There have been 244 tie-breaking votes cast by 35 Presidents of the Senate while 12 Presidents of the Senate did not cast tie-breaking votes. The median and mean numbers of tie-breaking votes cast per Senate President are 3 and 5.19 respectively.
Rank by
# of Tie-
breaking
votes |
# of Tie-
breaking
votes |
President of the Senate |
Party |
Order in
Office |
Term of Office |
President(s) |
1 |
29 |
John Adams |
Federalist |
1 |
000000001789-04-21-0000Apr 21, 1789 – 000000001797-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1797 |
George Washington |
2 |
28 |
John Calhoun |
Democratic-Republican |
7 |
000000001825-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1825 – 000000001832-12-28-0000Dec 28, 1832 |
J. Q. Adams / Andrew Jackson |
3 |
19 |
George Dallas |
Democratic |
11 |
000000001845-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1845 – 000000001849-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1849 |
James K. Polk |
4 |
17 |
Richard Johnson |
Democratic |
9 |
000000001837-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1837 – 000000001841-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1841 |
Martin Van Buren |
4 |
17 |
Schuyler Colfax |
Republican |
17 |
000000001869-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1869 – 000000001873-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1873 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
6 |
12 |
George Clinton |
Democratic-Republican |
4 |
000000001805-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1805 – 000000001812-04-20-0000Apr 20, 1812 |
Thomas Jefferson / James Madison |
7 |
9 |
John Breckinridge |
Democratic |
14 |
000000001857-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1857 – 000000001861-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1861 |
James Buchanan |
8 |
8 |
Thomas Marshall |
Democratic |
28 |
000000001913-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1913 – 000000001921-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1921 |
Woodrow Wilson |
8 |
8 |
Alben Barkley |
Democratic |
35 |
000000001949-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1949 – 000000001953-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1953 |
Harry S. Truman |
8 |
8 |
Richard Nixon |
Republican |
36 |
000000001953-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1953 – 000000001961-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1961 |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
8 |
8 |
Dick Cheney |
Republican |
46 |
000000002001-01-20-0000Jan 20, 2001 – 000000002009-01-20-0000Jan 20, 2009 |
George W. Bush |
12 |
7 |
Hannibal Hamlin |
Republican |
15 |
000000001861-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1861 – 000000001865-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1865 |
Abraham Lincoln |
12 |
7 |
George H. W. Bush |
Republican |
43 |
000000001981-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1981 – 000000001989-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1989 |
Ronald Reagan |
14 |
6 |
Elbridge Gerry |
Democratic-Republican |
5 |
000000001813-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1813 – 000000001814-11-23-0000Nov 23, 1814 |
James Madison |
14 |
6 |
William Wheeler |
Republican |
19 |
000000001877-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1877 – 000000001881-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1881 |
Rutherford B. Hayes |
16 |
4 |
Martin Van Buren |
Democratic |
8 |
000000001833-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1833 – 000000001837-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1837 |
Andrew Jackson |
16 |
4 |
Levi Morton |
Republican |
22 |
000000001889-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1889 – 000000001893-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1893 |
Benjamin Harrison |
16 |
4 |
James Sherman |
Republican |
27 |
000000001909-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1909 – 000000001912-10-30-0000Oct 30, 1912 |
William Howard Taft |
16 |
4 |
Henry Wallace |
Democratic |
33 |
000000001941-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1941 – 000000001945-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1945 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
16 |
4 |
Hubert Humphrey |
Democratic |
38 |
000000001965-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1965 – 000000001969-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1969 |
Lyndon Johnson |
16 |
4 |
Al Gore |
Democratic |
45 |
000000001993-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1993 – 000000002001-01-20-0000Jan 20, 2001 |
Bill Clinton |
22 |
3 |
Thomas Jefferson |
Democratic-Republican |
2 |
