The Record

Power

Brick is Republican. Steel is Democratic. Two ribbons: House on top, Senate below. Midterms flip the color. A trifecta is the White House plus both chambers. 2001 is Jeffords. 2021 is Harris. 2026 is still the 119th.

House

119th Congress

GOP

220 R · 215 D

Senate

majority caucus

GOP

53 R · 47 D

The gavel

Trump 2 in the White House

Trifecta

2 of 2 yrs trifecta

At this year

Donald Trump

2026*

Trump 2 · Trifecta

GOPDem
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By administration

George H. W. Bush

Bush 41

1989–1992

0/4

House

Senate

Trifecta
0 yr
Split
0 yr
Against
4 yr
Bill Clinton

Clinton

1993–2000

2/8

House

Senate

Trifecta
2 yr
Split
0 yr
Against
6 yr
George W. Bush

Bush 43

2001–2008

4/8

House

Senate

Trifecta
4 yr
Split
2 yr
Against
2 yr
Barack Obama

Obama

2009–2016

2/8

House

Senate

Trifecta
2 yr
Split
4 yr
Against
2 yr
Donald Trump

Trump 1

2017–2020

2/4

House

Senate

Trifecta
2 yr
Split
2 yr
Against
0 yr
Joe Biden

Biden

2021–2024

2/4

House

Senate

Trifecta
2 yr
Split
2 yr
Against
0 yr
Donald Trump

Trump 2

2025–2026

2/2

House

Senate

Trifecta
2 yr
Split
0 yr
Against
0 yr

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Notes

A calendar year is assigned to the Congress that sat for most of it. Independents counted with the caucus they joined.

  • House. U.S. House of Representatives, History, Art & Archives, Party Divisions, 101st–119th Congresses. Opening-day seats. Majority party colors the year.
  • Senate. U.S. Senate, Party Division. Independents counted with the caucus they joined. 107th: 50–50, Jeffords switched June 6, 2001 — Democratic majority for most of 2001 and all of 2002. 117th: 50–50, Vice President Harris broke the tie.
  • Year. A calendar year is assigned to the Congress that sat for most of it (convenes January 3 of odd years). That is how midterms show up — 1995, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019, 2023. 2026 is still the 119th.
  • Trifecta. White House, House, and Senate the same party. Split Congress = chambers disagree. Opposition = both chambers against the president (Clinton 1995–2000, Bush 2007–08, Obama 2015–16).

Source: Clerk of the House party divisions · Senate.gov · calendar year, midterms included