 (98th Congress) is counted as a pocket veto.

3. A pocket veto on H.R.4476 (44th Congress) is not counted on this table because, "...It was not placed before the President for signature." (H.Doc. 493, 70th Congress, p.24)

4. The total number of vetoes tabulated is 2,596. This figure is 1 less than the numbered presidential vetoes because of the Grant disputed pocket veto (see footnote 3).