000000001797-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1797 – 000000001801-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1801 |
John Adams |
22 |
3 |
Aaron Burr |
Democratic-Republican |
3 |
000000001801-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1801 – 000000001805-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1805 |
Thomas Jefferson |
22 |
3 |
Daniel Tompkins |
Democratic-Republican |
6 |
000000001817-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1817 – 000000001825-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1825 |
James Monroe |
22 |
3 |
Millard Fillmore |
Whig |
12 |
000000001849-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1849 – 000000001850-07-09-0000Jul 9, 1850 |
Zachary Taylor |
22 |
3 |
Chester Arthur |
Republican |
20 |
000000001881-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1881 – 000000001881-09-19-0000Sep 19, 1881 |
James Garfield |
22 |
3 |
Charles Curtis |
Republican |
31 |
000000001929-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1929 – 000000001933-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1933 |
Herbert Hoover |
22 |
3 |
John Garner |
Democratic |
32 |
000000001933-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1933 – 000000001941-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1941 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
29 |
2 |
Adlai Stevenson |
Democratic |
23 |
000000001893-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1893 – 000000001897-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1897 |
Grover Cleveland |
29 |
2 |
Charles Dawes |
Republican |
30 |
000000001925-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1925 – 000000001929-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1929 |
Calvin Coolidge |
29 |
2 |
Spiro Agnew |
Republican |
39 |
000000001969-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1969 – 000000001973-10-10-0000Oct 10, 1973 |
Richard Nixon |
32 |
1 |
Henry Wilson |
Republican |
18 |
000000001873-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1873 – 000000001875-11-22-0000Nov 22, 1875 |
Ulysses S. Grant |
32 |
1 |
Garret Hobart |
Republican |
24 |
000000001897-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1897 – 000000001899-11-21-0000Nov 21, 1899 |
William McKinley |
32 |
1 |
Harry Truman |
Democratic |
34 |
000000001945-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1945 – 000000001945-04-12-0000Apr 12, 1945 |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
32 |
1 |
Walter Mondale |
Democratic |
42 |
000000001977-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1977 – 000000001981-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1981 |
Jimmy Carter |
36 |
0 |
John Tyler |
Whig |
10 |
000000001841-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1841 – 000000001841-04-04-0000Apr 4, 1841 |
William Henry Harrison |
36 |
0 |
William King |
Democratic |
13 |
000000001853-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1853 – 000000001853-04-18-0000Apr 18, 1853 |
Franklin Pierce |
36 |
0 |
Andrew Johnson |
Democratic |
16 |
000000001865-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1865 – 000000001865-04-15-0000Apr 15, 1865 |
Abraham Lincoln |
36 |
0 |
Thomas Hendricks |
Democratic |
21 |
000000001885-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1885 – 000000001885-11-25-0000Nov 25, 1885 |
Grover Cleveland |
36 |
0 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
Republican |
25 |
000000001901-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1901 – 000000001901-09-14-0000Sep 14, 1901 |
William McKinley |
36 |
0 |
Charles Fairbanks |
Republican |
26 |
000000001905-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1905 – 000000001909-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1909 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
36 |
0 |
Calvin Coolidge |
Republican |
29 |
000000001921-03-04-0000Mar 4, 1921 – 000000001923-08-02-0000Aug 2, 1923 |
Warren G. Harding |
36 |
0 |
Lyndon Johnson |
Democratic |
37 |
000000001961-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1961 – 000000001963-11-22-0000Nov 22, 1963 |
John F. Kennedy |
36 |
0 |
Gerald Ford |
Republican |
40 |
000000001973-12-06-0000Dec 6, 1973 – 000000001974-08-09-0000Aug 9, 1974 |
Richard Nixon |
36 |
0 |
Nelson Rockefeller |
Republican |
41 |
000000001974-12-19-0000Dec 19, 1974 – 000000001977-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1977 |
Gerald Ford |
36 |
0 |
Dan Quayle |
Republican |
44 |
000000001989-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1989 – 000000001993-01-20-0000Jan 20, 1993 |
George H. W. Bush |
36 |
0 |
Joe Biden |
Democratic |
47 |
000000002009-01-20-0000Jan 20, 2009 – present |
Barack Obama |