Date: May 1st, 2017 10:34 PM
Author: sinister hominid piazza
after seeing a gooky sounding pumo idiotically compare Trumps 100 days to LBJ's legislative accomplishments (in which he started with 63 Senators), i started wondering how common it is for one party to hold a super-majority.
here's a list of notable super-majorities in the Senate:
1st Congress (1789-1791)(Washington) - 69%
Majority Party: Pro-Administration (18 seats)
Minority Party: Anti-Administration (8 seats)
4th Congress (1795-1797)(Washington) - 65%
Majority Party: Federalist (21 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (11 seats)
Note: The Republican party that emerged in the 1790s is also referred to as the Jeffersonian-Republican party or the Democratic-Republican party, and should not be confused with the modern (GOP) Republican party established in the 1850s.
5th Congress (1797-1799)(Adams) - 68%
Majority Party: Federalist (22 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (10 seats)
6th Congress (1799-1801)(Adams) - 68%
Majority Party: Federalist (22 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (10 seats)
8th Congress (1803-1805)(Jefferson) - 73%
Majority Party: Republican (25 seats)
Minority Party: Federalist (9 seats)
9th Congress (1805-1807)(Jefferson) - 79%
Majority Party: Republican (27 seats)
Minority Party: Federalist (7 seats)
10th Congress (1807-1809)(Jefferson) - 82%
Majority Party: Republican (28 seats)
Minority Party: Federalist (6 seats)
11th Congress (1809-1811)(Madison) - 79%
Majority Party: Republican (27 seats)
Minority Party: Federalist (7 seats)
12th Congress (1811-1813)(Madison) - 83%
Majority Party: Republican (30 seats)
Minority Party: Federalist (6 seats)
13th Congress (1813-1815)(Madison) - 77%
Majority Party: Republican (28 seats)
Minority Party: Federalist (8 seats)
14th Congress (1815-1817)(Madison) - 68%
Majority Party: Republican (26 seats)
Minority Party: Federalist (12 seats)
15th Congress (1817-1819)(Monroe) - 71%
Majority Party: Republican (30 seats)
Minority Party: Federalist (12 seats)
16th Congress (1819-1821)(Monroe) - 80%
Majority Party: Republican (37 seats)
Minority Party: Federalist (9 seats)
17th Congress (1821-1823)(Monroe) - 91%
Majority Party: Republican (44 seats)
Minority Party: Federalist (4 seats)
18th Congress (1823-1825)(Monroe) - 64%
Majority Party: Jackson & Crawford Republicans (31)
Minority Party: Adams-Clay Republicans & Federalists (17)
25th Congress (1837-1839)(Van Buren) - 67%
Majority Party: Democrat (35 seats)
Minority Party: Whig (17 seats)
29th Congress (1845-1847)(Polk) - 60%
Majority Party: Democrat (34 seats)
Minority Party: Whig (22 seats)
30th Congress (1847-1849)(Polk) - 63%
Majority Party: Democrat (38 seats)
Minority Party: Whig (21 seats)
Other Parties: 1 Independent Democrat
33rd Congress (1853-1855)(Pierce) - 61%
Majority Party: Democrat (38 seats)
Minority Party: Whig (22 seats)
Other Parties: 2 Free Soiler
34th Congress (1855-1857)(Pierce) - 62%
Majority Party: Democrat (39 seats)
Minority Party: Opposition (21 seats)
Other Parties: 1 American Party; 1 Republican
35th Congress (1857-1859)(Buchanon) 62%
Majority Party: Democrat (41 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (20 seats)
Other Parties: 5 American Party
37th Congress (1861-1863)(Lincoln) - 62%
Majority Party: Republican (31 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (15 seats)
Other Parties: 3 Unionist
38th Congress (1863-1865)(Lincoln) - 63%
Majority Party: Republican (33 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (10 seats)
Other Parties: 5 Unconditional Unionist; 4 Unionist
39th Congress (1865-1867)(Johnson) - 72%
Majority Party: Republican (39 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (11 seats)
Other Parties: 3 Unconditional Unionist; 1 Unionist
40th Congress (1867-1869)(Johnson) - 83%
Majority Party: Republican (57 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (9 seats)
41st Congress (1869-1871)(Grant) - 83%
Majority Party: Republican (62 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (12 seats)
42nd Congress (1871-1873)(Grant) - 75%
Majority Party: Republican (56 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (17 seats)
Other Parties: 1 Liberal Republican
43rd Congress (1873-1875)(Grant) - 63%
Majority Party: Republican (47 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (19 seats)
Other Parties: 7 Liberal Republican
44th Congress (1875-1877)(Grant) - 60%
Majority Party: Republican (46 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (28 seats)
Other Parties: 1 Independent Republican
57th Congress (1901-1903)(Teddy R.) - 62%
Majority Party: Republican (56 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (32 seats)
Other Parties: 2 Populist
58th Congress (1903-1905)(Teddy R.) - 63%
Majority Party: Republican (57 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (33 seats)
59th Congress (1905-1907)(Teddy R.) - 64%
Majority Party: Republican (58 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (32 seats)
60th Congress (1907-1909)(Teddy R.) - 66%
Majority Party: Republican (61 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (31 seats)
61st Congress (1909-1911)(Taft) - 65%
Majority Party: Republican (60 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (32 seats)
67th Congress (1921-1923)(Harding) - 61%
Majority Party: Republican (59 seats)
Minority Party: Democrat (37 seats)
73rd Congress (1933-1935)(FDR) - 61%
Majority Party: Democrat (59 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (36 seats)
74th Congress (1935-1937)(FDR) - 71%
Majority Party: Democrat (69 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (25 seats)
Other Parties: 1 Farmer-Labor; 1 Progressive
75th Congress (1937-1939)(FDR) - 79%
Majority Party: Democrat (76 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (16 seats)
Other Parties: 2 Farmer-Labor; 1 Progressive; 1 Independent
76th Congress (1939-1941)(FDR) - 71%
Majority Party: Democrat (69 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (23 seats)
Other Parties: 2 Farmer-Labor; 1 Progressive; 1 Independent
77th Congress (1941-1943)(FDR) - 68%
Majority Party: Democrat (66 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (28 seats)
Other Parties: 1 Independent; 1 Progressive
86th Congress (1959-1961)(IKE) - (-)65% opposition
Majority Party: Democrat (65 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (35 seats)
87th Congress (1961-1963)(JFK) - 64%
Majority Party: Democrat (64 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (36 seats)
88th Congress (1963-1965)(LBJ) - 66%
Majority Party: Democrat (66 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (34 seats)
89th Congress (1965-1967)(LBJ) - 68%
Majority Party: Democrat (68 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (32 seats)
90th Congress (1967-1969)(LBJ) - 64%
Majority Party: Democrat (64 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (36 seats)
94th Congress (1975-1977)(Ford) - (-)61% opposition
Majority Party: Democrat (61 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (37 seats)
Other Parties: 1 Conservative (caucused with the Republicans); 1 Independent (caucused with the Democrats)
95th Congress (1977-1979)(Carter) - 61%
Majority Party: Democrat (61 seats)
Minority Party: Republican (38 seats)
Other Parties: 1 Independent (caucused with the Democrats)
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3601812&forum_id=2#33209153)