THE RUGGED INDIVIDUALIST

Debt by President

U.S. president	Party	Term years	Start debt/GDP	End debt/GDP	Increase debt ($T)	Increase debt/GDP (in percentage points)	House Control (with # if split during term)	Senate Control (with # if split during term)
Roosevelt/Truman	D	1945–1949	117.5%	93.1%	0.05	-24.4%	79th D, 80th R	79th D, 80th R
Truman Harry Truman	D	1949–1953	93.1%	71.4%	0.01	-21.7%	D	D
Eisenhower1 Dwight Eisenhower	R	1953–1957	71.4%	60.4%	0.01	-11.0%	83rd R, 84th D	83rd R, 84th D
Eisenhower2 Dwight Eisenhower	R	1957–1961	60.4%	55.2%	0.02	-5.2%	D	D
Kennedy/Johnson	D	1961–1965	55.2%	46.9%	0.03	-8.3%	D	D
Johnson Lyndon Johnson	D	1965–1969	46.9%	38.6%	0.05	-8.3%	D	D
Nixon1 Richard Nixon	R	1969–1973	38.6%	35.6%	0.07	-3.0%	D	D
Nixon2 Nixon/Ford	R	1973–1977	35.6%	35.8%	0.19	+0.2%	D	D
Carter Jimmy Carter	D	1977–1981	35.8%	32.5%	0.28	-3.3%	D	D
Reagan1 Ronald Reagan	R	1981–1985	32.5%	43.8%	0.66	+11.3%	D	R
Reagan2 Ronald Reagan	R	1985–1989	43.8%	53.1%	1.04	+9.3%	D	99th R, 100th D
Bush GHW George H. W. Bush	R	1989–1993	53.1%	66.1%	1.40	+15.0%	D	D
Clinton1 Bill Clinton	D	1993–1997	66.1%	65.4%	1.18	-0.7%	103rd D, 104th R	103rd D, 104th R
Clinton2 Bill Clinton	D	1997–2001	65.4%	56.4%	0.45	-9.0%	R	R
Bush GW1 George W. Bush	R	2001–2005	56.4%	63.5%	1.73	+7.1%	R	107th Split, 108 R
Bush GW2 George W. Bush	R	2005–2009	63.4%	83.4%	2.63	+20.0%	109th R, 110th D	109th R, 110th D
Obama1 Barack Obama	D	2009–	83.4%				111th D, 112th R