|
President
|
Year
|
Total Requests
|
First-time Requests
|
Repeat Requests
|
| Truman I |
1946
|
41
|
16
|
25
|
|
1947
|
23
|
21
|
2
|
|
|
1948
|
16
|
6
|
9
|
|
| Truman II |
1949
|
28
|
17
|
11
|
|
1950
|
20
|
9
|
11
|
|
|
1951
|
11
|
5
|
6
|
|
|
1952
|
19
|
7
|
12
|
|
|
Eisenhower
|
1953
|
14
|
14
|
0
|
|
1954
|
39
|
35
|
4
|
|
|
1955
|
32
|
19
|
14
|
|
|
1956
|
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|
Eisenhower II
|
1957
|
14
|
6
|
8
|
|
1958
|
||||
|
1959
|
16
|
14
|
2
|
|
|
1960
|
6
|
1
|
5
|
|
|
Kennedy
|
1961
|
25
|
25
|
|
|
1962
|
24
|
16
|
||
|
1963
|
18
|
6
|
||
|
Johnson
|
1964
|
17
|
6
|
|
|
1965
|
38
|
34
|
||
|
1966
|
31
|
24
|
||
|
1967
|
27
|
19
|
||
|
1968
|
26
|
14
|
||
|
Nixon I
|
1969
|
17
|
17
|
|
|
1970
|
21
|
12
|
||
|
1971
|
20
|
8
|
||
|
1972
|
17
|
3
|
||
|
Nixon II
|
1973
|
23
|
20
|
|
|
1974
|
16
|
5
|
||
|
Ford
|
1975
|
13
|
10
|
|
|
1976
|
13
|
6
|
||
|
Carter
|
1977
|
21
|
21
|
|
|
1978
|
11
|
8
|
||
|
1979
|
13
|
8
|
||
|
1980
|
11
|
4
|
||
|
Reagan I
|
1981
|
8
|
8
|
|
|
1982
|
8
|
7
|
||
|
1983
|
14
|
11
|
||
|
1984
|
9
|
4
|
||
|
Reagan II
|
1985
|
7
|
0
|
|
|
1986
|
5
|
0
|
||
|
1987
|
5
|
0
|
||
|
1988
|
54
|
0
|
||
|
Bush
|
1989
|
34
|
33
|
0
|
|
1990
|
18
|
15
|
3
|
|
|
1991
|
20
|
12
|
8
|
|
|
1992
|
27
|
13
|
14
|
|
|
Clinton I
|
1993
|
30
|
30
|
0
|
|
1994
|
22
|
15
|
8
|
|
|
1995
|
25
|
16
|
9
|
|
|
1996
|
19
|
7
|
12
|
|
|
Clinton II
|
1997
|
26
|
15
|
14
|
Sources: (1961-1988) Paul Light, The Presidential Agenda, rev. ed. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991), 42, 241. (1945-1960 & 1989-1997) Lyn Ragsdale, Vital Statistics on the Presidency (Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Press, 1998), 382-83.