List of Presidential Vetoes
The Senate Library maintains a list of all bills vetoed by presidents over time. This list is published from time to time. The source for the information presented on this page was published in three documents, Presidential Vetoes, 1789 - 1988, Presidential Vetoes, 1989 - 2000, and Vetoes by President George W. Bush. This list is culled from within these three documents. As of this writing, there have been no veto actions by President Barack Obama.
The reports are available in PDF format online: 1789 - 1988 edition; 1989 - 2000 edition. The vetoes of President George W. Bush are available in HTML format: 2001 - 2008 edition.
President
Regular Vetoes
Pocket Vetoes
Total Vetoes
Vetoes Overridden
George Washington
2
2
John Adams
0
Thomas Jefferson
0
James Madison
5
2
7
James Monroe
1
1
John Q. Adams
0
Andrew Jackson
5
7
12
Martin Van Buren
1
1
William Harrison
0
John Tyler
6
4
10
1
James Polk
2
1
3
Zachary Taylor
0
Millard Fillmore
0
Franklin Pierce
9
9
5
James Buchanan
4
3
7
Abraham Lincoln
2
5
7
Andrew Johnson
21
8
29
15
Ulysses Grant
45
48
93
4
Rutherford Hayes
12
1
13
1
James Garfield
0
Chester Arthur
4
8
12
1
Grover Cleveland
304
110
414
2
Benjamin Harrison
19
25
44
1
Grover Cleveland
42
128
170
5
William McKinley
6
36
42
Theodore Roosevelt
42
40
82
1
William Taft
30
9
39
1
Woodrow Wilson
33
11
44
6
Warren Harding
5
1
6
Calvin Coolidge
20
30
50
4
Herbert Hoover
21
16
37
3
Franklin Roosevelt
372
263
635
9
Harry Turman
180
70
250
12
Dwight Eisenhower
73
108
181
2
John Kennedy
12
9
21
Lyndon Johnson
16
14
30
Richard Nixon
26
17
43
7
Gerald Ford
48
18
66
12
Jimmy Carter
13
18
31
2
Ronald Reagan
39
39
78
9
George H.W. Bush
29
15
44
1
William Clinton
36
1
37
2
George W. Bush
12
12
4
Barack Obama
0
